Daniel Jerome McCarthy
Libertarian | Texas
Candidate Profile
Moderate
BIOGRAPHY
Name
Daniel Jerome McCarthy
Party
Libertarian
Election Year
2022
Election
General
Race
State Rep., Dist. 48
Incumbent
No
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EDUCATION
Candidate did not provide
WORK & MILITARY
Candidate did not provide
AFFILIATIONS
HOA, Board Member
POLITICAL OFFICES HELD
Candidate did not provide
POLITICAL OFFICES SOUGHT
Mayor of San Marcos, 2008
QUESTIONNAIRE
RIGHT TO LIFE
Under what circumstances should abortion be allowed?
Whenever the woman feel it's necessary
Abortion providers, including Planned Parenthood, should not receive funds from federal, state, or local governments (including Title X grants).
Strongly Agree
Tax dollars should not go to this. Fund it from your own pocket if you feel strongly about helping the less fortunate.
I support 'aid in dying' laws which legalize assisted suicide and euthanasia.
Strongly Agree
Let folks have their dignity.
RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
Individuals and businesses should be required to provide services even if it would violate their moral and/or religious beliefs.
Disagree
It's your business, run it how you want. Doesn't mean I have to go there if I think you're a bigot though.
Under what circumstances can government close churches?
If they're fomenting eminent violence upon someone or a group then sure. Otherwise, no. If they lobby government they should be taxed.
NATIONAL SECURITY
What should the United States do to help eradicate the threat of Islamic terrorism?
Quit telling itself that it's an actual threat. The FBI is a much bigger threat to life and liberty than ISIS.
I support the Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions (BDS) movement to pressure Israel to withdraw from occupied territories, remove the separation barrier in the West Bank, allow full equality for Arab-Palestinian citizens of Israel, and promote the rights of Palestinian refugees.
Neutral
If you don't want to do business with Israel that's your choice I couldn't care less.
HEALTHCARE
What most closely matches your view on healthcare: A) Healthcare for all should be guaranteed and funded by the government with no private healthcare option. (includes "universal healthcare," "medicare for all," etc.) B) Healthcare insurance funded by the government should be available for all who want it, along with private healthcare options. C) Medicaid and Medicare should remain available, but no other taxpayer-funded programs are necessary. D)Tax-payer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be de-funded.
D)Tax-payer funded health care should be abolished in all forms, and Medicaid and Medicare should be de-funded. In principle, the market for these things will work better and be more equitable than providing them via threat of force.
Under what circumstances (if any) should a government, school, or employer be allowed to require vaccinations?
Private employers, fine. Schools...should not be mandatory. Governments absolutely not.
ECONOMY
What changes, if any, should be made to the tax code?
We've got to lower property taxes for homeowners, lower the barriers to entry for SMBs and stop handing subsidies to giant corporations.
What government spending would you reduce in order to balance the budget?
Most/all of it.
Taxpayer-funded public education should be guaranteed through college.
Disagree
IMMIGRATION
The U.S. should do more to physically secure the southern border.
Strongly Disagree
Again, the threat from within is far greater than the threat from outsiders.
Who should be allowed to immigrate to the U.S. and under what circumstances?
Anyone willing to abide by the golden rule - treat others as they'd like to be treated. The government shouldn't be telling me who I can hire. We need workers, it doesn't matter where they were born.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE & PUBLIC SAFETY
Police officers should be personally immune from prosecution for conduct consistent with departmental policy (qualified immunity) while on duty.
Strongly Disagree
One of the worst abuses of the "justice" system I've ever heard of is Qualified Immunity. Right up there with civil asset forfeiture.
I support redirecting funds from police departments to mental health and community programs.
Neutral
I think it would reduce crime, yeah. But I'd rather see charities do the work, not tax dollars.
2ND AMENDMENT
What restrictions on gun ownership are needed to protect public safety?
None.
Victims of gun violence should be able to sue firearms dealers and manufacturers.
Agree
They can sue, doesn't mean they'll win.
ABOUT YOU
What do you think is the general purpose of government?
To enable citizens to live how they please and have some means of redress in case anyone limits their ability to do so.
When you consider your views on a wide range of issues from economic and social matters to foreign policy and religious liberty, which of the following best describes you overall?
Very Liberal
In the classical sense, I'm extremely liberal. In the modern sense I'm a fiscal conservative and a social liberal.
Please provide publicly available information, including interviews and media reports, validating your answer to the previous question (other than your website).
No, but here's one of me playing football on a unicycle from a first-person persepctive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJcnn-9axkM
Have you ever been convicted of a felony or been penalized in either civil or criminal court for sexual misconduct? If so, please explain.
No
What else would you like voters to know about you, including your legislative priorities?
Nobody can run your life better than you. It's indignant to believe that someone can run your life better than you, and immoral to believe that you know better than anyone else how to run theirs.
VALUES
Judeo-Christian values established a framework of morality which is necessary for our system of limited government.
Strongly Disagree
The golden rule is inherent in all faiths and no faiths.
I support adding gender identity as a specially protected class in non-discrimination laws.
Strongly Disagree
The justice system should not discriminate against any human for things beyond their control. Private business is another matter.
I agree with Critical Race Theory (CRT) which asserts that the institutions in the United States are fundamentally racist.
Neutral
I mean, clearly some institutions were racist. Ever heard of the 3/5ths compromise? The fact that african americans weren't even allowd to vote or own property for the first half of this nation's existence? That said the CRT boogeyman is not the enemy. It's a farce. Let the sociology PhDs think whatever they want, I don't care.
Briefly describe your spiritual beliefs and values.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security
ELECTIONS AND VOTING
People should be able to vote without photo identification.
Agree
It has worked for a long time. The registrars are good at figuring out who real people are, and I fear that a photo ID mandate will be used to institute a national ID card.
What laws would you propose to change present voting practices?
Did not answer
EQUALITY
Is racism a threat to domestic security in the United States? Why or why not?
Seems like a lot of the terrorism in recent years has been perpetrated by racists, e.g. Buffalo, El Paso, Charleston, just of the top of my head... So evidently yeah.
Reparations should be given to people on the basis of race.
Disagree
Nah, all kinds of people are generationally poor for all kinds of reasons. Government should butt out, and when the people have better control over their finances there will be more for the private charities who should step in.
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT
Which comes closest to your view? A) Stricter environmental laws and regulations cost too many jobs and hurt the economy. B) Stricter environmental laws and regulations are worth the cost.
Get rid of limited liability. If BP pollutes the entire coastline they shouldn't be capped at a month's worth of profits. The people affected should be given due compensation. Same for any company that's polluting groundwater, air or anything else. Abolish the EPA and quit letting government shield them from the true liability of their actions.
I support the use of hydraulic fracking to extract oil and natural gas resources.
Agree
But only if oil is completely unsubsidized. If it can't stand on its own then it shouldn't exist.
