Fox News Sunday interviews during 2015
(Chris Wallace interviewing candidates for 2015 and 2016 races)

OnTheIssues.org excerpts:  (click on issues for details)

Abortion     Donald Trump: Defund Planned Parenthood.     Jeb Bush: Defund Planned Parenthood, but not with federal shutdown.     Carly Fiorina: Fund health clinics for non-abortion & alternative services.     Carly Fiorina: GOP should shut government to defund Planned Parenthood.     John Kasich: Federal shutdown ineffective in defunding Planned Parenthood.     Chris Christie: Successfully defunded Planned Parenthood in New Jersey.     Ben Carson: Drugs OK to prevent conception in instances of rape & incest.     Rand Paul: Force a Senate vote on defunding Planned Parenthood.

Budget & Economy     Donald Trump: Strong on debt limit; ask for a pound of flesh.     Carly Fiorina: Simplify tax code and reduce regulation.     Rick Perry: Dodd-Frank should focus on Wall Street, not community banks.     Rick Perry: Federal Reserve & Wall Street actions have hurt our economy.     Bobby Jindal: Reduced size of government in Louisiana.     Bernie Sanders: We've transferred trillions from middle class to the top 1%.

Civil Rights     Donald Trump: I'm "fine" with affirmative action, for now.     Chris Christie: Churches can use sexual orientation; businesses can't.     James Webb: Doing away with Confederate iconography is secondary issue.

Corporations     Carly Fiorina: Crony capitalism is alive and well: focus on small business.     Carly Fiorina: As CEO, laid off 30,000 workers but doubled size of company.

Drugs     Chris Christie: Allow private sector to offer drug treatment programs.     Chris Christie: Treatment, not jail, for drug addicts; it's a disease.

Education     Donald Trump: Cut Department of Education and Common Core.     Carly Fiorina: Common Core limits choices; vouchers allow choices.     Scott Walker: Tuition cap on University of Wisconsin; then reform tenure.

Energy & Oil     Chris Christie: Keystone pipeline would have minimal environmental impact.     Jeb Bush: Create a North American energy strategy.

Environment     Donald Trump: Cut the EPA; what they do is a disgrace.     Lindsey Graham: Climate change is real, but don't make a religion of it.

Foreign Policy     Jeb Bush: Obama/Clinton/Kerry foreign policy caused global instability.     John Kasich: Keep Iran accountable, WITHIN the existing Nuclear Deal.     John Kasich: Syrian refugee situation is fundamentally a European crisis.     Ben Carson: Obama has turned his back on Israel.     Rick Perry: Priorities: Tear up agreement with Iran; secure US border.     Bobby Jindal: Bad Iran nuclear deal is worse than no deal.     James Webb: Prefers confidence building gestures to deal with Iran.     James Webb: China is the greatest long term threat to America.     Marco Rubio: Opposes nuclear deal with Iran; but supported deal in 2012.     Ben Carson: Military force is not off the table when it comes to Russia.     Ben Carson: Would not go to war with Russia over Ukraine.     Lindsey Graham: Congress will not approve Iran nuclear deal.

Free Trade     Chris Christie: Supports free trade, but distrusts Obama's TPP agreement.     Donald Trump: Restrict free trade to keep jobs in US.     Bernie Sanders: Wrong, wrong, wrong that trade deals create jobs here.

Government Reform     Carly Fiorina: Assert principles to facilitate bi-partisan action.     Carly Fiorina: Reduce size of federal government by not replacing retirees.     Chris Christie: Reform instead of tax increases.     Chris Christie: Does not support electing Supreme Court justices.     Mike Huckabee: Opposes "judicial supremacy"; they're just rulings, not law.     Ben Carson: We should discuss "judicial review" in its modern usage.     Carly Fiorina: Zero-based budgeting, and civil service pay-for-performance.     Carly Fiorina: Crony capitalism is alive and well.

Gun Control     John Kasich: 2nd Amendment advocate: NRA rating changed from "F" to "A".

Health Care     Ben Carson: Health savings accounts for families to buy health care.     Chris Christie: Opposes expanding Medicaid nationally, did expand it in NJ.     John Kasich: Opposes ObamaCare but not all public programs.     Ben Carson: ObamaCare is analogous to slavery.     Bernie Sanders: U.S. is only major country without guaranteed healthcare.

Homeland Security     Rand Paul: More targeted surveillance; no bulk data collection.     Rand Paul: Increase targeted surveillance to defend against terrorism.     Chris Christie: Gathering metadata is necessary for homeland security.     Mike Huckabee: NSA bulk metadata isn't effective; human intelligence is.     Bernie Sanders: We need a strong military, but stop wasting tens of billions.     Carly Fiorina: Don't pull punches on Benghazi: a tragedy and a scandal.

Immigration     Jeb Bush: Prove border is secure, while doing comprehensive reform.     John Kasich: Focus on border & guest workers, not birthright citizenship.     Chris Christie: Use modern technology to track illegal immigrants.     Rand Paul: Secure border with Mexico; do away with sanctuary cities.     Chris Christie: Increase electronic border surveillance and create E-Verify.     Marco Rubio: Comprehensive immigration reform is politically infeasible.     Scott Walker: 2013: Comprehensive reform; 2015: no, that's amnesty.     Mike Pence: Executive action deferring deportation is unconstitutional.

Jobs     John Kasich: Don't raise minimum wage willy-nilly, & do it at state level.     Carly Fiorina: Layoffs in recession ensure company's overall health.

Principles & Values     Scott Walker: Run for governor & president are determined by God's will.

Social Security     Chris Christie: Cut Social Security for wealthy, but don't increase taxes.     Mike Huckabee: Opposes increases the eligibility age for social security.

Tax Reform     Donald Trump: Repeal estate tax; it's double taxation.     Jeb Bush: Reduce corporate tax rate to stimulate growth.     Jeb Bush: Tax plan disproportionately benefits middle class, not rich.     Jeb Bush: Cutting taxes decreases the deficit dynamically.     Ben Carson: Flat tax of 10%-15% is fairest option, even for low-income.     Ben Carson: Concentrate on incentivizing entrepreneurial risk taking.     Ben Carson: Regulations increase the cost of living.     Carly Fiorina: Simplify tax code; lower every tax rate; close loopholes.     Rand Paul: Flat tax 14.5% on personal income; & 14.5% value added tax.     Rand Paul: Flat tax doesn't exacerbate income inequality.     Mike Huckabee: Bottom 1/3 of economy benefits most from the FairTax.     Ben Carson: Proposes a flat tax between 10 and 15 percent.     Lindsey Graham: Supports closing loopholes, means-testing higher income.

War & Peace     Carly Fiorina: More than 50 boots on the ground in Syria.     Carly Fiorina: Rebuild missile defense program in Poland.     Lindsey Graham: Need substantial boots on the ground against ISIL.     John Kasich: I'm a "cheap hawk": Cut Pentagon waste, but not spending.     James Webb: Supports cutting back the army's ground commitments.     James Webb: Solution to ISIS will have to come from Sunni leadership.     Marco Rubio: No mistake to invade Iraq in 2003; we thought Iraq had WMDs.     Scott Walker: Islamic terrorism like a virus; make sure it doesn't spread.

Welfare & Poverty     Carly Fiorina: Progressive policies bad for poor that they claim to help.     Jeb Bush: Poverty programs are ineffective, despite trillions spent.     John Kasich: There are moral and practical reasons to help the poor.

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