Ted Cruz Quotes
What is problematic about Obamacare is that it is killing millions of jobs in this country and has killed millions of jobs. It has forced millions of people into part time work. It has caused millions of people to lose their insurance, to lose their doctors, and to face skyrocketing insurance premiums. That is unacceptable.
Cruz, Ted. Speech on the Senate Floor. Congressional Record, 24 Sept. 2013.
This is the major argument always given against raising the minimum wage. Historically, however, when the minimum wage has been increased there has never been a large increase in the unemployment rate. However, if the increase would be huge it would likely have the effect of pricing some workers out of the market. Like so many other elements of politics, moderation is important.
Cruz, a freshman senator with little political experience was elected with extensive Tea Party support in the Texas Republican primary where the Texas real contest is. He was so fanatical that when he could not get his fellow Republican Senators to shut down the government unless President Obama would not implement Obamacare which was enacted by the Congress and declared Constitutional by the Supreme Court. He then turned to the House of Representatives where there were a number of Tea Party Republicans. He helped lead a shutdown of the government, naively expecting the President to give up on his signature legislation. When he did not, the American public was angry at the Republicans for shutting down the government and costing the taxpayers over $80 billion dollars and inconveniencing many Americans. Finally, the House Speaker allowed an open vote and the Reasonable Republicans and the Democrats easily passed a continuing resolution to get the Government open again. However, another debt ceiling extension was coming up for a vote, and even after alienating most of his senior Republican Senate Colleagues and a large part of the American public, he gave this response to a journalist who asked if after the last fiasco, he would try to shut down the government again.
Rafael Edward Cruz is an American politician and attorney serving as the junior United States Senator for Texas since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Cruz served as Solicitor General of Texas from 2003 to 2008.