I supported Gary Johnson this election and did not do so out of protest. I agree with most of everything he says and he's got a track record of knowing how to govern and being honest, even if it means saying something that he knows a lot of his supporters won't like. He was for small government, fiscal responsibility, non-interventionism and the restoration of American liberties. He wanted to end government spying programs and he wanted to pardon Edward Snowden.
Another thing about Gary, a lot of people call his proposals crazy, but apparently, those within the government agree with him. He probably a large spending cut in national defense. Neocons consider that "unpatriotic". As it turns out, the Pentagon recently admitted that they had more military bases in the US than what was necessary and that a 20% cut in spending is easily doable. Gary then claimed that America's actions in the Middle East have made us less safer. Again, the Neocons would consider that "unpatriotic". Then the FBI recently released a report that was done in 2012 where they conducted a study of what causes terrorism and what motivates terrorists. They concluded that our presence over there is the main cause of terrorist attacks and the main motivating factor, just like what Gary was saying. So in those cases, the people who agreed with Gary Johnson were the experts. Those who disagreed with him were the politicians. Go figure.
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