I, Cruzius
E Pluribus Me
By TIMOTHY EGAN, NYT
Logic, thy name is not Ted Cruz. The very junior senator from Texas is a well-credentialed windbag, with degrees from Princeton and Harvard Law, and a stint clerking at the Supreme Court. After a few months in Congress promoting Ted Cruz, smartest guy in the room, it looks as if he now wants to be Ted Cruz, extremely obnoxious president. But he keeps saying things that make no sense.
There he was, earlier this month, writing in opposition to a bill that would allow cash-strapped states to tax Internet sales. It passed by a bipartisan majority in the Senate, which is like saying Newt Gingrich just climbed Mount Everest.
“And, how is it fair for a Texas business to collect taxes to support California Gov. Jerry Brown’s big spending? Or to underwrite New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s nanny statism or Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s anti-Second Amendment agenda?”
Perhaps it’s not fair, but neither is it a mandatory requirement of the bill. The Marketplace Fairness Act would allow consumers to buy local, and keep the taxes local, should they wish. Isn’t that what Republicans want? I mean, outside of trying to repeal the 20th century.
(More here.)
By TIMOTHY EGAN, NYT
Logic, thy name is not Ted Cruz. The very junior senator from Texas is a well-credentialed windbag, with degrees from Princeton and Harvard Law, and a stint clerking at the Supreme Court. After a few months in Congress promoting Ted Cruz, smartest guy in the room, it looks as if he now wants to be Ted Cruz, extremely obnoxious president. But he keeps saying things that make no sense.
There he was, earlier this month, writing in opposition to a bill that would allow cash-strapped states to tax Internet sales. It passed by a bipartisan majority in the Senate, which is like saying Newt Gingrich just climbed Mount Everest.
“And, how is it fair for a Texas business to collect taxes to support California Gov. Jerry Brown’s big spending? Or to underwrite New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s nanny statism or Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s anti-Second Amendment agenda?”
Perhaps it’s not fair, but neither is it a mandatory requirement of the bill. The Marketplace Fairness Act would allow consumers to buy local, and keep the taxes local, should they wish. Isn’t that what Republicans want? I mean, outside of trying to repeal the 20th century.
(More here.)
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