You know Ted Cruz is stealing John Edwards’ “two-Americas” populism?  You know how he’s all upset at crony capitalism and thinks Wall Street shouldn’t be getting favors?

Well, Ted’s new sugar daddy is making all this pretty difficult.  Billionaire Hedge fund CEO Robert Mercer is big on Ted.

On the one hand, Mercer’s support is fantastic for Cruz for all the obvious reasons (having a billionaire in your corner is nice). On the other hand, Mercer’s hedge fund—Renaissance Technologies—recently faced an unflattering congressional investigation, the results of which indicated that it used complex and unorthodox financial structures to dramatically lower its tax burden.This drew scorching bipartisan criticism from investigators on the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations.

The guy is a tax dodger – no doubt about it.

So what’s he buying with his millions to Ted?  Here ya go.  He’s buying favorable tax policies.

So Ted’s against Wall Street except for those parts of Wall Street who are for him.  Not surprised, are you?

Thanks to Alfredo over at the Dairy Queen for the heads up.