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Erisian's avatar

IMO, Perry Johnson's candidacy is focused solely on the American economy, but with an incredible amount of spin. His plan, which he calls "2 Cents to Save America" (also the title of his book), cannot be taken seriously. The proposal sounds very doable: shave two pennies from every dollar of discretionary spending. Two cents on the dollar doesn't sound like much, but put a different way, he is proposing a two percent blanket reduction on *all* discretionary budget items, which is about twenty five percent of the entire POTUS proposed 2024 budget. His plan lacks any analyses of how and where these cuts should be made, he is looking at every line item as if they are of equal importance to the functioning of the government or the well-being of the American people.

On top of this, this idea will only lower the total budget by 0.005%, which doesn't seem like much when claiming you are balancing the budget. But this amount can add up to a heavy hit for those who depend on the government for their very existence. Yes, government spending is out of control, but this cannot be considered a serious effort to cut federal bloat.

The plan appears to lack any concern for the day to day lives of Americans. As a businessman he has spent his life with an eye on the corporate bottom line, the employees are just a part of the equation.

As POTUS Johnson would need to alter his focus to see that the "employees" - those of us who live in the US or are expats - are paramount to the country's balance sheet.

BTW, Johnson is 75, so doesn't he have the same complaint against him that is being used for Mr Biden, and to a lesser extent, the Apricot Arthropod, that the odds are of him dying while in office are fairly high according to actuarial tables? Maybe one's age is only a concern if you have a D after your name.

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Eric B's avatar

I didn’t know anything about Johnson before, but it seems he’s just another “businessman” (all quotes added by me, somewhat arbitrarily) looking to bring “common sense” solutions to address the Nation’s economic “woes”. Another ear winner. *sigh*

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