Gary Johnson, the ex-governor of New Mexico, might be preparing for a 2012 presidential bid, due to the speculation surrounding his recent appearances across the country. However we can't be sure until he makes an official announcement. The reason for all these rumors is primarily due to Johnson's recent political campaigning through his non-profit website called Our America Initiative. As of late Mr. Johnson has been extremely outspoken about the state of affairs within America.
Johnson won't say whether or not he is running in 2012 and has been busy doing speeches across America while promoting his new book. His traveling has raised suspicion that is is intending on putting in a bid due to the fact he has traveled to key primary states. He has made three visits to Iowa and South Carolina, and six to New Hampshire.
Johnson appeared on Stephen Colbert's show on May 10th 2010 which gave him a bit of bump, to paraphrase Stephen's words. And since groups have been springing up over the country to urge a presidential run.
Johnson is coming out strong on issues and spreading his message at colleges and organizations across the country. A major issue of his is our lackluster approach to fix our national debt. He believes that we should roll back funds from our budget to the entitlement programs that support medicare, medicaid and social security. Moreover, he would like to see an end to funding foreign operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. When the Russians occupied Afghanistan it was a financial disaster for them, and Johnson sees this as the same.
He given a three pronged approach to getting our economy back on track. The first is to cut our spending. To do this he suggests that America make some cuts to programs such as medicare, medicaid, and social security. The second prong is to cut taxes and stop taxing investment and savings and to simplify the tax code. The last prong for is to limit government involvement in the economy itself. He wants to put an end to corporate bailouts, funding of special interests with tax payers dollars, place restrictions on the federal reserve, and broaden free trade.
The legalization of marijuana is something Johnson is advocating for saying we can tax and regulate it like we do with tobacco products. This is a more controversial idea, but he defends the idea well by arguing its health risks are no more dangerous than that of alcohol. If we implement the same laws we have for alcohol then marijuana can be used in a legal and safe manner. Moreover, he wants serious drug reform by placing serious drug users into treatment programs that tackle the issue of addiction. Criminalization doesn't address the core issue of addiction and is wasting tax payer dollars by creating revolving prison doors for health problems that could be fixed through rehabilitation.
Johnson won't say whether or not he is running in 2012 and has been busy doing speeches across America while promoting his new book. His traveling has raised suspicion that is is intending on putting in a bid due to the fact he has traveled to key primary states. He has made three visits to Iowa and South Carolina, and six to New Hampshire.
Johnson appeared on Stephen Colbert's show on May 10th 2010 which gave him a bit of bump, to paraphrase Stephen's words. And since groups have been springing up over the country to urge a presidential run.
Johnson is coming out strong on issues and spreading his message at colleges and organizations across the country. A major issue of his is our lackluster approach to fix our national debt. He believes that we should roll back funds from our budget to the entitlement programs that support medicare, medicaid and social security. Moreover, he would like to see an end to funding foreign operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. When the Russians occupied Afghanistan it was a financial disaster for them, and Johnson sees this as the same.
He given a three pronged approach to getting our economy back on track. The first is to cut our spending. To do this he suggests that America make some cuts to programs such as medicare, medicaid, and social security. The second prong is to cut taxes and stop taxing investment and savings and to simplify the tax code. The last prong for is to limit government involvement in the economy itself. He wants to put an end to corporate bailouts, funding of special interests with tax payers dollars, place restrictions on the federal reserve, and broaden free trade.
The legalization of marijuana is something Johnson is advocating for saying we can tax and regulate it like we do with tobacco products. This is a more controversial idea, but he defends the idea well by arguing its health risks are no more dangerous than that of alcohol. If we implement the same laws we have for alcohol then marijuana can be used in a legal and safe manner. Moreover, he wants serious drug reform by placing serious drug users into treatment programs that tackle the issue of addiction. Criminalization doesn't address the core issue of addiction and is wasting tax payer dollars by creating revolving prison doors for health problems that could be fixed through rehabilitation.
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As editor in chief of republican2012.org, a Republican 2012 election website, Derek Thomas is also trying to build a republican base for the 2012 elections. Creating fair and balanced news of the candidates is the main goal to support the 2012 republican presidential candidates.
