Meet Your Third Option for President: Libertarian Gary Johnson

It’s hard to remember a time when the press wasn’t talking about Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. The US two-party system is sustained by one-sided media coverage. However, Presidential candidate and Libertarian Party nominee, Gary Johnson may be forcing his way onto the political stage.

Also a candidate in the 2012 election, the former New Mexico governor saw few opportunities for sharing his views via public debate. However, recently he and running mate, Massachusetts Governor Bill Weld had made significant gains. A CNN/ORC national survey puts Johnson at 13%, just shy of the 15% that would secure him a podium at the national debates.

Peter Schiff has supported Johnson since his 2012 run and recently endorsed him at Freedom Fest 2016:

I think if people really want change that makes sense, they might support Gary Johnson who has the Libertarian Party nomination, who really embraces more of the philosophy that I stand for.”

Some are seeing Johnson’s popularity as a sign of voter dissatisfaction with Clinton and Trump. One could also say not enough people have been given the chance to hear Johnson’s platform, which emphasizes economic policies like lower taxes, banking deregulation, and balanced budgets.

All of these issues bring gold and precious metals to the table because a part of the Libertarian solution to central banking could involve the return to a gold standard.

In a recent interview also at Freedom Fest 2016, Johnson answered a question about tax reform and a return to the gold standard.

I would love to have a commodity-based currency, so I would support legislation to have competing currencies. If I could wave a magic wand, I would eliminate income tax. I would eliminate corporate tax. I would abolish the IRS, and I would replace all of it with a national consumption tax.”

Leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada, Tim Moen, told schiffgold.com when it came to the free markets and the gold standard, he and Johnson share similar views:

[I’m] in favor of a gold standard over our current fiat fractional reserve currency … we prefer competing currencies rather than a one size fits all government solution but I think we both recognize that a gold standard would likely be favored in a free market of money for many reasons not least of which is because it doesn’t devalue like fractional reserve fiat currency.”

With the constant political noise the two major parties have created, it’s easy for independent national organizations like the Libertarian Party to be overlooked. Hopefully, Johnson’s rising support will propel him to the national stage where the entire gamut of social and economic ideas can be showcased, and where millions of Libertarians can feel that they’re being heard.

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