Ted Cruz MyOcracy topics and responses

Civil Rights

Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

• 02/12/2014: Sponsored state definition of marriage supersedes federal gay marriage
• 10/31/2012: Supports banning military gay marriage
• 10/31/2012: Supports defining traditional marriage
• 02/23/2012: Opposes gay pride parades and opposes gay marriage
• 07/17/2011: One-man-one-woman marriage is building block of society

  Support for gun rights

• 09/25/2013: Oppose the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty
• 04/17/2013: Voted NO on banning high-capacity magazines of over 10 bullets
• 10/31/2012: Opposes restricting the Second Amendment
• 07/17/2011: Opposes unreasonable and burdensome gun restrictions

  Ban abortions except in limited cases

• 10/31/2012: Opposes public abortion funding
• 10/31/2012: Opposes churches providing birth control
• 04/16/2012: Companies can deny insuring birth control

  Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

• 07/17/2011: Protect innocent human life with partial-birth ban

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 10/31/2012: Supports eliminating the inheritance tax
• 10/31/2012: Opposes increasing tax rates
• 04/01/2012: Permanent Washington elite protects the tax code

  Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment

• 10/31/2012: Supports a constitutional BBA
• 01/01/2012: Supports the Cut-Cap-and-Balance Pledge
• 07/08/2010: Demand a Balanced Budget amendment

  Invest money in more public projects to improve infrastructure

• 03/07/2014: Balanced budget amendment to stop bankrupting our country

  Increase taxes for all tax payers

• 07/08/2010: Repeal tax hikes in capital gains and death tax

  Reduce taxes for all tax payers

• 01/01/2012: Supports the Taxpayer Protection Pledge

  Implement a flat tax

• 07/08/2010: Adopt a single-rate tax system

Education Issues

Reduce federal government involvement with public education

• 02/06/2014: Denounce the Common Core State Standards
• 06/06/2012: Education decisions best made at local level

Environmental Issues

Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 11/02/2010: Signed the No Climate Tax Pledge by AFP
• 07/08/2010: Cap-and-trade has no impact on global temperatures

  Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources

• 07/08/2010: Explore proven energy reserves & keep energy prices low

  Support off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources

• 07/17/2011: Fight against Gulf moratorium on offshore exploration

Healthcare Issues

Eliminate financial penalty from Obamacare for taxpayers that do not have health insurance

• 10/02/2012: Vow to repeal ObamaCare
• 04/03/2012: Throw my body in front of a train to stop ObamaCare
• 07/17/2011: Defeat ObamaCare; rein in the federal government

  Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 07/08/2010: Defund, repeal, & replace federal care with free market
• 07/04/2010: Repeal any federal health care takeover

  Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers

• 08/24/2012: Save Medicare by raising eligibility age

Immigration

Oppose amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 10/02/2012: No path to citizenship for 1.65 million illegals in Texas
• 06/22/2012: Give police more power to ask about immigration status
• 04/18/2012: Boots on the ground, plus a wall
• 03/29/2012: Triple the size of the Border Patrol

  Improve enforcement of existing immigration laws

• 07/17/2011: Strengthen border security and increase enforcement