Republican presidential candidate Perry Johnson discusses his plan to cut the federal budget by 2% every year, which he believes would eliminate inflation, in a campaign video.
Republican presidential candidate Perry Johnson discusses his plan to cut the federal budget by 2% every year, which he believes would eliminate inflation, in a campaign video. | Screenshot: YouTube/Perry Johnson
1. Perry Johnson

Update: Perry Johnson took to X on Oct. 20 to announce that he was suspending his campaign.

Perry Johnson, who describes himself as a “self-made businessman, problem solver and quality expert from Michigan,” is one of several candidates seeking the Republican Party’s nomination for president. Johnson sees a “bloated federal government that is creating record inflation which is crushing the American middle class” as “the most pressing issue facing our country.”

Johnson has proposed a “two-cents plan,” which would “cut two cents off of every dollar in federal discretionary spending to end inflation and solve the debt crisis.” Perry offers a book titled Two Cents to Save America, which contains a foreword by noted economist Arthur Laffer, for free. 

Additionally, Johnson has proposed reducing the number of federal income tax brackets from seven to two as well as eliminating the FBI and the U.S. Department of Education. He has also vowed to “implement a zero-tolerance policy for religious discrimination and anti-Christian investigatory practices” and condemned efforts by federal law enforcement to target “Christians and other religious institutions and organizations.” 

Ryan Foley is a reporter for The Christian Post. He can be reached at: ryan.foley@christianpost.com

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