The Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced a plan to put the lesser prairie chicken on a list of threatened species. Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback and other state officials criticized the decision, which could adversely affect agriculture, oil and gas drilling, and wind farms. (Yes, wind farms. Al Gore must be pretty conflicted.)
Yesterday, Tea Party favorite Senator Ted Cruz, R-Texas, tweeted about the need to protect America’s real endangered species:
There's a species that really ought to be added to the list…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
One that we all encounter each and every day…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
One that, should it be driven to extinction, would be disastrous for America and the world…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
Every day its natural habitat is being destroyed…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
And the largest cause of its endangerment is the federal government…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
I'm talking, of course, about the American small business…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
The backbone of the American economy, and thus, the world economy…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
Obamacare, overbearing regulations, and excessive taxes are driving small businesses to extinction…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
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But we don't have to let it happen…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
So rather than placing the lesser prairie chicken on the endangered species list…
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
Perhaps the federal government ought to stop driving small business, the engine that drives the American economy, toward extinction.
— Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) April 16, 2014
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