Official Endorsement: NC Governor

Mike Munger:

Who?

Mike Munger is the Libertarian Candidate for Governor of North Carolina. While I know that the governor will either be Pat McCrory or Bev Perdue, I think that Munger and the Libertarian Party deserves some attention.

Once a Republican, Munger abandoned his party because they no longer served the issues in which he believed. Notably, small government. Fiscal conservatism is a lost art in our government. Only supporting a true fiscal conservative can bring any attention to this cause.

Also, unlike many Libertarian candidates, Munger is focused on the issues that I like from the Libertarian party. He wishes to define marriage as a contract between one person and any other consenting person. In regards to the death penalty, he wants to get the state, "out of the killing business." Munger wants to decriminalize addictive behavior and focus on rehabilitation as opposed to incarceration for such behavior.

I do have personal issues with deregulation and school vouchers but, from what I have seen from Munger, he is willing to make the projects work as opposed to taking them to the extreme. He wishes to even the business playing field, as opposed to granting long term tax havens to attract business. He also is willing to work to fix the public school system instead of simply slamming it as broken.

Why am I not choosing McCrory or Perdue? McCrory, I believe, has been great for Charlotte. However, I think he would only benefit the large metropolitan areas of the state. Those areas are fine, the help is needed in smaller towns. Also, he is still on the "drill here, drill now" kick, in which I am in adamant opposition. Perdue has worked hard for the state, but her refusal to debate Richard Moore in the primary, still is a major turnoff to me, and her vague policies seem to point towards political ambition as opposed to actually helping the state.