Open Email to Sen. Cruz (Texas)

Open email to Sen. Cruz (Texas):

Dear Sen. Cruz,
I have read your newsletter and have a few comments is follows:

I agree that we must show compassion and physical help for the victims of the recent Oklahoma tornadoes, and also victims of tornadoes and floods in other states. On a more constructive note, tornadoes and floods have been around for quite some time, and we should have some better procedures for handling them. I do not offer any specific suggestions at this time, but raise the point that more could be done to avert the extent of the tragedies. For the really big thinkers, instead of wasting their time on considerations of global warming, perhaps they should switch their sights to weather control. A combination of weather control and damage control should do much to alleviate human suffering.

With respect to the recent IRS practice of targeting conservative groups for special scrutiny on tax exemption, you said that we must ensure those responsible are held accountable, simplify and shorten our tax code, and dramatically reduce the IRS's scope of power in our lives so this kind of political intimidation never happens again. I agree with all three of your proposals and would like to see you personally become involved in developing the details for each of these. However, it is impractical to think that such things will never happen again. Humans being what they are, they will be lax in policing any area to be controlled, and the disadvantages will again reappear. Municipalities have ongoing police forces to control local crime. Congress must do the same.

On immigration reform, I strongly suggest you listen to the program details of Marco Rubio. However, perhaps similar to you, Sen. Rubio is a junior senator, without the experience of dealing with devious Democrats. He will need help in avoiding Democrats writing a 400-page immigration bill. Think about it in terms of the practice of our governmental forefathers. The main points can be covered in a half dozen pages and pushed through as law, with amendments added, wherever a federal court seems to have a subsequent misinterpretation.



In general, I want to thank you for the excellent job you been doing in the Senate for the people of Texas and the country as a whole.