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Gary Johnson 2012

There have been plenty of rumors that New Mexico’s 29th governor is planning a presidential bid in 2012, however we can’t be sure until he makes an official announcement. These speculations has been fueled by Johnson’s recent cross country travel and his launch of a new non-profit website addressing America’s current issues.

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 for America, a non affiliated political group, has created an online campaign to urge Johnson to run in 2012. Some might argue people have become of aware of Johnson after his May appearance on the Colbert Report where he advocated for the legalization of marijuana.

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Through his non-profit campaign Johnson is raising the issues that America is facing today and speaking at events all over the country in order to create awareness. The first issue Johnson is facing is the overwhelming deficit America has accrued over the years. He believes this is not only a challenge, but one of the biggest threats to America. In an effort to reduce the deficit Johnson advocates we make cuts in spending to defense that fund overseas campaigns such as in Afghanistan. He argues further that if fighting and occupying Afghanistan didn’t work for the Russians it isn’t going to work for us and it will be at great cost.

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.

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. Developing real news of the candidates is the main goal to support the 2012 republican presidential candidates.