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It's time for Republicans to consider the Gary Johnson option
The former New Mexico governor has a lot more in common with conservatives than Hillary Clinton does.
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No. No. No. No. No. Yes, he does have a lot in common with conservatives, like insane economic policies and beyond ridiculously insane policies on how government should treat business. We tried the Libertarian idea back in the Industrial Revolution. As designed, it worked great for the wealth class, but not so great for workers and the environment. Anybody who suggest that we go back to those policies should take a history class.
Right because the current system is working so well right now? Johnsons not going to turn the country into some third world waste land, he supports the EPA and is against corporatism which has led to the largest amount of wealth inequality ever seen in human history. He's also tired of foreign interventions that do nothing but make the situation worse and us less safe like interventions in Iraq, Libya and Syria have, which Hillary has supported every single one.
Unlike Clinton, based on his rhetoric and his record Johnson will also do nothing to stop the US from turning into a third world wasteland either. He may be against enabling corporatism through the federal government but he has no problem with businesses leveraging their weight with each individual state.
His isolationist policies won't embroil us in military adventurism, which is a plus, but I don't trust him to piss off our allies almost as much as Trump which Clinton won't do. I don't care to trade one set of problems for another.
Johnson isn't the worst candidate in this election, but there's nothing in his platforms that makes me think he'll be better. His economic policies alone disqualify him from higher office.