Cruz: Its a mistake for House bill to raise taxes
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) on Tuesday criticized the House GOP tax plan for likely raising taxes on individuals in high-tax states such as New York and California and called for language to repeal the individual mandate to produce more revenue.
Cruz called raising taxes on people in wealthy, staunchly Democratic states such as New York and California "a mistake."
Cruz has teamed up with fellow conservative Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) in calling for tax reform to include language repealing ObamaCares tax penalty on people who dont buy health insurance.
The provision would raise an estimated $300 billion to $400 billion over the next decade, which Cruz and other Senate conservatives say could be used to lower individual tax rates even further.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/359126-cruz-its-a-mistake-for-house-bill-to-raise-taxes
Actually I think he's more concerned about the wealthy in Texas but any infighting among Republicans is okay with me,