Fox Business 2023 Republican primary debate in Simi Valley and commentary

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

Budget & Economy     Ron DeSantis: Federal bloated spending and $7.8T debt is reckless.     Ron DeSantis: Throw Bidenomics in the trash can on Day One.

Corporations     Vivek Ramaswamy: I ran companies in China but now declare independence.     Nikki Haley: Permanent small business and corporate tax cuts.     Vivek Ramaswamy: Cut the Fed technocracy, to unshackle the economy.     Vivek Ramaswamy: Start government with zero-based budgeting, like businesses.

Crime     Mike Pence: Expedited death penalty for mass shooters.     Ron DeSantis: Back the Blue; fight Soros-funded prosecutors.

Drugs     Doug Burgum: Helicopters from North Dakota to fight drugs in Mexico.     Nikki Haley: Special Operations against Mexican & Chinese drug cartels.     Tim Scott: Freeze the accounts of the Mexican drug cartels.

Education     Chris Christie: We need innovative solutions, which teachers unions fight.     Nikki Haley: More vocational education and less DEI.

Energy & Oil     Doug Burgum: Biden's climate policy is existential threat to America.     Tim Scott: Unleash our energy resources; no gas tax increase.     Donald Trump: No electric vehicles: economic nationalism for auto industry.     Joe Biden: Support electric vehicles AND union auto industry jobs.

Environment     Doug Burgum: Rare earths from China are destroying the planet.

Families & Children     Doug Burgum: Family and mental health are solution to mass shootings.     Tim Scott: Protect HeadStart and let parents choose childcare .

Foreign Policy     Mike Pence: Letting Russia take Ukraine lets China take Taiwan.     Vivek Ramaswamy: We're driving Russia into China's arms; end Ukraine aid.

Health Care     Doug Burgum: Things get more expensive as they get less competitive.     Mike Pence: ObamaCare is a state issue along with HHS, DOE, and housing.     Nikki Haley: Put patients in the driver's seat for health plans.

Homeland Security     Chris Christie: We must fight against the Chinese-Russia alliance.

Immigration     Tim Scott: Close the border to fentanyl; reinstate Title 42.     Vivek Ramaswamy: Seal the border to reduce fentanyl epidemic.

Jobs     Mike Pence: Right of every American to join a union or not.     Tim Scott: Unions can't get more benefits with fewer hours.     Tim Scott: Made in America plan: create 10 million jobs.     Vivek Ramaswamy: I have sympathy for workers but no patience for union bosses.     Vivek Ramaswamy: We pay people to stay home; put people back to work.     Donald Trump: America First includes gas-powered cars made in Detroit.     Joe Biden: First sitting president to join a union picket line.

Principles & Values     Mike Pence: Don't follow the siren song of populism.

Technology     Chris Christie: Pro-innovation: get government off the back of innovators.     Nikki Haley: China gets data from 150M people on TikTok.     Ron DeSantis: Free speech for American tech; free market for Chinese tech.     Vivek Ramaswamy: I'm not a know-it-all; I listen to challengers & experts.

War & Peace     Doug Burgum: We're in a Cold War and a Cyber War with China .     Ron DeSantis: No blank check for Ukraine; end war with Russia.     Tim Scott: Our national interest is to degrade the Russian military.

Welfare & Poverty     Ron DeSantis: We believe in work; hence lowest welfare & unemployment.

Click for quotations from other sources by: Chris Christie New Jersey N.J. Governor; Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump Republican Presidential incumbent Doug Burgum North Dakota 2024 Presidential contender; Republican Governor Joe Biden Democratic President; former V.P.; former Senator Mike Pence Indiana Former Republican Vice President Nikki Haley South Carolina Republican presidential contender; UN Ambassador 2017-2018 Ron DeSantis Florida Republican presidential contender; FL governor Tim Scott South Carolina Republican presidential challenger; SC Senator Vivek Ramaswamy District of Columbia Republican Challenger