Gatewood Galbraith is running for governor of Kentucky as the Independent candidate.
He's run unsuccessfully before, but he says he's got a great plan and adds Kentucky is definitely ready for change.
"The most important thing right now is my running mate and I are Independent, no party affiliation whatsoever," said Galbraith. "We don't want one. The parties have their horns locked up like two bull elk fighting over territory, while the business of people lays dead in the dust. The business of the people is the budget."
Galbraith says it's time to put in a budget based on science and truth, not on corruption.
He has several plans for taxes, including how much we should pay.
"Right now the wage earner and the small business is bearing the brunt of the tax burden," said Galbraith. "It's time that we spread that out and let the corporations start paying their fair share and see if we can't equalize it on the backs of everybody instead of putting it on the backs of the people who can least afford it."
As in the past, Galbraith says he is still for medical marijuana.
"Now 19 states and the District of Columbia and the American Medical Association all agree with me," said Galbraith. "Medical marijuana in the hands of the sick and dying under license and regulation could save this state between 500 million and a billion dollars a year in health care costs."
Galbraith adds hemp could be a staple cash crop for the commonwealth if medical marijuana was legal in Kentucky.
Since he has run before, Galbraith joked that he's been called a perennial candidate, but he adds Kentucky has perennial problems.
"If the people who had beaten me the first time would have actually solved the problems, I wouldn't have had to run again, but they didn't and they haven't and they can't because neither party can produce a candidate that can disengage from the partisanship long enough to actually work with the other side to try to get something done," said Galbraith. "My running mate and I believe an Independent governor who does not care who gets credit for doing what's right for the people stands the best chance of using civility and statesmanship to get the best and brightest from both parties to join together to finally address the problems."
Galbraith adds he feels an Independent governor is more appealing now because the disfunctionality of the state is apparent to more and more people all the time.
If you would like more information on Gatewood Galbraith and his running mate, Dea Riley, click here.
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