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WASHINGTON , Dec. 3, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alliance for Main Street Fairness (AMSF) released a Buzzfeed post highlighting the growing criticism of Texas Senator Ted Cruz over his support for giving special treatment to online retailers like China's Alibaba. Senator Cruz's vocal opposition to leveling the playing field for local retailers vs. the online giant has put him directly at odds with influential members of the Texas Tea Party thousands of local small businesses in Texas.
1. While Ted Cruz cozies up to DC lobbyists…
While Ted Cruz cozies up to DC lobbyists...
Texas small businesses are struggling to stay open.
As Ted Cruz flip flops on supporting conservative principles...
Texas Tea Party leaders call him out on his hypocrisy.
While Ted Cruz looks out for his own presidential ambitions...
Texas small business owners look out for their communities.
While Ted Cruz gallivants across the country giving speeches on the American Dream...
He denies it to local small business owners back home.
Ted Cruz loves to TALK about cutting taxes...
Yet he stands in the way of slashing the Texas Margins Tax.
Ted Cruz may drone on and on about job creation...
But his words ring hollow when he's blocking 139,000 new Texas jobs.
While Ted Cruz works to tilt the free market in favor of big online retailers LIKE ALIBABA...
Texas entrepreneurs school him on what a free market actually means.
Hear more from the Texas entrepreneurs Senator Cruz is betraying by opposing E-fairness.
So, raise your hand if you think Ted Cruz is out of touch with Texas and true, conservative principles like the free market, tax cuts, and entrepreneurship...
…and in favor of giving special tax treatment to mega online retailers from China.
Texas small businesses are struggling to stay open.
2. As Ted Cruz flip flops on supporting conservative principles…
Texas Tea Party leaders call him out on his hypocrisy.
Read more of the Texas Tea Party's response to Ted Cruz's misleading E-fairness statements.
3. While Ted Cruz looks out for his own presidential ambitions…
Greg Skidmore / Via flickr.com
Texas small business owners look out for their communities.
Kiki Martin , owner of Scripture Stall San Antonio, Texas
4. While Ted Cruz gallivants across the country giving speeches on the American Dream…
Greg Skidmore / Via flickr.com
He denies it to local small business owners back home.
Deryl Oldag , owner of Oldag Guns New Braunfels, Texas
5. Ted Cruz loves to TALK about cutting taxes…
Greg Skidmore / Via flickr.com
Yet he stands in the way of slashing the Texas Margins Tax.
Learn more about how E-fairness will slash the Texas Margins Tax.
6. Ted Cruz may drone on and on about job creation…
Greg Skidmore / Via flickr.com
But his words ring hollow when he's blocking 139,000 new Texas jobs.
7. While Ted Cruz works to tilt the free market in favor of big online retailers LIKE ALIBABA…
Greg Skidmore / Via flickr.com
Texas entrepreneurs school him on what a free market actually means.
David Kruger , Kruger's Jewelers Austin, Texas
Hear more from the Texas entrepreneurs Senator Cruz is betraying by opposing E-fairness.
So, raise your hand if you think Ted Cruz is out of touch with Texas and true, conservative principles like the free market, tax cuts, and entrepreneurship…
Greg Skidmore / Via flickr.com
…and in favor of giving special tax treatment to mega online retailers from China.
Yeah, we think so too.
To access the entire Buzzfeed post, click here .
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SOURCE Alliance for Main Street Fairness
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