Gary Johnson might put Trump over the top!
New Mexico is an extreme example, but it’s happening everywhere. In New Mexico, Gary and Jill (Stein) cut Hillary’s lead from 10% (in a 2-way choice) to 4% (in a 4-way choice). With Gary at 24% and Stein at only 2%, most of this swing is due to Gary. He’s in second place among Hispanics (40% Clinton, 31% Johnson, 18% Trump, 0% Stein). He’s in first place among independents in New Mexico, at 42% to Hillary’s 26% and Trump’s 14%.
Across the country, there are now multiple “swing states” in play, and most state-level polls show Clinton doing worse with Johnson in the race than in a head-to-head matchup with Trump.
For better or worse, Gary Johnson’s presence in the race might be the deciding factor leading to a Trump victory and a very different global political landscape than the one envisioned by Hillary and her supporters. A pretty impressive accomplishment for a “minor” party, and a testimonial to the Libertarian Party’s growing influence and acceptance among mainstream voters.
Across the country, there are now multiple “swing states” in play, and most state-level polls show Clinton doing worse with Johnson in the race than in a head-to-head matchup with Trump.
For better or worse, Gary Johnson’s presence in the race might be the deciding factor leading to a Trump victory and a very different global political landscape than the one envisioned by Hillary and her supporters. A pretty impressive accomplishment for a “minor” party, and a testimonial to the Libertarian Party’s growing influence and acceptance among mainstream voters.
A penalty on production is a disincentive to work. It goes against the rights to life, liberty and property and inspires collusion between those with money and those who make the rules (cronyism) to favor some over others. And as Trump has declared, it's smart to game the system.
Socialist handouts are the crumbs tossed to selected groups to keep them quiet while the large handouts go to certain industries, most vilely to weapons makers and the war machine.
So does Socialism, or progressivism, which begins by professing to care benevolently about the less fortunate and the less well off, the downtrodden, the allegedly exploited, the working class, metastasize into dictatorship, oligarchy, and enslavement of those with abilities for the sake of those with needs.
Even at its most idealistic, Socialism and all its ilk lead to some becoming "more equal" than others (read Orwell's "Animal Farm"). Its frog-warming progress to full-blown totalitarianism may take a century -- the Bolsheviks arose around 1905. Here we are in 2016, with many of our people, in a euphoria of greed and envy, and with a total lack of shame, supporting the do-goody ideas of self-declared Socialists against the principles of the U.S. Constitution.
That the American system of individual rights is still called only "an experiment" and is on the verge of being scrapped is the greatest tragedy for the human race. Few even understand anymore what those founding principles mean: protecting the individual against the mob.
I'm voting for Gary Johnson. As he put it, let's make America sane again.
the regulations they use to control business entities have little to do with efficiencies, customer service, etc. Those regulations just serve the masters (the socialist leaders).
For example, the rational, honest, and moral voter could cast his #1 vote for Johnson, maybe #2 for Jill Stein, #3 for ... someone else, perhaps Trump or Clinton or any other candidate.
Let's say lots of people pick 1-Johnson and 2-Trump out of fear of Clinton.
In the meantime, they've shown the old-party oligarchs they're sick and tired of the old ways.
Now, though, people are almost forced -- by dishonest "news" reporting and poor schooling -- into picking an alleged lesser evil.
With Hillary, god save anyone who opposes her. She even dispatched Sanders, a fellow liberal.
Even that did not materially effect the final electoral vote. This year it might be different. AS close as the election appear at this time, if Johnson carries 1 or 2 states he could through the election into the House. This does not appear likely, but stranger things have happened.
He needs 60 electoral votes to deny Trump or Clinton the victory.
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/epol...
When the LP was originally formed, its stated purpose was to use the political process to spread libertarian ideas. Winning elections was beside the point. I'd like to see them get back to their roots.
As for radical action, Gary Johnson may not be able to abolish entire agencies but he can certainly gut their power and influence with his budgetary veto pen. Free college tuition is popular with many Democrats and socialist “progressives” but not with the overall public, so I don’t think that vetoing such a plan would politically damage a Libertarian president.
Not to mention, No one realizes that more than half the world is NOT CONSCIOUSLY INTROSPECTIVE YET!