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Republican Presidential Candidate Gary Johnson on not being included in the GOP debate and the benefits of a consumption tax.
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Or cannot attend -- Obama the -- last got to get Republicans who voted against his jobs plan since the.
Majority of the American people think it makes sense for us what did you back in the classroom construction workers back to work in tax breaks for small bit of good.
Tax breaks for folks who are hiring veterans.
But we got a 100%.
No.
From Republicans that.
-- that doesn't make any sense.
Gary Johnson says this is what doesn't make any sense a guy campaigning for president when it already is.
The president of the United States the former New Mexico governor presidential candidate Gary Johnson.
You're not invited to the debate tonight -- -- to debate tonight -- You know that the president United States is a really really lousy job it's just time somebody's closest.
-- I wonder I went He went excited with the protesters all is well which is fine and but they're all saying you know -- were were angry at the man well he's the man.
Now I'm just leaving that aside.
But our real quickly on the debate you're not invited you don't you don't that meet the minimum requirements.
To Vienna but your name is and included so you could but my name is not included in the polls though I can't I can't be in the debates and what's really frustrating is for CNN polls ago bomb -- 2% of the national.
Vote and and for the last three CNN polls my name is and even in the polls so.
You can't show up if your name's not in the polls and a so this is not a process it's fair now I would -- that I've always said the people with the U.
Like the government -- governor here at the very least has a right to be at the table with a podiums there talk about it's not.
Dozens if they're right it's not as if we have fifty -- running for president -- we are arguably I mean this is a finite race at this point time.
You look at Buddy Roemer is being excluded Buddy Roemer grew the Republican Party in Louisiana from 97%.
In the legislature -- -- have a -- have a president and body there was a degree.
From.
Let's go to you governor.
And and your thoughts on the president right now He wants to resurrect this -- -- that's been defeated senate seat in the senate.
-- in pieces resurrected but it is dead so what would you do.
Well I I would throw out the entire federal tax system I would replace it with the fair tax which.
Which does away with income tax does away with corporate tax.
If in his zero corporate tax rate environments.
The private sector doesn't create tens of millions of jobs I don't know what else we can do you know what -- do with the loss of revenue in at least that in a room before things really get -- actually -- -- fair tax is projected to be revenue neutral.
If it if there is alarming can sort of -- -- 999.
Well -- everything it is not about.
Well it's kind of a phase in its a little more complicated in the fair tax for those for those watching right now my online fair tax dot -- check it out does away with the income tax doesn't what you want to do -- with a lot of these big simpler taxes and and I'm not mean -- get a -- in the weeds here is that.
Whatever their merits short term you lose money you don't buy that.
Well let's just say that that is the case if that's the case what -- -- what are we put into short term stimulus -- trillion dollars so.
If we would put that in two a complete overhaul of the tax system.
And back to complete overhaul -- tax system fair that'd be based.
Fair some corporations now pay tax some people some corporations don't.
Some individuals and what I and I do you like it attacks like McCain was is this a little bit of that with the minutes but you bring the money out of the underground.
Well that's what the fair tax dollars and I don't know what's so I wouldn't I wouldn't put it on three fronts let's just make it a consumption tax.
By all free market economists reckoning -- this is really the way to overhaul the tax system.
Is a consumption tax.
You know there's a theory that built into our goods and services right now is 23% tax currently so if you buy Coke right now for balked.
He estimated the estimate is 23% of that is tax don't like to over it and there is very short period of time of -- had a theory is you wipe that out and it becomes cost neutral.
Okay real quickly they've moved up this presidential scheduled.
New Hampshire guess is going to be voting Christmas status of -- but everyone's moving it up their primaries up earlier.
Everyone says that benefits Mitt Romney.
Because by early February Lefevre we could have a nominee.
But it I don't think that'll be -- case and and in this case moving it up I think people need to engage I don't know as people are really engaged.
As much as they need to be and so moving these dates up it's gonna affect everybody equally.
I don't I don't citizen and you know you're immersed in this process but -- that the holidays and you guys -- slightly have to go voting -- months after world so so -- a solid New Hampshire writes they got to engage -- -- to finally engaged in go out and listen to what the tell you -- there.
You know what when -- when you don't appear in the debate is the real thumb catch 22 kind of a situation if you're not in the debates use you don't.
Paul that way you don't won't raise money raising money has to do with Poland ridiculous well and and not to complain but.
Just complain about it not being fair this is -- This is and what I grew up to understand about certainly the presidential process.
You read about that.
It is where it again the war against Gary -- -- votes you don't think He has a right to be at the table you decided on whether it makes sense as a kind of your calls shouldn't be some party have humans as well Gary Johnson 2012 dot com if you get online -- you -- -- -- -- of -- him He said if you look at don't see what you think.
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