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Submitted by john wertz on 2016-10-20 02:27:24

Pros

Believes in limited government
Would repeal Obamacare
Favors simplifying and reducing taxes
advocated the FairTax as a template for tax reform.
During his governorship, Johnson cut taxes fourteen times and never increased them
Advocated for free market solutions to environmental problems
Supports the U.S. Supreme Court decision in Citizens United v. FEC
Would immediately balance the federal budget, and would demand a balanced budget amendment.
Supports "slashing government spending", including Medicare, Medicaid, and Social Security
Has referred to Social Security as a pyramid scheme
Johnson endorsed same-sex marriage in 2011; he has since called for a constitutional amendment protecting equal marriage rights

Cons -

Gary Johnson on abortion and religious freedom:

- He's for the right to abort babies up to "viability", but is in favor of overturning Roe to return the issue to the states. In other words, he sees no federal right to life that includes the unborn.

- He would also not support the conservative view of religious freedoms and would side against the Little Sisters of the Poor, Hobby Lobby, the bakers who don't want to bake homosexual wedding cakes, etc.

- says he's for the right for people to be able to choose but then he says he doesn't support the RFRA which protects Christians from being forced to support practices/ceremonies they believe are wrong according to God's law. So which is it? Do people have the right to choose? Do they have the right to choose who to associate with and who to support? Or don't they?

believes that gay rights trumps religious rights
Longtime advocate of legalizing marijuana
Has said that he does not "seek the counsel of God" when determining his political agenda
opposed foreign wars and pledged to cut the military budget by 43 percent in his first term as president
willingness to support a universal income and a carbon tax.
In the past changed his mind in favor of keeping Gitmo, because his consultants told him he should.
Would sign the TPP
stated that he does not believe Iran is a military threat, would use his presidential power to prevent Israel from attacking Iran, and would not follow Israel, or any other ally, into a war that it had initiated
Johnson supports the enforcement of Protected Classes that was established by the Civil Rights Act of 1964