Eric Jones

His campaign website says he would end federal income tax on the first $150,000 a person earns, paid for by collecting taxes corporations owe and cutting fraud and waste.^6,7

His campaign website calls for restoring what it calls fair corporate tax rates and closing loopholes that let large companies pay no tax.^6,8

1. Raise it, for example to 25% or 28%, or back to the 35% top rate in place before 2018
2. Keep it at 21%
3. Lower it below 21% (for example, 15% for companies that make products in the US)

His campaign website calls for a balanced budget amendment in both Washington and Sacramento and a rule that every new program come with a way to pay for it.⁹

1. Add a balanced budget requirement to the Constitution
2. No amendment; limit spending by law instead, such as with spending caps
3. No constitutional requirement or new spending limits

His campaign website says rent should be tax-deductible, with a cap, as mortgage interest is for homeowners.^6,7,10

1. Expand these breaks and make more of them refundable, so families who owe little income tax also benefit
2. Add or expand breaks for costs such as education savings, adoption and selling a home
3. Keep the current breaks
4. Cut back these breaks and use the money for lower tax rates or deficit reduction

His campaign website says he supports Medicare for All as the goal, done in a way that is fully paid for.⁷

1. One government plan for everyone (Medicare for All)
2. Add a government plan that anyone can choose to buy
3. Keep the current mix of private and public coverage, including the ACA
4. Fewer federal insurance rules and more private plan choices, with aid paid to individuals

His campaign website says he would use the size of the U.S. market to force fairer global drug pricing, so that a company selling a drug for less in Europe cannot charge American families far more for it.¹¹

His campaign website says he will protect Medicaid.⁷

His campaign website says Medicare should be expanded to cover dental care, vision and hearing aids.^6,7

1. Keep current coverage, under which some private Medicare Advantage plans offer these benefits
2. Add some of these benefits, such as hearing aids, to traditional Medicare
3. Add dental, vision and hearing coverage to traditional Medicare

His campaign website says he would expand Medicare's power to negotiate drug prices to every drug, not just a handful, and make generic prescription drugs free for everyone.^6,7,11

1. Repeal or scale back negotiation
2. Keep the program as it is
3. Expand it to more drugs and to people with private insurance

His campaign website says he will not vote to cut earned Social Security benefits or change the retirement age for people at or near retirement, and would base yearly cost-of-living raises on a measure weighted to what seniors buy.^7,9

His campaign website says people who live mainly on Social Security should stop being taxed on it, noting that the income thresholds have not been updated since 1984.^7,9

His campaign website says he would create a Medicare benefit for regular in-home nursing visits for everyone starting at age 65.^6,7,12

1. Add more services by law, such as permanent telehealth from home and testing and treatment by pharmacists
2. Leave new coverage mainly to Medicare's own reviews of the medical evidence
3. Add services only when savings elsewhere in Medicare cover their cost

His campaign website says he supports 12-year term limits for every member of Congress, would cosponsor a constitutional amendment for them, and has signed a 12-year pledge himself.^7,8

1. Shorter limits, such as three House terms (six years) and two Senate terms (12 years)
2. Longer limits, such as 12 to 18 years in each chamber
3. No term limits

His campaign website says members of Congress should be banned from trading stocks while in office, and that the ban should also cover their spouses and dependent children.^7,8

1. Ban members and their spouses and dependent children from owning or trading individual stocks
2. Ban members themselves from trading individual stocks
3. No ban; keep the reporting rules, with stronger penalties for late reports

His campaign website calls for overturning Citizens United, banning money from corporations, special interests and lobbyists in politics, and fully disclosing all political spending.⁸

1. Limit spending by outside groups, including by amending the Constitution to overturn Citizens United
2. Keep spending unlimited but require groups to name their major donors
3. Keep current rules
4. Raise or remove limits on donations to candidates and parties

His campaign website calls for independent redistricting commissions in every state, including California, and a ban on mid-decade redistricting.^7,8

1. Have independent commissions, not lawmakers, draw district lines
2. Let legislatures draw the lines, but only once a decade after the census
3. Let legislatures draw and redraw the lines when they choose

His campaign website says there should be no new wars without a vote of Congress and no military aid to any country without an up-or-down vote in Congress, with conditions on all aid.^7,9

1. Let the president order military action without needing Congress's approval
2. Let the president act first, but enforce the 60-day limit and end any action Congress doesn't approve
3. Require Congress to approve military action in advance, except to defend against an attack

His campaign website says the Pentagon's budget growth should be frozen until it passes an audit, and calls for ending U.S. funding of unnecessary foreign wars.^7,9

His campaign website says the VA should be strengthened rather than dismantled, with community care filling gaps, an enforceable national standard for travel and wait times, and VA staffing minimums written into law.^7,9

His campaign website calls for securing the border first and then creating an earned path to legal status for people who have lived and worked in the U.S. for years.⁷

His campaign website says violent criminals and people who prey on children should be removed immediately, that immigration enforcement should return to the Justice Department, and that ICE should be held accountable.⁷

His campaign website says the H-2A farmworker visa program should not be expanded until worker housing and wage concerns are resolved, and should then be extended to year-round farm work and made faster for growers.^6,7

His campaign website says he would work to limit corporate and foreign purchases of farmland and give local farmers the first chance to buy land that comes up for sale.⁷

His campaign website says farm subsidies should be shifted toward small and mid-sized family farms, that farm bill support for specialty crops such as fruits, nuts, vegetables and wine grapes should match their share of the value of U.S. agriculture, and that federal crop insurance should be reworked to fit those crops.^13,14

His campaign website proposes zero-down, fixed-rate mortgages and a tax credit for first-time homebuyers, along with a goal of building 2 million homes a year.^6,7

His campaign website says he would tie more federal money for states and cities to results, rewarding communities that legalize more housing and shorten permitting, and would cut federal red tape on building.¹⁵

1. Have states require cities to allow more types of housing, such as apartments near transit
2. Give extra state or federal money to communities that allow more homes
3. Leave zoning decisions to local governments

His campaign website says he supports a moratorium on new data centers in California until there are national standards requiring on-site clean power and strict water limits.^7,9

1. Encourage new data centers with tax breaks and faster approvals
2. Require data centers to pay the full cost of the power plants and lines they need
3. Pause or limit new data centers

His campaign website says there should be one strong federal framework for AI that sets a floor, with states such as California free to go further.⁷

1. Override state AI laws with a single national approach
2. Set national rules as a minimum and let states add stronger ones
3. Let states keep writing their own AI laws

His campaign website says children should be kept off addictive social media and AI products until age 16.^7,9

1. Bar children under a set age, such as 16, from having social media accounts, with age checks
2. Require safer designs and settings for minors, and parental consent for younger users
3. Leave it to parents, with no new government requirements on apps

His campaign website calls for privacy standards that give people ownership of their data, and for a moratorium on government use of Flock's license-plate camera network until Congress sets federal rules.^7,9

His campaign website says trade leverage is sometimes necessary, but that before any broad trade action the government should publicly assess, crop by crop and region by region, how exposed farmers are to retaliation, and that relief for retaliation should fit orchards and other permanent crops.¹⁶

His campaign website says he supports union labor and every worker's right to organize.⁷