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Scott Walker
American
Politician
Born:
Nov 2
,
1967
Government
Me
People
Political
Think
You
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Who is in charge? Is it taxpayers or is it the special interest groups?
Scott Walker
Charge
Interest
Taxpayers
Special
Who
Special Interest
Special Interest Groups
Groups
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
Election
Tough
Politicians
Think
Complaint
Alike
Fearful
About
More
Both
Tough Decisions
Fact
Voters
Democrat
Make
Because
Heard
Than
Office
Get
Often
Republican
Decisions
Next
Next Election
I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers.
Scott Walker
Government
Needs
Police
Big
Think
State
Our
Sector
More
Firefighters
Allowed
Know
Police Officers
Protect
Answer
Still
Issue
Private
Big Government
Private Sector
End
Officers
Reforms
In The End
Us
Teachers
Help
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.
Scott Walker
Me
People
Entitlement
Debate
Collective
Giving
Power
Back
Once
Collective Bargaining
Voice
Put
Clear
Hands
Expensive
Taxpayers
Bargaining
Right
I kept my promises.
Scott Walker
Promises
Kept
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.
Scott Walker
Great
Country
Great Country
Gulf
Allies
Throughout
Leading
Doctrine
Israel
Up
Persian
Persian Gulf
America
Behind
Just
Again
Stand
Stand Up
Start
Need
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
Best
Fire
First
Unions
Say
Classroom
Fired
Merit
Hire
Hired
Want
Based
Brightest
Last
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.
Scott Walker
Today
History
Confidence
People
Take For Granted
Will
Looking
Extraordinary
Something
Risked
Take
Leaders
Freedoms
Prosper
Because
America
American
Did
Move
Move Forward
Ordinary
Ordinary People
Us
Granted
Who
Forward
Lives
We showed that when we say 'Wisconsin is open for business', we mean it.
Scott Walker
Business
Say
Open
Wisconsin
Mean
I promised to empower the taxpayer - instead of a handful of big government union bosses.
Scott Walker
Government
Big
Taxpayer
Promised
Bosses
Instead
Empower
Big Government
Handful
Union
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
Random
Slips
Through
Layoffs
Massive
Attrition
Private
Pink
Reform
Want
Anyone
Public
Planning
Shrinking
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
Government
Freedom
Money
Simple
Election
Big
About
Something
Bosses
Facing
Fact
Like
Am
Big Government
Truly
Did
Want
Union
Washington
Why
Recall
Fundamentally
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
Better
Believe
Area
Smaller
Smaller Government
Demand
Also
Does
Role
Done
Where
Legitimate
Should
Play
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.
Scott Walker
Change
Fall
Congress
President
Willing
Part
Step
New
Look
Senate
Next
Next Step
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.
Scott Walker
Time
Me
You
Wise
Political
Long
Long Time
More
Long Time Ago
Political Capital
Governor
Get
Capital
Using
Keeping
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
Think
Name
His
Governor
Governor Romney
Reformer
Just
Republican
Romney
Shot
Next
Stand
Stands
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.
Scott Walker
Success
Government
People
Benefits
Job
Kicked
Way
Sector
Out
Able
More
More People
Because
Got
Private
Been
Off
Private Sector
Unemployment
Unemployment Benefits
America
Get
Fewer
Them
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.
Scott Walker
Great
You
Made
Salt
Took
Sector
Would
City
Record
He
Disaster
Look
Around
Private
Been
Governor
Private Sector
Salt Lake City
Decade
America
Lake
Again
Romney
Turn
Turned
Us
Certainly
Businesses
Helped
International
Olympics
You can make tough decisions that I believe voters for years have asked us to do.
Scott Walker
You
Tough
Believe
Tough Decisions
Voters
Make
Years
Decisions
Us
Asked
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.
Scott Walker
Success
Government
You
People
Benefits
Own
Control
Believe
Think
Kick
Destiny
Sector
Jobs
Able
More
Like
Most
Employers
Because
How
Private
Been
Off
Private Sector
Unemployment
Fewer
Them
Created
Many
You've got to have a vision. You've got to have a message.
Scott Walker
You
Vision
Message
Got
One of the things I get amused by is when my opponent talks about the middle class.
Scott Walker
Class
One Of The Things
About
Talks
Opponent
Get
Middle
Middle Class
Things
Amused
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
Political
Negative
Down
Consequences
Kicked
Road
Leaders
Fiscal
Political Leaders
Realities
Taxes
Realizing
Ignored
Down The Road
Illinois
Actions
Now
Credit
Raised
People create jobs, not the government.
Scott Walker
Government
People
Jobs
Create
The real bottom line is, the national unions want their hands on the money.
Scott Walker
Money
National
Unions
Bottom
Bottom Line
Real
Line
Hands
Hands-On
Want
Mitt Romney turned businesses around in the private sector. He saved the Winter Olympics.
Scott Walker
Winter
Saved
Sector
He
Around
Mitt
Mitt Romney
Private
Private Sector
Romney
Turned
Businesses
Olympics
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