Ted Cruz MyOcracy topics and responses

Civil Rights

Support marriage rights between a man and a woman only

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

  Support for gun rights

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

  Ban abortions except in limited cases

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

  Abortion rights: Ban all abortions

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

Economic Issues

Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

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

  Support a balanced federal budget by constitutional amendment

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

  Invest money in more public projects to improve infrastructure

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

  Increase taxes for all tax payers

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

  Reduce taxes for all tax payers

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

  Implement a flat tax

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

Education Issues

Reduce federal government involvement with public education

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

Environmental Issues

Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

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

  Support domestic continental drilling to tap new oil sources

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

  Support off-shore drilling to tap new oil sources

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

Healthcare Issues

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

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

  Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

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

  Lower eligibility age for Medicare to increase coverage of older taxpayers

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

Immigration

Oppose amnesty for undocumented individuals

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

  Improve enforcement of existing immigration laws

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