Gary Johnson MyOcracy topics and responses

Criminal Justice

Use of treatment centers for violators of criminal laws targeting drug-use

• 2012-08-01: Marijuana is safer than alcohol
• 2011-06-15: Marijuana is safer than alcohol
• 2011-05-05: Harm-reduction: health issue rather than criminal issue
• 2011-05-02: Drug policy today parallels Prohibition in the 1920's
• 2001-04-09: War on Drugs is a miserable failure; $6M for treatment
• 2001-01-01: Drug use is up despite $30B spending on War on Drugs

  Support for the construction of prisons or detention centers

• 2012-08-01: Vetoed early release of prisoners due to overcrowding

Civil Rights

Support marriage rights between same-sex individuals

• 2011-11-01: Refused 'Marriage Vow' pledge; it condemns gays & singles
• 2011-04-22: I support gay unions; government out of marriage business

  Support for gun rights

• 2011-05-02: Laws regarding guns are ineffective

  Ban abortions except in limited cases

• 2012-01-18: No federal funding for stem cell research

  Abortion rights: Women should choose

• 2001-01-01: Leave the decision up to the woman

Economic Issues

Taxes for large corporations: Decrease

• 2011-06-15: Eliminate corporate income tax as real way to create jobs
• 2011-05-02: Lower the tax burden; eliminate corporate tax

  Taxes for wealthier tax payers: Less

• 2011-07-21: Reduce state personal income tax from 8.5% to 8%

  Implement a flat tax

• 2011-09-08: Replace job-killing tax code with FairTax

  Implement national sales tax instead of income-based tax code

• 2012-05-05: 23% national sales tax while eliminating the IRS

Education Issues

Support school vouchers

• 2012-08-01: $3,500 voucher for every K-12 student
• 2012-08-01: Vouchers are as constitutional as pre-school and day-care
• 2012-08-01: Competition would make our schools better
• 2011-08-21: Abolish Departments of Education and HUD
• 2011-07-21: Give every student in New Mexico vouchers worth $3,500
• 2011-05-02: Put educational funds in the hands of the people who use it
• 2011-05-02: End the Department of Education

Environmental Issues

Oppose cap-and-trade programs to address industrial emissions

• 2012-08-01: Cap-&-trade imposes costs with no environmental improvement
• 2011-07-21: No cap-and-trade; no taxing carbon emissions
• 2000-08-15: Kyoto Treaty must include reductions by all countries

Healthcare Issues

Reduce government involvement in the provision of health insurance for taxpayers

• 2012-08-01: Government-managed healthcare is insanity
• 2011-07-21: Salud!: managed care for Medicaid recipients

  Eliminate financial penalty from Obamacare for taxpayers that do not have health insurance

• 2011-08-21: ObamaCare is unconstitutional; so is Bush's Medicare Rx plan
• 2011-05-02: Repeal ObamaCare & failed Medicare prescription drug benefit

Immigration

Provide amnesty for undocumented individuals

• 2012-08-01: A 10-foot wall just requires an 11-foot ladder
• 2012-08-01: Arizona anti-immigrant law leads to racial profiling
• 2011-11-15: Let some, but not all, illegal immigrants stay in US
• 2011-11-15: 1 strike & you're out for legal immigrants who violate terms
• 2001-01-01: Mexican immigrants are pursuing same dreams we all have
• 2001-01-01: Open the border; flood of Mexicans would become taxpayers

  Increase the number of work visas granted to foreign workers each year

• 2011-11-15: 2 year grace period for illegals to get work visas