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Ted Cruz vows total repeal, no piecemeal fixes for failed ObamaCare
Investor's Business Daily ^ | April 4, 2013 | Andrew Malcolm

Posted on 04/04/2013 8:49:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

Republican Sen. Ted Cruz has called for the complete legislative repeal of ObamaCare and its replacement by comprehensive healthcare reforms that actually increase patient choice, decrease the role of government bureaucrats and disconnect health insurance from employment.

"If you lose your job," Cruz said, "you don't lose your house, life or car insurance. They go with you wherever you go." It should be the same for health insurance.

In a wide-ranging exclusive interview with IBD's weekly M&M podcast, the Texas freshman said, "Our first priority is repealing ObamaCare and repealing it in its entirety. The program isn't working." And he added, it's already killing jobs, curtailing work hours and benefits.

The complete Cruz audio podcast is available here, Episode No. 100, involving the two regular hosts, Andrew Malcolm, IBD's national politics columnist, and Melissa Clouthier of Liberty Pundits.

Cruz is a 42-year-old political neophyte (senator is his first elected office) who rode to an upset GOP primary runoff and a general election victory last year on a potent collective wave of dissatisfaction with status quo political forces in the Lone Star state and beyond.

The Princeton cum laude graduate credits the Tea Party, Sarah Palin and the conservative blogosphere with his win. But the fact is, like someone else who once was in the Senate and moved on to higher office, Cruz has earned a reputation for eloquence and clear communication of complex ideas. These are skills honed as Texas' first Hispanic solicitor general, in private practice and teaching Supreme Court litigation at the University of Texas.....

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TOPICS: Texas; Issues; U.S. Senate
KEYWORDS: 0care; 0carenightmare; abortion; cruz; deathpanels; defundobamacare; obamacare; obamalies; palin; repealobamacare; tedcruz; texas; zerocare

1 posted on 04/04/2013 8:49:13 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

A brave man. Does he have a family? His courage will only last until Obama threatens his family.


2 posted on 04/04/2013 8:51:18 PM PDT by ottbmare (The OTTB Mare)
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To: ottbmare

A drone is headed toward Cruz’s house now.


3 posted on 04/04/2013 8:55:34 PM PDT by South40 (I Love The "New & Improved" Free Republic!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good Luck, Ted. Time is running out. Come January 1st 2014, barring any activity against this monster, its going to be a free for all at emergency rooms across the country. Think about it, an extra forty million “covered lives” all claiming that their healthcare is FREE. Treat Me NOW


4 posted on 04/04/2013 9:14:44 PM PDT by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You look the monster in the eye, Ted. Texas is lucky to have you.


5 posted on 04/04/2013 9:22:39 PM PDT by Viennacon
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good luck with that, but the people chose Obama and socialism. Nobody cares.


6 posted on 04/04/2013 9:30:17 PM PDT by Unam Sanctam
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To: Unam Sanctam

What does it matter anyway?


7 posted on 04/04/2013 9:32:40 PM PDT by ogen hal (First amendment or reeducation camp?)
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To: ottbmare

“A brave man. Does he have a family? His courage will only last until Obama threatens his family.”

They “convinced” John Roberts.


8 posted on 04/04/2013 9:35:28 PM PDT by Signalman
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

bttt


9 posted on 04/04/2013 11:14:48 PM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
It's going to self destruct anyway. The exchanges will be put off till 2015 and doctors are starting to get pissed. People will start to die and the whining will spread to the Dems. Dems already scrapped $30 billion in taxes from med devices. As the timetable starts to roll out, all hell is going to break loose. Between ObamaCare and gun control, the dems are going to get creamed in 2014. Tomorrow we will get another crap jobs number and we just got a .4% GDP last qtr. There is NOTHING for Dems to glom onto from Obama. All the Repubs have to do is just don't go wobbly.

My fear is the repubs will "try to fix it". Cruz is right,.....just kill it completely.

10 posted on 04/05/2013 1:51:44 AM PDT by chuckles
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz is a good man....but too many Amnesty Liberals in the GOP want to extend OsamaCare to Illegal Aliens via Illegal Alien Amnesty....that they have abandoned stopping ObamaCare

The GOP would fight Cruz on stopping ObamaCare


11 posted on 04/05/2013 5:18:08 AM PDT by SeminoleCounty (GOP = Greenlighting Obama's Programs)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

you have to love this guy....everything that Florida’s grayson isn’t


12 posted on 04/05/2013 5:24:46 AM PDT by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Cruz is fantastic. He shows no sign of having been coopted by McConnell or any of the other establishment, go-along, get-along fossils so far.

Oh, to have 59 more like him in the Senate.


13 posted on 04/05/2013 6:13:42 AM PDT by SharpRightTurn (White, black, and red all over--America's affirmative action, metrosexual president.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Go Ted. Don’t mend it, end it!!


14 posted on 04/05/2013 6:15:58 AM PDT by kabar
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Wow. No political experience and looks what he is doing. We need more neophytes.


15 posted on 04/05/2013 6:46:38 AM PDT by plain talk
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
..and its replacement by comprehensive healthcare reforms that actually increase patient choice, decrease the role of government bureaucrats and disconnect health insurance from employment.

Details please.

16 posted on 04/05/2013 7:22:41 AM PDT by 0.E.O
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17 posted on 04/05/2013 7:40:13 AM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks 2ndDivisionVet.


18 posted on 04/05/2013 8:46:20 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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To: Viennacon

Ted needs to come back to Texas to help us in the TNM in our efforts for a free and independent Texas. The federal government can’t be fixed.


19 posted on 04/08/2013 4:46:58 PM PDT by austingirl
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