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" 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 demand that it is done better. "
Scott Walker
Government
Believe
Better
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" It is only fair to expect public employees like me and others in the public sector to pay something close to what our neighbors and our fellow citizens do in the private sector. "
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" And I think Governor Romney has a shot if the 'R' next to his name doesn't just stand for 'Republican,' it stands for 'reformer.' "
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" There is international criminal organizations penetrating our southern based borders, and we need to do something about it. Secure the border, enforce the law, no amnesty, and go forward with the legal immigration system that gives priority to American working families and wages. "
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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. "
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" 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 - and they're fearful, they're fearful to make tough decisions because they think more about the next election than they do about the next-generation. "
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" It's time to put our differences aside and find ways to work together to move Wisconsin forward. "
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" I have unbelievable support among Republicans. "
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" We need to have a national security that puts steel in front of our enemies. I would send weapons to Ukraine. I would work with NATO to put forces on the eastern border of Poland and the Baltic nations, and I would reinstate, put in place back in the missile defense system that we had in Poland and in the Czech Republic. "
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" We are leading from behind under the Obama-Clinton doctrine - America's a great country. We need to stand up and start leading again, and we need to have allies, not just in Israel, but throughout the Persian Gulf. "
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" You look at Governor Romney's record in the private sector, he helped turn businesses around. Certainly a decade ago he took what would have been an international disaster with the U.S. Olympics, and turned it around for America and made us great again with the Olympics in Salt Lake City. "
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Look
" Looking at America's history, ordinary people did something extraordinary. Leaders risked their lives for freedoms that we take for granted today. That's what instills confidence. That's us. We will move forward and prosper because that's who we are as Americans. "
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Will
People
" I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses. "
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" We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it. "
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" So let me be clear, Collective bargaining isn't a right, it is an expensive entitlement. Once and for all, we are giving the taxpayers a voice in this debate. We put the power back in the hands of the people. "
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Voice
Giving
" One of those promises was to limit the size of government and to have the government serve the people - and not the other way around. "
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Promises
Way
Government
" What makes America amazing is that there have always been men and women of courage who were willing to think more about the future of their children and grandchildren than they did about their own political careers. "
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Courage
Men
Future
" Elections have consequences. "
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Elections
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" 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 men and women of courage who stood up and decided it was more important to look out for the future of their children and their grandchildren than their own political futures. "
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Children
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" Certainly political capital-slash-celebrity attention, whatever you want to call it, certainly is part of the reason why I've been reaching out to CEOs. There's a lot of folks who probably would have taken a call from me before but are even more inclined now and are interested in what we're doing because of all the attention. "
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Doing
Attention
" I think most people believe success in government is how many fewer people are in government, not because you kick them off of benefits like unemployment but they've been able to control their own destiny because private sector employers have created more jobs. "
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" I ran for governor because I was worried about my kids' future. Then, I took on the big government union bosses, and we won. They tried to recall me, and we won. They target us again, and we won. We balanced the budget, cut taxes, and turned our state around with big, bold reforms. "
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" 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%. "
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" We'll look to the fall and if there is a new president and a new Senate that's part of a Congress willing to change, that's the next step. "
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Look
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" Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups? "
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Charge
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" 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 did something fundamentally pro-worker; something that's truly about freedom. "
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" My kids were targeted on Facebook by protesters. "
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Were
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" 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 tough issues, there will be people standing there right with you. "
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People
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" Let this be our time in history so that someday we can tell our children and grandchildren that we were there, that we changed the course of history for the better. "
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Grandchildren
Time
" We need someone to turn things around in America. "
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Things
Need
Someone
" We could see the Teamsters coming in from New Jersey, the AFL-CIO from Chicago. You could see all of the people being bused in. "
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