Obama Care: Ted Cruz Essay

Instead of raising the debt ceiling to around $15.4 Trillion dollars, Mr. Obama should have placed at least the same amount of spending cuts as the proposed raised debt ceiling, if not more.

Cruz spoke for about an hour at Pottawattamie County Republican Party making the case for why he is capable of being commander in chief. Laying out his aggressive agenda platform as President, Cruz said there are five policies he would implement on the first day. The presidential hopeful has emphasized his first day as president statements throughout the campaign trail, however it still has won him loyal followers among christians and conservative movement especially in Iowa.

Senator Cruz’s followers think that he is a traditional conservative that is against government overreach. He maintains this stance on ethanol claiming that he is pro ethanol but against the government mandates that come with them. Some people buy this excuse and others do not. I personally find his ideas and policies hard to align with, but that's probably because I am not conservative, but a lot of voters are buying into his ideas making him number two in current

Obama suggested that the goal for deficit reduction is $4 trillion and the country is not quite there yet. He offered some suggestions about how this may be accomplished. The president offered bipartisanism as a useful tool in reaching this goal. Long term debt and health care are related as important factors in reaching this goal.

“Medicare, Medicaid, and Obamacare, ... Social Security, and interest on the debt are responsible for [83%] of the projected increase in spending over the next decade” (Amadeo). This spending needs to be reduced a lot. However, there is a problem with trying to reduce this spending, because the debt limit that Congress sets can be overruled by lawmakers and the President (Amadeo). The President often does this “to force Congress to agree to a tax increase”(Roff). This isn't going to help with the debt though, because the government is still spending more money than it is receiving from these tax increases. If the Government is spending more money than it is taking in, and has to overrule a limit that Congress has put in place, then that is too much spending. In addition to Medicare, Medicaid, Obamacare, and Social Security, the US spent 35 billion dollars on foreign economic aid in 2014 (Tompson). 35 billion may seem like a lot of money, but it only comes out to being around 1% of the budget. The bigger issues are Social Security at 24% and Medicare plus Medicaid at 25% (Policy). These programs need to be slimmed down in order to reduce government

Cruz’s speech began with laying out his agenda he intends to do as President consisting of “rescinding every single illegal and unconstitutional executive order” signed by President Obama. He continues to lay out his busy day one plans as President by investigating Planned Parenthood, destroy the Iran nuclear deal by “ripping it to shreds” and order the IRS to stop its religious persecution of Christians.

With the national debt currently over 18 trillion dollars it is important that we start to take actions to reduce this debt. Through the “Stabilized the Debt” simulation, I determined that if I were in charge of the government and it was my job reduce the federal budget, I would do this by reducing military and domestic programs and by increasing taxes.

the country’s debt? How are you going to handle that?” Kaine was very focussed on raising

Ted Cruz announced in Lynchburg, Va at Liberty University. Wall Street Journal’s article after the announcement was titled “Ted Cruz announces 2016 GOP Presidential Bid.” While the title is neutral, the article appears otherwise. WSJ made the mention that the Republican Party, unlike the Democratic party, is currently at odds with who should lead it. Cruz is seen as a candidate that stands for a brand of ideological conservatism that contrasts with the current GOP favorite, Jeb Bush. WSJ also mentioned how Cruz has angered many congressional leaders. He is well-known for his 21 hour speech that led to the “shut-down” in Washington as he pleaded for Obamacare funding to be repealed. Cruz is given credit in his ability to not just “talk” but also take action on issues he finds important. His supports believe he is in a good position to appeal to voters across party lines. On the other hand, his critics note that he is too polarizing and does not have enough support of the Republican party. WSJ ended the article on a quote from Jerry Brown, “That man betokens such a level of ignorance and a direct falsification of the existing scientific data…[he] has rendered himself absolutely unfit to be running for office”

“The outlook for the federal budget has worsened over the past several years, during the wake of the 2007–2009 recession and slow recovery. Between 2008 and 2012, financial turmoil and a severe drop in economic activity, combined with various policies implemented in response to those conditions, sharply reduced federal revenues and increased spending.” (cbo.gov, 2014) “As a result, budget deficits rose: They totaled $5.6 trillion in those five years, and in four of the five years, they were larger relative to the size of the economy than they had been in any year since 1946. Because of the large deficits, federal debt held by the public soared, nearly doubling during the period. It is now equivalent to about 74 percent of the economy’s annual output, or gross domestic product (GDP)—a higher percentage than at any point in U.S. history except a seven-year period around World War II”. (cbo.gov, 2014)

With the national debt reaching $21.7 trillion this year, the United States refocuses on climate change, education infrastructure, military expenditures, and tax reform to reduce spending and spend more precisely.

REPUBLICANS AIM to unveil Wednesday a long-awaited tax plan, premised on the fanciful idea that slashing taxes by $1.5 trillion over 10 years will somehow leave the federal budget better off. And it is not just the GOP’s most blinkered ideologues who have bought into this wishful thinking.

The debt ballooned under Bush with debt held by the public increasing from $3.5 trillion to nearly $6 trillion and gross federal debt going from $5.6 trillion to nearly $10 trillion. In fact, “From 2001 through 2010, the cuts added $2.6 trillion to the public debt, nearly 50% of the total debt accrued during this period.” As the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found, “the tax cuts account for $1.7 trillion in extra deficits in 2001 through 2008, and $3.7 trillion over the 2009-2019 period.” In addition, the extra debt-service costs caused by the Bush-era tax cuts, amounts “to more than $200 billion through 2008 and another $1.7 trillion over the 2009-2019 period — nearly $330 billion in 2019 alone.”

The odds of Trump being a Republican nominee are 57 percent. The odds of Cruz being chosen is 27 percent. Ted Cruz has a clear cut campaign strategy. Instead of reaching out to the minority voters, young women, or voters sitting on the fence he chooses a different route. He decides to reach out to the white Americans, most likely to be of the male gender, religious and those keeping clear conservative views. He attempts to motivate them to show up to the polls as much as he can. During his campaigns he is quick on his feet, making him somewhat interesting to watch and listen too. Cruz’s targeted audience consists of two groups. The first group is the GOP primary voters in Texas and the second one is the 2016 GOP presidential primary voters. On the other hand Donald Trump announced he candidacy June 16, 2015. As he made the announcement he said, “We are going to make America great again!” He also wants to take care of our veterans because he feels as though they have been

Where the ad falls short is their ability to include things that Ted Cruz would continue to do as president and how he would best suite us for the next presidential