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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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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I will advocate moving the Illinois minimum wage back to the national minimum wage.
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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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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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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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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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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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Government pensions are among the largest cost drivers for state and local governments.
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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 like to spend money on investments.
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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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The fact is that politics in Illinois is a blood sport. It's really rough. It's really nasty.
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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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We have a moral duty to have an efficient government.
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I'm very thoughtful and disciplined with my money.
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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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I've got to pick my fights at the right time.
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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 have said, on a number of occasions, that we could have a lower minimum wage or no minimum wage.