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Ted Cruz: “Obamacare...was designed substantively to have the federal…”

Featuring: Ted Cruz, Republican | U.S. Senate, Texas

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Discussing Limited Government with Blogger Matt Dowling

Published | Video Starts at 00:47

I think there are a great many policies President Obama has been advancing that are deeply harmful to the country, but I think none has been as pernicious as Obamacare. It was Obamacare...was designed substantively to have the federal government take over one sixth of the American economy. It was designed to put federal government bureaucrats between each of us and our doctors. And it was also passed in a way that was incredibly arrogant. (00:47–01:04)

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Asserts that Obamacare was designed to have the federal government take over one-sixth of the economy.

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