Bobby Jindal in Fox News Sunday interviews during 2015


On Budget & Economy: Reduced size of government in Louisiana

Q: Your approval rating in Louisiana has hovered around 30%, stemming largely from how you handled a deficit of about $1.6 billion, a budget shortfall. Why should anyone look at your economic record and say that's what I want for the nation?

JINDAL: We actually measure prosperity according to how people are doing in the real world, not the government sector. In Louisiana, we have balanced our budget 8 years in a row without raising taxes. Largest income tax cut in our state's history. Secondly, we have cut our state budget by 26%, $9 billion and cut over 30,000 fewer state government bureaucrats. We've had eight credit upgrades. We've got more people working than ever before in Louisiana's history, earning a higher income than ever before. We've reversed 25 years of out-migration. You look at Louisiana's economy and we have $60 billion, 90,000 jobs coming into our state because of economic development wins.

Source: Fox News Sunday 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Jul 12, 2015

On Foreign Policy: Bad Iran nuclear deal is worse than no deal

Q: Diplomats are suggesting that an Iran nuclear deal could be announced as soon as tomorrow. Your reaction?

JINDAL: I think a bad deal is worse than no deal. I fear this administration could start a nuclear arms race in the Middle East. Sunni countries like Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Turkey are likely going to want their own nuclear capabilities This would be a threat to Israel, to Europe, to America. We're talking about an existential threat to the region, to the United States. Never mind the fact that we're not even asking Iran to recognize Israel, to cut off ties to terrorism, to release American prisoners. I'm just talking about giving up enriched uranium, giving up all their centrifuges, anytime, anywhere inspections. Those are the basic tenets of a basic deal. And it doesn't look like we're getting any of those things.

Source: Fox News Sunday 2015 coverage of 2016 presidential hopefuls Jul 12, 2015

The above quotations are from Fox News Sunday interviews during 2015
(Chris Wallace interviewing candidates for 2015 and 2016 races).
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