Over the past few weeks, the Free Press editorial page endorsed a number of candidates for federal, state and local offices that are contested in today’s election. As a service to this page’s readers, we compiled these endorsements in the hopes of helping voters make informed decisions in the voting booth.
FEDERAL ELECTIONS
PRESIDENT
Gary Johnson
A former two-term governor of New Mexico, Johnson pledges to present a balanced budget to Congress, completely overhaul America’s ridiculous federal tax structure and fundamentally restructure entitlement programs to allow Americans more choice in health care and a greater opportunity to retire with dignity.
The threads that bind Johnson’s policy platform are the beliefs that markets work better than governments and that people are more suitable and equipped than elected officials and bureaucrats to make the decisions that impact their lives and the lives of their family. As a result, Johnson promotes entrepreneurship and privatization, allowing parents the opportunity to choose which school their children attend and minimizing the amount of hard-earned dollars the federal government takes from taxpayers.