Bruce Rauner Quotes
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To restore our public schools, we must put an end to the selfish agenda of the union bosses.
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We must find a way to balance our tradition as a state welcoming of refugees while ensuring the safety and security of our citizens.
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I will advocate moving the Illinois minimum wage back to the national minimum wage.
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Being a successful CEO, where I've driven a bottom line, assembled teams, driven results, that's a critical benefit to running the state government.
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If yelling and threatening, intimidating and chanting solved problems, Illinois wouldn't have any problems. We're good at that stuff.
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I'm not anti-union.
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Given my venture capital background, I know the tech sector well.
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We have to be bold, tough, and fundamentally change government because Springfield is broken.
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Those who want low taxes and healthy job creation know that an unnecessary dollar going to these unions is a dollar that cannot reduce the tax burden on homeowners, small businesses, and job creators.
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I've been very engaged in Illinois and Chicago civic activities for a long time; mostly around building businesses and helping entrepreneurs grow companies, but also around education and education reform.
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We've become a collectivist economy in Illinois. It's crushing us. And no problem is going to get fixed unless we bring more economic freedom into the state. And I believe that very passionately.
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Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.
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The fact is that politics in Illinois is a blood sport. It's really rough. It's really nasty.
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Great teaching requires incredible talent and dedication, strong intellectual ability and interpersonal skill, real discipline and empathy.
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I think we've got to be competitive here in Illinois. It's critical we're competitive. We're hurting our economy by having the minimum wage above the national. We've got to move back to the national.
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I like to spend money on investments.
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My wife and I believe that there's nothing we do together as a community that's more important than education.
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I certainly don't need a job. Getting re-elected is not on my Top 10 list.
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Our government workers should be treated fairly and appropriately. They should have a decent retirement, but not a gold-plated system where they can retire multimillionaires in their 50s.
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For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.
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Illinois will only get economically healthy if we stop focusing on growing minimum wages and start focusing on growing everyone's wages.
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I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children.
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I want to transform state government. What it takes is a strong CEO type... a leader who can drive things.
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We have a moral duty to have an efficient government.