Do you trust Mitt Romney's business
sense to bring us back from the brink of economic disaster, but don't
like his conservative views on abortion and gay rights?
Do you like Barack Obama's liberal
social policies, but don't like his deliriously dangerous deficit
spending?
Are you tired of seeing rabid crowds
of protesters tear down and burn the American flag? Are you tired of
giving foreign aid to countries where our ambassadors are murdered?
Are you tired of Americans dying in Afghanistan?
Do you actually care about the U.S.
Constitution?
Consider Gary Johnson, Libertarian
candidate for President of the United States.
Johnson is to the right of Romney on
economics, and to the left of Obama on social issues and foreign affairs.
Johnson would slash federal spending,
shrink government, stop the wars, get the government out of the
bedroom and the troops out of Afghanistan. He would allow military
action only as provided under the Constitution. He would close some
Mideast embassies and bring our officials home. He would concentrate
on America's infrastructure, not nation building in foreign lands.
He would end the disastrous war on
drugs (which has been as counter-productive as Prohibition in the
1920s) and push to legalize and control marijuana, just as alcohol is
now controlled, crippling the drug cartels, ending the violence on
the Mexican border, and diminishing illegal immigration.
Johnson is a fiscal conservative. He
would abolish the IRS, the income tax, the payroll tax, the capital
gains tax, the death tax, etc. etc. and replace it with the Fair Tax,
which allows more freedom, because it taxes only what you spend, not what you earn. He would demand transparency
from the Federal Reserve, and stop it from printing money
willy-nilly, devaluing the U.S. dollar. Johnson would reassess the
role of government, stop runaway spending, balance the budget now and
stop government from interfering in areas where it has no business
and no Constitutional authority.
He supports the Second Amendment
rights of citizens to keep and bear arms.
ENERGY: Johnson would stop government
subsidies to private enterprise, but encourage entrepreneurs to
develop domestic energy sources under commonsense environmental
regulations.
IMMIGRATION: Johnson would encourage
legal immigration and a work visa for foreigners. He would support a
two-year grace period for illegals to get work permits, and establish
a path to citizenship for such individuals.
FOREIGN POLICY: No foreign nation
building; no wars except as allowed under the Constitution. No
torture; due process for detainees at Guantanamo.
HEALTH CARE: Repeal the health care
reform law and allow the free market to provide health care. Reform
Medicare and Medicaid. Federal assistance for those who cannot afford
essential health care should be provided through simple block grants
to the states, where innovation will create efficiencies and better
care at less cost.
INTERNET: No federal regulation or
taxation.
CIVIL LIBERTIES: Repeal the Patriot
Act. Government must be neutral on personal beliefs. No restrictions
on gay marriage.
ABORTION: Life is precious. A woman
should have the right to make decisions up to the point of viability
of the fetus.
EDUCATION: Turn education over to the
local level. End the Department of Education.
If those ideas sound like something
you could support, consider voting for Gary Johnson. Don't want to
"waste" your vote? If enough citizens care about the
Constitution, it could affect the future course of the nation, as the
two major political parties will have to pay attention. Consider this
quote from John Quincy Adams: "Always vote for principle, though
you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that
your vote is never lost."
