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To: GoldStandard; Captain Kirk; KDD; Puddleglum; mvpel
Under Johnson's administration, New Mexico experienced the longest period without a tax increase in the state's history, the rate of growth in the state government was cut in half, half of the state's prisons were privatized, state Medicaid was shifted to managed care, and the state was left with approximately 1,000 fewer employees (with no firings) and a budget surplus.[6] Johnson vetoed 750 bills (which was more than all the vetoes of the other 49 Governors in the country at that time, combined), which earned him the nickname Gary "Veto" Johnson.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_E._Johnson

8 posted on 10/26/2009 6:28:53 PM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist (90% of the fedgov is unconstitutional. The other 10% besides the military doesnt know what it's doin)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist
the rate of growth in the state government was cut in half

so when will government see actual cuts, not rate-of-growth cuts?

22 posted on 10/26/2009 6:39:13 PM PDT by Need4Truth (Who can reprogram the Branch Carbonians?)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

Ok, I like him already.

so, what’s the bad news?

what was the topic of his college thesis?


81 posted on 10/26/2009 7:28:40 PM PDT by AlmaKing
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