James "Jim" Macauley

Neutral

ABORTION IS A VERY PERSONAL DECISION. POLITICALLY IT'S A "STATE'S RIGHTS" ISSUE. FEDERAL MONIES SHOULD THEREFORE NOT BE ALLOCATED FOR ABORTIONS. HOWEVER, AS A STATE'S RIGHTS ISSUE IF VOTERS OF THE STATE DECIDE TO ALLOCATE PUBLIC FUNDS FOR THIS PURPOSE, THEN ALTHOUGH I WOULD VOTE TO OPPOSE THAT FUNDING ON PERSONAL GROUNDS, I WOULD SUPPORT THE COMMUNITIES RIGHT TO MAKE THAT CHOICE. PERSONAL NOTE: "ALL LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION & TAKING THE LIFE OF ANY CHILD IS CONTRARY TO THE LAWS OF GOD & MAN"

Strongly Agree

ABSOLUTELY. THE PUBLIC HAS BOTH THE RIGHT & A NEED TO KNOW THE EFFECTS OF ANY DRUG BEING TAKEN FOR ANY PURPOSE. DRUGS PRESCRIBED FOR CHEMICAL ABORTIONS ARE NO EXCEPTION.

THIS IS A VERY PERSONAL DECISION FOR BOTH THE MOTHER & FATHER. WHILE THE FATHER'S FEELINGS MUST BE CONSIDERED THE ULTIMATE DECISION MUST BE THE MOTHER'S. IN MY VIEW, SHE MUST MAKE THAT CHOICE' IN THE FIRST TRIMESTER. THAT SAID, THE PHYSICAL HEALTH OF THE MOTHER MUST AT ALL TIMES BE THE LAW'S FIRST PRIORITY AND SHOULD AN ABORTION IN THE JUDGEMENT OF THE ATTENDING PHSICIAN BE REQUIRED TO PRESERVE THE MOTHER'S LIFE, THEN IT MUST ALSO BE LEGAL TO PERFORM THAT ABORTION.

AS WE STRIVE TO CREATE A MORE PERFECT UNION AND A MORE JUST AND CIVIL SOCIETY, REPRESENTATIVES OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO EXPRESS THEIR PERSONAL VIEWS ON ANY AND EVERY ISSUE CONFRONTING THE DAILY LIVES OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. THAT INCLUDES THE TOPIC OF ABORTION AND ALL THAT ENTAILS. HOWEVER, LEGISLATION & FUNDING SHOULD BE LEFT TO THE PURVIEW OF THE STATES AND THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE WITHIN THEM. RESIDENTS WHO ARE UNCOMFORTABLE WITH THE WISHES OF THE MAJORITY SHOULD EITHER ADAPT THEIR VIEWS TO THE CONSENSUS OF THOSE THEY LIVE WITH OR RELOCATE THEMSELVES TO A COMMUNITY THAT BETTER REFLECTS THEIR VALUES. A FEDERAL GOVERNMENT THAT RESPECTS THE RIGHT OF COMMUNITIES TO HAVE DIFFERING VIEWS ON CONTENTIOUS ISSUES IS A GOVERNMENT FOR ALL PEOPLE THAT ALSO VALUES PERSONAL LIBERTY OVER SOCIAL CONFORMITY. A PRIMARY FUNCTION OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT PERTAINING TO ISSUES NOT PROVIDED FOR BY THE CONSTITUTION IS THEREFORE TO PROMOTE UNITY BY PROVIDING FOR A DIVERSITY OF THOUGHT.

RESTORE 1913 TAX PROTOCOL. TAX "THE 20%" TO FUND OPERATIONS & SERVICE DEBT. TO INCREASE DISPOSABLE INCOME: RAISE STD DEDUCTION TO $120,000 FROM $14,000. TO INCREASE WEALTH: PERMIT UPTO $18,360 IN FICA TAXES TO BE CONVERTED INTO "TAX-FREE SAVINGS"

Agree

DEBT FORGIVENESS BY DEFINITION "TRANSFERS RESPONSIBILITY". HENCE, IT SHOULDN'T BE DONE? NO. ISSUE IS WHO SHOULD ABSORB THE COST? MY VIEW: TWO OTHER CANDIDATES: "THE 20%" & "THE UNIVERSITIES". IF WE RESTORE1913 TAX PROTOCOL REQUIRING "THE 20%" TO PAY ALL TAXES. & DIRECT CONGRESS TO ESTABLISH TWO ANNUAL MANDATES: 1) GROWTH: 5% GDP (3% REAL+2% INFLATION) 2) DEBT MANAGEMENT: REDUCE DEBT/GDP RATIO BY 2.4%...THEN DEBT FORGIVENESS IS THEN BORN BY "THE 20%" (MY SOLUTION @macauleyjim on Twitter)

No

ABSOLUTELY NOT: THE ROLE OF PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PENSION FUNDS (CALPERS/CALSTRS) SHOULD BE TO MAXIMIZE THE RETURN ON INVESTED CAPITAL FOR THE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WHO ENTRUST THEIR RETIREMENT SAVINGS WITH THEM SO THAT WHEN THESE EMPLOYEES ARE READY TO RETIRE THE PENSION AND MEDICAL BENEFITS THEY WERE PROMISED ARE ALSO THEN FULLY FUNDED. OTHERWISE, TAXPAYERS ABSORB THE SHORTFALL. PUBLIC PENSION FUNDS MUST FOCUS ON DELIVERING "FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE" FOR THEIR STAKEHOLDERS. "PERIOD'"

It doesn't mean "People of Faith" shouldn't do what they can to ensure Public Institutions are led by "Men & Women of Character"... leaders who can be trusted to act in the best interest of "The People They Must Also Serve with Honor & Integrity". America was created by hard-working People of Faith who trusted in God. "I conjure you, by all that is dear, by all that is honorable, by all that is sacred, not only that ye pray but that ye act" (John Hancock). It seems we need a lot more action :)

Strongly Disagree

"We Reserve the Right to Deny Service to Anyone". That sign prominently displayed in the lobby of "Your Business" ensures the people entering the premises understand there is "A Code of Conduct" and that one is expected to act with decorum on premises. Failing to do so will result in one's expulsion. In other words, "Actions Have Consequences". As they should. As "People of Faith" we already know this. And, as "People of Science" we embrace Newton's Third Law". So, We're Covered :)

When there is a Clear & Present Danger to a Community at Large; and that failing to do so with a Vaccine shown to be effective in mitigating, moderating or eliminating the malady would be irresponsible.

"Modified B": Govt Subsidized Healthcare MUST BE AVAILABLE FOR THOSE WHO NEED IT. Over 18? Are you an "Adult"? Y/N? OK be an Adult. Be responsible for you & those who depend on you. And, by changing how we organize Healthcare Insurance Risk Pools & by restoring the 1913 Tax Protocol, so "The 20%" pay all the taxes, we can Materially Reduce Private HC Insurance Premiums for "The Young & Healthy" with "Noblesse Oblige"...Those Most Blessed funding the Healthcare Needs of the Chronically Ill.

"B": "Fix Our Family First!". Who are the members of our Immediate Family? People born in the USA: CITIZENS OF EVERY RACE, COLOR, CREED. Members of our Extended Family? People of the world living in Countries who support & embrace U.S. values. How will we know them? "THEY VOTE WITH US AT THE UN". That's our Family. We should support their goals, enrich their people through trade & defend them if necessary. BUT, UNTIL WE FIRST FIX OUR IMMENDATE FAMILY ... OUR EXTENDED FAMILY MUST STEP-UP

Strongly Agree

PUNDITS CALL IT "STRATEGIC DISENGAGEMENT" I Call It a Divorce. China's not the girl we thought she would be when we first went courting in 1972. She turned out to be selfish, self-serving, dishonest, deceitful & the only reason we're not filing for that divorce today is because Special Interests (Apple, Starbucks, Tesla, General Motors et.al) continue to hope she will change. TRUTH ... EVEN IF WE'RE NOT AT WAR WITH HER ... THE AXIS OF CHAOS: CHINA, RUSSIA, IRAN, NO KOREA...Is at war with us.

Absolutely: Israel is the only real ally America has in the Middle East. We share common values with the people & the country is therefore very much a part of that Extended Family I described above. Hence, we can & must do what we can to ensure the country continues to thrive both for its people and as a nation. The Best Thing We Can Do for Israel Today ... Consistent with our own goal to "Fix Our Family First" ... Simply Stay Out of Their Way :) They know what they're doing.

WE PAY TOO MANY KIDS TO GO TO COLLEGE. Military age college students approach 20 million. If Congress wasn't funding what turns out to be a useless College education (Non-Performing Student Loans tell that tale) generally costing at least $100,000 30% of these young Americans would be looking for jobs or entering the military & making a positive contribution to the nation. Instead, millions learn to sing "America The Ugly" ... and therein lies the real problem. "PATRIOTISM ON THE DECLINE"

Strongly Agree

8 MILLION MIGRANTS ARGUABLY INVADED THE USA BEGINNING IN 2021 and 2 million never turned themselves in & "Got-away". What do these 2 million primarily military-aged single men do for a living? Who pays them? Where do they live? How do they get from here to there? The Border should never have been opened. ARE YOU A RACIST? How does adding 8 million new low-income residents reduce rents for America's black poor? Or reduce the competition for entry level jobs for black teenagers? EXPLAIN IT!

Biggest Immigration Problem We Face...assuming 50% of 2 million Got-Aways aren't "Paid Mercenaries" waiting for Axis of Chaos (China Russia Iran No. Ko) to deliver instructions to attack U.S. infrastructure, water and food supplies...THAT CATASTROPHE ASIDE...the issue is "Assimilation". Immigrants aren't being told we expect them to become Americans, mainly because our K-12 education system isn't teaching our own kids how to be that. SUGGEST A SIX YEAR MORATORIUM ON IMMIGRATION TO DEVELOP A PLAN

Strongly Agree

Strongly agree these "Work Arounds" to a failing Education System, particularly in our Inner Cities, are essential so parents have better educational choices. That said, prefer to see "Like Minded People of Faith" come together to take their School Districts back by running their own candidates for School Board. The new School Boards then set the rules & if the Teacher's Union object ... LOCK THEM OUT. My concern: we can't fix the problem by teaching our kids different values. WE NEED UNITY :)

Disagree

Again ... to be the United States we need a common set of values & principles to be shared. Otherwise, don't we operationally begin to look more and more like Africa or South America with a lot of stand-alone states? Our strength in the world stems from the fact that while we have always had differences the one principle that 620,000 men died to ultimately preserve was the concept that OUR UNION MATTERS! Education needs to be local, but we need a common history. THE DOE SHOULD PROVIDE THAT

Agree

People of a like mind should be able to worship any way they want provided they're not interfering with someone else's right to do the same. I never quite understood why The Gay Community didn't just set about starting their own churches if worshiping whatever God they believed in was what they really wanted. Why was it necessary for them to go into existing ministries to try and alter views on things like marriage. No one would have objected to them marrying within their own church. MOTIVE?

Strongly Agree

I think I know how we got here from a societal perspective. Do you? Frankly, this shouldn't be top of mind for any parent. The fact that it is suggests we've made a lot of mistakes by being so reasonable & tolerant when it comes to considering other points of view. RESET

Strongly Disagree

Strongly Disagree is my comment

People of Faith built America ... People of Faith will restore it. For thousands of years Konan the Barbarian roamed Europe taking what he wanted. The History of Man..., "His Story" ...is a story of Conquest, Destruction, Slaughter, Enslavement, Subjugation ... and... "Her Story"... is Rape. Now as a Witness to the events in Ukraine & Gaza: What's Changed? My friends ...The bridge from Barbarism to Civilization (thou shalt not Kill, Adulterate, Steal, Lie, Covet) for 2,000 years has been God & Family. "LORD & TEACHER" so we might then peacefully & respectfully GOVERN OURSELFVES. Question? Do you like the idea of being able to GOVERN YOURSELF? Or, would you prefer instead to be GOVERNED BY a State of Petty Bureaucrats? YOUR CHOICE

Strongly Disagree

Photo ID's don't inhibit voting by Legally Registered Voters. They deter fraud & abuse by people who would otherwise seek to manipulate the outcome of an Honest Contest by illegally casting votes they're not entitled to cast.

Strongly Disagree

"We have a Republic ... if we can keep it" (Ben Franklin). America is not now and never has been a Democracy ... not by accident but by design. Removing the Electoral College would transfer the power from 50 states to a collection of largely well populated states dominated by large cities. Ladies ... that's now what the Men of this country have been fighting and dying to preserve for 250 years. THESE MEN FOUGHT AND DIED FIIGHTING FOR INDIVIDUAL LIBERTY

Strongly Disagree

Someday remind me to tell you what I believe was likely to have been the three best days of my life ...and two of those days happened before I was even a gleam in my father's eye :) Why? Because nobody arrives at where they are doing what they now do today without all the events & choices that preceded them. Focus on the future. "Fix Our Family First" https://jimmacauley.podia.com/

Strongly Agree

What can I say ... "Not all of your problems also have to become mine" :)

Disagree

THE PROBLEM. If I accept your proposition that global warming is a systemic threat ... and that Green House Gases are the proximate cause ... then I must also conclude there is almost nothing America can do to solve that problem because the issue then becomes "Too Many People". America houses < 5% of the World's 7.2 billion population. In your scenario, unless China (1.5B) & India (1.3B) reduce populations by 30% by 2050 FURTHER IMPOVERISHING AMERICANS WITH MORE ACTION SOLVES NOTHING

Natural Gas is the right answer for the U.S. for the next 20-30 years. Blessed with abundance. Nuclear thereafter? Cars? Literally cris-crossed America in a PRIUS. Drove more than 50,000 miles visiting all but 4 states. HYBRID IS THE AUTO SOLUTION

Conservative

Truth ... I think of myself as a 1910 Teddy Roosevelt Conservative. I hope you'll look it up. Because in some respects since Teddy was the father of the Progressive Movement in America in 1910 with his Bull Moose Party ... that makes me ... "Neither Fish Nor Foul". Guess you might say I'm just an American running for the U.S. Senate from Ca. on something I call "The Unity Platform". OK ... now you be the judge :) (jimmacauley.podia.com)

To honestly and diligently selflessly represent the best interests of the people you were elected to serve ... not only for them ... but also for their posterity. And, you accomplish all that by striving to do so in a way and manner "That Hopefully Avoids Even the Appearance Of Wrong-Doing" ... at least that's what my Dad believed. He never ran for the U.S. Senate. He often thought he should have. So here I am ... doing it for both us :)

No

No ... never been arrested for anything.

Strongly Disagree

In Big Ticket Sales they say: "If you don't like the way the product you have stands up to the competition ... rewrite the rules for the evaluation". I say, "Why don't you just try making a better product ... one the customer actually wants and then you don't have to rewrite the rules." :)

Strongly Disagree

What did Spok say to Kirk as he lay there dying after having saved the Enterprise and its crew? ..."The Needs of The Many outweigh the needs of the few ... or the one".... Guess that sums up my thinking on this one.

Got all the Rules on Gun Control we probably need ...Enforce Them! What we need .. and local police know who they are, is to Disarm & More Severely Punish Criminals so they better understand Newton's Third Law requiring for any "Abhorrent Action" an "Equally Abhorrent Reaction" ... not only to maintain Equilibrium but to also ensure the message for bad behavior is Well Delivered to others. TRUTH: WHAT WE REALLY NEED ARE MORE PEOPLE OF FAITH :)... WHO ALSO RESPECT THE SCIENCE ..... AMEN? :)