You still need an alternative, otherwise we're back to square 1 with the libs pushing "we've got to do something!" line.
An alternative plan doesn't have to be a big-government program, though, and what Cruz is proposing is going back to the status quo ante and from there, relaxing some of the previously existing federal regulations that has hindered the free market, such as the prohibition on policies offered across state lines.
You put your finger right on the problem: voters who still take the opinions of anti-business liberals seriously, or as you put it “ - - - - the libs pushing “we’ve got to do something!” line. - - - “
The answer to the Libs is simple: just ask them “Why?”
The Libs “did something.” The damage of their colossal failure is evidence enough that Nationalizing an Industry is devastating to our Nation.
It is now time to get back on the Capitalist, Free Market Track.