Scott Walker famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The unions say 'last hired - first fired,', we say hire and fire based on merit. We want the best and brightest in the classroom.
-- Scott Walker

#Fire #Want #Lasts
I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.
-- Scott Walker

#Government #Boss #Empowering
We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it.
-- Scott Walker

#Mean #Wisconsin
There could not be a more stark contrast between Wisconsin and Illinois.
-- Scott Walker

#Illinois #Wisconsin #Contrast
My problem with public sector union leaders, the bosses, has been they stood in the way of protecting the taxpayer.
-- Scott Walker

#Leader #Boss #Unions
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%.
-- Scott Walker

#Country #Jobs #Unemployment
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.
-- Scott Walker

#Play #Impact #Midwest
I have not made any plans for the future, and my wife would kill me if I announced anything before that.
-- Scott Walker

#Wife #Made #Kill Me
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.
-- Scott Walker

#Simple #Government #Boss
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.
-- Scott Walker

#Government #Shrinking #Want
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.
-- Scott Walker

#Hate #Thinking #Office
It's time to put our differences aside and find ways to work together to move Wisconsin forward.
-- Scott Walker

#Moving #Differences #Together
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.
-- Scott Walker

#Children #Men #Years
But Mitt Romney understands, like I understand, that people - not governments - create jobs.
-- Scott Walker

#Jobs #Government #People
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.
-- Scott Walker

#Reality #Illinois #Leader

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