I really felt that without the insults, the others end up echoing Trump’s positions.
I heard Cruz say he will build a wall, then after saying Trump’s tax on Chinese goods would hurt Americans, I heard Cruz say he would tax imports!
They all parroted Trump.
The GOP establishment’s worst nightmare has been fulfilled.
The GOP is now the Party Of Trump.
That's how Cruz's replacement for the corporate income tax works. For most sales, it is 16% of net business sales, defined as gross sales minus expenses and capital expenditures. The tax applies to imported goods as well as domestically produced goods. But export sales are exempt. So, I guess you can view it as a tariff, if you want.
https://www.tedcruz.org/tax_plan_summary/
The main criticism of his plan is, it amounts to a VAT, and we don't want to introduce those.
The Donald's business tax plan is 15% of income:
No business of any size, from a Fortune 500 to a mom and pop shop to a freelancer living job to job, will pay more than 15% of their business income in taxes. This lower rate makes corporate inversions unnecessary by making America’s tax rate one of the best in the world.