Senator Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz
Republican Senator who represents Texas. Senator Cruz was born December 22, 1970 in Calgery, Alberta. Graduated from Princeton and Harvard law School.
Issues
The Keystone Pipeline is an oil pipeline system that runs from Western Canada to Nebraska and Illinois. The issue with this is it has an environmental.
Minimum wage raise from 7.25 to 10.10 . The pros is it would give more money to lower income families/ individuals. The issue is do non skilled workers deserve 10.10 and will inflation increase?
Key Topics
Keystone Pipeline
Senator Cruz is for the Keystone Pipeline but says "we also need to think bigger than Keystone. We need an energy policy that goes beyond Keystone."
Minimum Wage
Senator Cruz is opposed to the new minimum wage. He argues that "If you raise the minimum wage, the inevitable effect will be, number one: young people will lose their jobs or not be able to get their first jobs. Unemployment among young people will go up if the minimum wage goes up as President Obama says. Unemployment among Hispanics, among African Americans, among those struggling to get their first job to climb the economic ladder, will go up."
General stance on topics
Man stance is with the Republican Party