Teddy Vision

What does Ted Cruz want to do to America? I'm watching one of his stump speeches right now. One normally would consume copious amounts of alcohol before doing this in order to reduce the revulsion factor.

He wants to get rid of "Obamacare" and replace it with portable affordable policies that keeps the government from being in between you and your healthcare provider. Okay Ted, first of all you've been against the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) since before it was enacted. You've even been willing to shut down the government if necessary. You have not provided a single detail on what your replacement plan is and how it will cover every citizen. The biggest impediment standing between patients and their doctors is the insurance industry. It is they, not the government, who decide whether you will or will not receive treatment and what that treatment will be even if it is contrary to your doctor's recommendations. What are you going to do about that Ted? The government is making bad decisions concerning certain categories of drugs that patients desperately need because of criminal activities and abstract abuse. What are you going to do about that Ted? The pharmaceutical industry is ripping off Americans with exaggerated prices that the rest of the industrialized world says no to. What are you going to do about that Ted?

Cruz says he will get rid of the I.R.S. and replace the tax code with a flat tax. This will never happen, so how are you going to do this Ted? Which agency will collect the flat tax? How many times a year must it be paid? Who will pay it, the employer or employee? The flat tax is an old idea and has never been embraced by Congress and has consistently been proven by economists of all stripes to be inadequate and definitely not equitable. What about that Ted?

Cruz is despised by large numbers of Republicans in Washington. How will you achieve anything Ted without the use of Executive Action which you consistently criticize President Obama for using? Your own party hates you Ted and you certainly go out of your way to trash liberals and Democrats so how can you possibly govern?

You perpetuate the myth that Christians are under assault in this country and you would deny the LGBT community equality under the law. You even associate yourself with hate mongering religious zealots who call for the execution of gay people.

You say you want to outlaw abortion and associate with religious zealots who have called for the execution of doctors who perform abortions.

You're quite the uniter Ted.

I should have had a drink first.