Everyone is fretting about the upcoming election in November because there are two bad choices for president between the Democrat Hillary Clinton or the Republican Donald Trump. It is like having the choice of being punched in the face or kicked in the nuts, neither outcome is great.
Americans do have a serious third party contender in Gary Johnson as the Libertarian candidate. Here are some of the key issues of the Libertarian platform.
1.) Personal Liberty - Individuals should be free to make choices for themselves and must accept responsibility for the consequences of the choices they make.
2.) Privacy - Libertarians advocate individual privacy and government transparency. (No NSA)
3.) Personal Relationships - Sexual orientation, preference, gender, or gender identity should have no impact on the government’s treatment of individuals, such as in current marriage, child custody, adoption, immigration or military service laws. (In other words it is none of the governments business who you sleep with or marry)
4.) Crime and Justice - The prescribed role of government is to protect the rights of every individual including the right to life, liberty and property.
5.) Death Penalty- Opposed to it.
6.) Marijuana - None of the government's business
7.) Government Financing and Spending - Repeal the IRS and get rid of income tax so that those who works can keep the fruits of their labor.
8.) Money and Financial Markets -Free Market Economy
9.) National Defence - We support the maintenance of a sufficient military to defend the United States against aggression. (America should not be the world's police)
10.) Rights and discrimination - Government should neither deny nor abridge any individual’s human right based upon sex, wealth, ethnicity, creed, age, national origin, personal habits, political preference or sexual orientation.
The Libertarian party closely aligns with most American values.
Complete Libertarian Platform - https://www.lp.org/platform
He needs to be able to get into the debates in order to make a difference. I understand he needs to be polling at least 15% - I think he has managed about 13% but needs to push higher.
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I like Gary Johnson, but 3rd parties have such a disadvantage. They can't get into the debates and the rules are against them. (The truth is I wish Ron Paul ran republican again) I used to get so pumped up watching him the debates. Most of the country is liberal now and everything is politically correct. You can't convince these people they are wrong.
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The American media will never give this candidate the attention that he deserves, because he wouldn't be able to maintain their hunger for sensationalism. Yellow journalism is alive and well.
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