Scott Walker Quotes

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• The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.
• But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs.
• What has made America amazing has been the fact that throughout our history, throughout the more than 200 years of our history, there have been…
• It's time to put our differences aside and find ways to work together to move Wisconsin forward.
• I've often heard the complaint from both Democrat and Republican voters alike that they hate the fact that politicians get into office and they -…
• But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random…
• So why am I facing a recall election? Simple: the big government union bosses from Washington want their money. They don't like the fact that…
• I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that.
• I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.
• I'd like now and into the future to play a bigger role not only in Wisconsin and the Midwest, but nationally. I'd like to have…
• Like many places across the country, Wisconsin lost more than 100,000 jobs from 2008 to 2010. Unemployment during that time topped out at over 9%.
• My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer.
• There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.
• We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it.
• Political leaders in Illinois kicked the can down the road, raised taxes, and ignored fiscal realities. Now, they're realizing the consequences of their actions: credit…
• I believe that smaller government is better government. But I also believe that in the areas where government does play a legitimate role, we should…
• We are the ones looking out for the middle class. Who do think pays for the endless expansion of government? Its middle class taxpayers. Our…
• One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people - and not the other way…
• When we win, it will tell every politician in America that if you are bold, if you do the right thing, if you tackle the…
• Now things have changed for the better. Our reforms end seniority and tenure so we can hire and fire based on merit and pay based…

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