Gary Johnson Makes a visit to Chicago – Chicago Conservative | Examiner.com rebelpundit March 29, 2011 News Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson made an appearance before the Chicago chapter of America’s Future Foundation on Thursday, ostensibly to promote the ideas of his group the Our America Initiative. That group, however, is largely seen as a platform from which Johnson may launch an eventual 2012 presidential bid. On Facebook, Johnson lists his political views as “Conservative” and there is no doubt that on fiscal matters, even the fiercest deficit hawk in Washington could learn something from the man who wielded his veto pen over 750 times during his two terms as governor. That averages over two vetoes a day for every day the New Mexico legislature was in session until he was term-limited out of office and was more than all the governors of the other 49 states combined over that time period. Before he left office Johnson had eliminated the state’s budget deficit, restrained the growth of spending, and left New Mexico with a one billion dollar surplus. Importantly, he did it all without ever raising taxes. via Chicago Conservative | Examiner.com. Leave a Reply Cancel ReplyYour email address will not be published.CommentName* Email* Website Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Currently you have JavaScript disabled. In order to post comments, please make sure JavaScript and Cookies are enabled, and reload the page. Click here for instructions on how to enable JavaScript in your browser. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email.