Former federal ethics chief blasts Ted Cruz's message to 'woke' corporations as 'openly corrupt'

[TexasTowelie]

The former head of the Government Office of Ethics called an editorial penned by U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz as a warning to "woke CEOs" as possibly the “most openly corrupt” message ever from a senator to corporate donors.

“It’s the part everyone knows: these crooks sell access,” Walter Shaub, former chief of the Government Office of Ethics, tweeted Sunday in response to a column Cruz, R-Texas, published in the Wall Street Journal. “Others have the sense not to admit it. This is why our republic is broken: Immoral politicians selling power we’ve entrusted to them like it’s theirs to sell.”

Link to tweet

In case anyone needs a translation: Shaub, who headed the office under the tenures of presidents Barack Obama and Donald Trump, was calling out Cruz for having the gall — or maybe the profound cluelessness — to openly admit his own party engages in greased-palm politics.

In his editorial published last week in the WSJ, Cruz wags his finger at CEOs that have spoken out against Republicans' assault on voting rights in state legislatures, saying those captains of industry are no longer welcome to seek special favors.

Read more: https://www.sacurrent.com/the-daily/archives/2021/05/03/former-federal-ethics-chief-blasts-ted-cruzs-message-to-woke-corporations-as-openly-corrupt

[jimfields33]

1. Tax cuts to companies are going to be stopped by republicans?

That will be the day. In 2017, they gave businesses the largest tax breaks to the point where most pay nothing. So Cruz says tax cuts won’t happen ever again? Highly doubtful.