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" People like Hillary Clinton think you grow the economy by growing Washington. "
Scott Walker
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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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" 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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" 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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" 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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" 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 pink slips. "
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" 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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" People create jobs, not the government. "
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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.' "
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" The real bottom line is, the national unions want their hands on the money. "
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" 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 an impact. "
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" I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that. "
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" I still remember, as a kid, tying a yellow ribbon around a tree in front of my house during the 444 days that Iran held 52 Americans hostage. Iran is not a place we should be doing business with. "
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" But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs. "
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" We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it. "
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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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" I think people across America want a leader who's actually going to listen to them. "
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" 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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" Mitt Romney turned businesses around in the private sector. He saved the Winter Olympics. "
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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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" 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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" Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups? "
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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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" 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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" 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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" You've got to have a vision. You've got to have a message. "
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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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" 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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" Elections have consequences. "
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