“Balance the federal budget now, not 15 years from now, not 20 years from now, but now. And throw out the entire federal tax system, replace it with a fair tax, a consumption tax, that by all measurements is just that. It's fair.”

Gary Johnson is an American politician and businessman. He served as the governor of New Mexico from 2003 to 2011, known for his fiscal conservatism and pragmatic leadership. Later, he ran for U.S. president twice as the Libertarian Party nominee, advocating for limited government and free-market principles.