Why Club for Growth Endorsed Ted Cruz for Senate
Republican U.S. Senate candidate Ted Cruz got several bits of good news today. Not only is his main Tea Party-infused primary opponent, Michael Williams, likely to ditch the race and pursue a new congressional seat instead, but the former solicitor general of Texas was endorsed by three bellwethers in conservative movement politics: the FreedomWorks PAC, headed by former Texas Congressman and U.S. House Majority Leader Dick Armey; the unabashedly hard-right web site redstate.com; and the Club for Growth PAC, whose support for candidates promoting economic freedom and a pro-growth agenda is viewed by the faithful as a ...
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Thomas Darby
The nation needs senators like Ted Cruz who are committed to change in the dysfunctional Federal Government. There is a need to get back to the condition where tax codes are used to fund the government. Currently some of the individuals who have the largest income pay very little or no income tax. There is a need for collection of a % of every dollar earned by the individuals. The governments at all levels need to be reduced in both number and size. There has not been one suggestion to reduce the number of members of the Congress, the Legislature, or local Councils, but there have been many calls for laying off government workers.