Former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson ( R) wants a balanced budget. He thinks that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security are great places to start. Is America ready for some tough medicine? And what about defensive spending? Find out as Gov. Johnson tells James Poulos how to balance the budget.

"Worst thing you could do is do both: cut the military and continue to intervene in places like Iraq." -- James Joyner 

"All the violence we are worried about stemming from drugs actually has to do with how black markets work. People literally fight for territory, literally fight for customers." -- Mike Riggs

"Opposition to gay marriage appears to be crumbling, as gay culture mainstreams quickly. To borrow a phrase from Jonah Goldberg, is the homosexual bourgeoisie upon us?" -- James Poulos  

"The states are facing something like a $3 trillion shortfall, in the pensions ... I don't think that the union guys have figured this out yet. They think they are going to be paid." -- Kevin Williamson
 

"They're dead right in that clip,why aren't they, about the root cause of the whole Palin maddness being the failure of the establishment-- Republicans and Democrats?" -- James Poulos

"Health care is not a right...we should not let the government take it over." -- Sally Pipes
 

You’re the last straw, Congressman. You’re proof that the illicit lust of the power elite is a constant presence. It is not a shocking revelation. It is a theme.

"Will Islam's Arabs party like it is 1989?" -- James Poulos 

Gordon Chang joins James Poulos to discuss the rise of Chinese military might.