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" I hate big government, but I really hate a government that doesn't work. So when 'they say we either have to raise taxes or cut core services,' it's actually a 'false choice.' "
Scott Walker
Say
Work
Big
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" More people on unemployment benefits is not success in America, fewer people on not because we kicked them off but because they have been able to get a job in the private sector, because government got out of the way. "
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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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" My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer. "
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" But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs. "
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" My kids were targeted on Facebook by protesters. "
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" We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it. "
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Wisconsin
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" There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois. "
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Illinois
More
Wisconsin
" 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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Neighbors
Others
" 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 downgrades and negative outlooks. "
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Political
Negative
" I think most of us in America understand that people, not the government, creates jobs. "
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People
America
" 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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" A wise governor told me a long time ago, political capital you don't get more of by keeping it. You get it by using it. "
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Wise
Time
" People like Hillary Clinton think you grow the economy by growing Washington. "
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Like
Grow
Growing
" I have unbelievable support among Republicans. "
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Republicans
Unbelievable
Support
" 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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Money
Freedom
Government
" 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.' "
Scott Walker
Shot
Stand
Name
" 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 on performance. That means we can put the best and the brightest in our classrooms - and we can keep them there. "
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Fire
Performance
Best
" 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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Work
Security
Place
" 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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Lost
Unemployment
Time
" People create jobs, not the government. "
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Jobs
People
Create
" We need someone to turn things around in America. "
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Things
Need
Someone
" In education, they say either property taxes have to go up, or we'll have poor education - that's a false choice. "
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Say
They Say
Choice
" The voters in Wisconsin elected me last year for the third time because they wanted someone who aimed high, not aimed low. Before I came in, the unemployment rate was over eight percent. It's now down to 4.6 percent. "
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Me
Down
Now
" I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term. "
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Twice
Love
Joke
" 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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Power
Voice
Giving
" 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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Change
Look
New
" You can make tough decisions that I believe voters for years have asked us to do. "
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Tough
Believe
Years
" 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. "
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Government
Believe
Better
" 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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Forward
Go