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Lots of Words and Few Facts From Ted Cruz
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Exactly what Ted Cruz accomplished with his 21-hour stemwinder from the Senate floor yesterday and today is unclear. What’s not debatable is his central argument against President Barack Obama’s health-care-reform law -- that it is “the single biggest job-killer in America.” It’s flat wrong.
Cruz not only claims that joblessness is growing because of that most fearsome of boogeymen, Obamacare. The Texas Republican, whose speech was designed to delay a government-spending bill that would defund Obamacare, also says the Affordable Care Act is forcing people with full-time jobs into part-time work.