Ted Cruz Discusses Unemployment w/ KBTX

point it was the big headline coming into this weekend considering the report that came out seven point eight percent Texas

to texas' numbers which are well below what the average has been in the nation %HESITATION how was Texas weathered

our unemployment is a little bit lower well Texas is doing markedly better than the rest of the nation and and the reason is that that we follow different policies we

know at the end of the day it's not all that complicated job growth comes from entrepreneurs putting capital to risk and

if you have an environment a government that does its essential functions protects our rights and then stays out of the way that's

how you get job growth that's why we're seeing thousand people a day moved to the state of Texas because

if we're going to turn our economy around we've got to have the federal government stopping being an impediment to oil and gas exploration and

start allowing the private sector to really get serious about exploring in developing the vast resources now

you're the front runner that dichotomy that switch how is it changed you as a person as a candidate well

it's been a breathtaking journey album we started nearly two years ago January of last year I

outspent three to one in any other year I have been roadkill I'd a been an armadillo by the side of the freeway and

what we saw what was she was just breathtaking we saw thousands and thousands of Republican women in tea party leaders and

business leaders and conservative activists come together and we went from two percent to not just winning the primary but

winning by fourteen points I mean it was an incredible testament to what the grassroots can do and I think that was the secret of the primary victory and