Clerk Note: At least we know where Governor Johnson stands on the issues, and they seem like reasonable positions. Ought to attract the saner half of the dying Republican Party.
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Gary Johnson's Position on the Issues
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Gary Johnson on Abortion
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- Don't require insurers to provide birth control. (May 2012)
- No federal funding for stem cell research. (Jan 2012)
- Women's right to choose until fetal viability. (Jun 2011)
- Right to choose up until viability of the fetus. (May 2011)
- Leave the decision up to the woman. (Jan 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Budget & Economy
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- National debt, approaching $20 trillion, is bankrupting us. (Jan 2016)
- National debt of $20 trillion is obscene & unsustainable. (Jan 2016)
- Lay out a process for state bankruptcies. (Aug 2012)
- No bank bailout; no farm subsidies; no stimulus. (May 2012)
- Cut federal budget by 43% to bring it into balance. (Feb 2012)
- Trillion-dollar stimulus failed; so will another $450B? (Sep 2011)
- We could have avoided default without raising debt ceiling. (Aug 2011)
- Ending the fed OK, but that's only part of the solution. (Aug 2011)
- Stop incurring more debt; balanced budget by 2013. (Jul 2011)
- Our debt is greatest threat to our national security. (Jul 2011)
- Opposed TARP, stimulus & Fannie Mae bailout. (Jul 2011)
- End the Fed; they've devalued the dollar by printing money. (May 2011)
- On verge of financial collapse unless we balance budget. (May 2011)
- Balance budget by cutting entitlements AND Defense. (Apr 2011)
- Uphold commitments to states before other spending. (Sep 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Civil Rights
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- Supports separation of religion and state. (Aug 2011)
- Prostitution is safer when legal and regulated. (Jun 2011)
- I support gay unions; government out of marriage business. (Apr 2011)
- Support principles embodied in the Equal Rights Amendment. (Feb 2001)
- Overturn CA Prop. 8: Let gays marry. (Apr 2013)
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Gary Johnson on Corporations
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- Eliminate double taxation embodied in business income taxes. (Jan 2016)
- Built Big J Enterprises into leading construction company. (Aug 2012)
- Visited Occupy Wall Street; we need radical surgery. (Feb 2012)
- Started a one-man handyman business; grew it to 1,000 people. (Sep 2011)
- Eliminate corporate income tax as real way to create jobs. (Jun 2011)
- Lower the tax burden; eliminate corporate tax. (May 2011)
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Gary Johnson on Crime
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- Too many unnecessary laws leads to too many in prison. (Jan 2016)
- Vetoed early release of prisoners due to overcrowding. (Aug 2012)
- Vetoed hate crime legislation as thought-crime. (Aug 2012)
- Built private prisons to replace out-of-state prisoners. (Aug 2012)
- Private prisons cost $20 less/day than public control. (Aug 2012)
- DNA evidence shows many people are mistakenly convicted. (Aug 2012)
- 1994: Proponent of death penalty, but willing to debate it. (Jan 2012)
- Death penalty as a public policy is flawed. (Jan 2012)
- Don't risk putting innocent to death. (Aug 2011)
- Half of crime is drug-related; legalizing drugs cuts crime. (Jan 2001)
- Supports flexible federal block grants for crime programs. (Sep 2001)
- Zero tolerance for violence against government employees. (Aug 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Drugs
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- States are finally seeing the failure of the War on Drugs. (Jan 2016)
- Why do we tell adults what they can put in their bodies? (Jan 2016)
- People 95% positive on legalizing; incumbents 100% negative. (Aug 2012)
- Marijuana is safer than alcohol. (Aug 2012)
- 75% of border violence with Mexico is due to drugs. (Jun 2011)
- Marijuana is safer than alcohol. (Jun 2011)
- Legalize marijuana instead of 1.8 million arrests and $70B. (May 2011)
- Harm-reduction: health issue rather than criminal issue. (May 2011)
- Drug policy today parallels Prohibition in the 1920's. (May 2011)
- Other governors privately support ending drug war. (Oct 2002)
- War on Drugs is a miserable failure; $6M for treatment. (Apr 2001)
- Drug use is up despite $30B spending on War on Drugs. (Jan 2001)
- Prescriptions for heroin & methadone at local pharmacy. (Jan 2001)
- Allow medical marijuana and needle exchanges. (Jan 2001)
- More federal funding for all aspects of Drug War. (Aug 2000)
- States should make drug policy, not feds. (Aug 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Education
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- Public education system needs major reform. (Aug 2012)
- Vouchers OK for church childcare & church schools. (Aug 2012)
- $3,500 voucher for every K-12 student. (Aug 2012)
- Vouchers are as constitutional as pre-school and day-care. (Aug 2012)
- Competition would make our schools better. (Aug 2012)
- I support evolution; but no federal involvement. (May 2012)
- No student loans; they cause higher tuition. (Nov 2011)
- Education Dept. takes 16 cents for every 11 cents it gives. (Sep 2011)
- Abolish Departments of Education and HUD. (Aug 2011)
- Give every student in New Mexico vouchers worth $3,500. (Jul 2011)
- Put educational funds in the hands of the people who use it. (May 2011)
- End the Department of Education. (May 2011)
- No student loans; they cause higher tuition. (Feb 2011)
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Gary Johnson on Energy & Oil
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- Cap-&-trade imposes costs with no environmental improvement. (Aug 2012)
- Alternative energy good; ethanol subsidies bad. (Nov 2011)
- Supports nuclear power. (Aug 2011)
- Current policy prevents common-sense energy development. (Jul 2011)
- No cap-and-trade; no taxing carbon emissions. (Jul 2011)
- I accept global warming but not cap-and-trade. (Jun 2011)
- Voluntary partnerships reduce greenhouse gases economically. (Aug 2000)
- Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries. (Aug 2000)
- Federal tax incentives for energy, with state decisions. (Aug 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Environment
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- No compromise on clean air, but no cap-and-trade. (Oct 2011)
- More state autonomy on brownfields & Superfund cleanups. (Aug 2001)
- Support State Revolving Loan Fund for flexible Clean Water. (Aug 2001)
- Focus on prevention and states for Endangered Species. (Aug 2001)
- Collaborative, incentive driven, locally-based solutions. (Aug 2001)
- Apply "Good Samaritan" rules to abandoned mine cleanup. (Aug 2001)
- State primacy over water quantity & quality issues. (Aug 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Government Reform
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- Strong advocate of term limits for governors & Congress. (Jan 2016)
- New SuperPAC, "Our America PAC", for principled candidates. (Dec 2013)
- Should government be doing this policy in the first place? (Aug 2012)
- Won 1994 with $510K of own money & not beholden. (Aug 2012)
- 750 vetoes & contentious relationship with legislature. (Aug 2012)
- OpEd: managed to improve the state while slashing the budget. (Nov 2011)
- Vetoed more bills than all other governors combined. (Sep 2011)
- As governor, vetoed 750 bills. (Jul 2011)
- Government creates jobs by reducing its role, not expanding. (Jul 2011)
- "Governor No": 742 total vetoes of bills over two terms. (Jul 2011)
- 1996 tort reform: limit punitive damage awards. (Jul 2011)
- Unlimited campaign contributions by corporations. (Jul 2011)
- Cost benefit analysis on all government spending. (May 2011)
- Full disclosure, but no limits on campaign donations. (Jan 2001)
- Term limits let politicians focus on issues, not re-election. (Jan 2001)
- Reforms must respect state's rights to select electors. (Aug 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Health Care
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- ObamaCare's promise of lower cost simply isn't happening. (Jan 2016)
- Government-managed healthcare is insanity. (Aug 2012)
- Block grant Medicare; carte blanche to the states. (Aug 2011)
- ObamaCare is unconstitutional; so is Bush's Medicare Rx plan. (Aug 2011)
- Salud!: managed care for Medicaid recipients. (Jul 2011)
- 1999: vetoed 12-cent-a-pack cigarette tax hike. (Jul 2011)
- Cut Medicare/Medicaid by 43%, as part of $1.675 trillion cut. (May 2011)
- Repeal ObamaCare & failed Medicare prescription drug benefit. (May 2011)
- No federal pre-emption of employee health plan regulation. (Oct 2001)
- More federal funding for rural health services. (Aug 2001)
- Protect state tobacco settlement funds from federal seizure. (Apr 1999)
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Gary Johnson on Homeland Security
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- Spying on U.S. citizens dismantles the 4th Amendment. (Jan 2016)
- Founding Fathers would be disgusted about spying on citizens. (Jan 2016)
- Overturn simplistic, chaotic, reactive military policies. (Jan 2016)
- Should we have 100,000 troops on the ground in Europe? (Aug 2012)
- Patriot Act is a direct assault on privacy & due process. (Aug 2012)
- Torture has created millions of enemies we wouldn't have had. (Aug 2012)
- Let the PATRIOT Act expire; respect habeas corpus. (Jan 2012)
- Due process at Guantanamo; no torture of terrorist suspects. (Jan 2012)
- Allies want more US military spending, but cut by 43%. (Nov 2011)
- 43% reduction in military spending; cut foreign aid too. (Sep 2011)
- No physical or psychological torture of terrorist suspects. (Aug 2011)
- Abolish the TSA; let Patriot Act expire. (Aug 2011)
- No waterboarding under any circumstances. (May 2011)
- Deal with terrorism as a joint federal-state responsibility. (Feb 2001)
- Include states in anti-terrorism planning. (Sep 2001)
- Study terrorist threats against nuclear waste repositories. (Aug 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Immigration
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- Bigger border fence will only produce taller ladders. (Jan 2016)
- Arizona anti-immigrant law leads to racial profiling. (Aug 2012)
- A 10-foot wall just requires an 11-foot ladder. (Aug 2012)
- 2 year grace period for illegals to get work visas. (Nov 2011)
- 1 strike & you're out for legal immigrants who violate terms. (Nov 2011)
- Let some, but not all, illegal immigrants stay in US. (Nov 2011)
- We educate the world's best & brightest; why send them back? (Jun 2011)
- Open the border; flood of Mexicans would become taxpayers. (Jan 2001)
- Mexican immigrants are pursuing same dreams we all have. (Jan 2001)
- Share costs of legal immigration between states & federal. (Feb 2001)
- Federal government should deal with criminal repatriation. (Feb 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Jobs
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- Governments don't create jobs--businesses do. (Feb 2012)
- Oppose NLRB recent actions against Boeing in SC. (Jul 2011)
- 1999: Vetoed raising minimum wage from $4.25/hour to $5.65. (Jul 2011)
- Long unemployment benefits postpones dealing with problem. (May 2011)
- Create block grants for Agricultural Stewardship. (Aug 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Principles & Values
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- Side-by-side issue comparison to Mitt Romney. (Aug 2012)
- My desire to serve has been with me since childhood. (Aug 2012)
- I view government in the same way as philosopher Ayn Rand. (Aug 2012)
- Seven Principles of Good Government for work & life. (Aug 2012)
- Graduated from UNM and married college sweetheart. (Aug 2012)
- Gave fiancee "Atlas Shrugged" to explain his politics. (Aug 2012)
- Let people drive 75 mph & buy beer on Sundays. (Nov 2011)
- Favorite philosopher: Milton Friedman. (Aug 2011)
- Tea Party insures that Republicans are part of the solution. (Jul 2011)
- Calls himself classical liberal; others prefer libertarian. (Jun 2011)
- Majority of America is fiscal conservative & social liberal. (Jun 2011)
- Religious affiliation: Lutheran. (Nov 2000)
- Member, National Governors Association/Economic Development. (Jan 2001)
- Member of Republican Governors Association. (Aug 2001)
- Member of the Western Governors' Association. (Aug 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Social Security
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- Raise the retirement age to 70 or 72. (Aug 2012)
- A portion of Social Security ought to be privatized. (Aug 2012)
- Replace the payroll tax with FairTax. (Feb 2012)
- Raise the retirement age; plus means testing. (Aug 2011)
- Reform all entitlements, including Social Security. (Jul 2011)
- Open to personal accounts for Social Security. (Jul 2011)
- Change escalator from wage-based to inflation-based. (May 2011)
- Maintain long-term solvency of Social Security and Medicare. (Aug 2001)
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Gary Johnson on Tax Reform
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- Current tax code penalizes productivity & investment. (Jan 2016)
- 23% national sales tax while eliminating the IRS. (May 2012)
- Get rid of income tax and capital-gains tax. (Feb 2012)
- FairTax on all new goods & services, with prebates for poor. (Feb 2012)
- FairTax would absolutely reboot the American economy. (Sep 2011)
- Replace tax system with a FairTax. (Sep 2011)
- Replace job-killing tax code with FairTax. (Sep 2011)
- Reduce state personal income tax from 8.5% to 8%. (Jul 2011)
- No national sales tax or VAT. (Feb 2000)
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Gary Johnson on Technology
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- No government "back doors" into encrypted, private info. (Jan 2016)
- Oversaw construction of 500 miles of new highway. (Aug 2012)
- Highway 44: Private alternatives to infrastructure spending. (Jul 2011)
- Opposes Net Neutrality; no government regulation of Internet. (Jul 2011)
- NM building twice as many 4-lane highways with no tax raise. (Jan 2001)
- Level playing field for Main Street vs. Internet sales tax. (Aug 2001)
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Gary Johnson on War & Peace
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- We are no safer after years of failed nation-building abroad. (Jan 2016)
- Afghan nation-building will fail; withdraw immediately. (Aug 2012)
- Cut all support and aid to Israel. (May 2012)
- No military threat from Iraq, Afghanistan, nor Libya. (Aug 2011)
- Iran is not currently a military threat. (Aug 2011)
- Let Israel deal with Iranian nukes; not US role to tell them. (Aug 2011)
- Absolutely would not have gone into Libya; get out now. (Jul 2011)
- We wiped out al Qaeda 10 years ago; leave Afghanistan. (Jun 2011)
- No threat from Libya; so no authority to topple dictator. (Jun 2011)
- Afghan War initially warranted, but not for 10 years. (May 2011)
- Military surveillance should discover WMD before invasion. (May 2011)
- I opposed the Iraq War from the beginning. (May 2011)
- No Afghan timetable; start tomorrow & finish in a few months. (May 2011)
- Eliminate ineffective interventions in Iraq & Afghanistan. (May 2011)
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