Zitat des Tages von Bruce Rauner:
These political consultants love business guys who've never been in politics to try and take advantage of them. I get that.
State universities in Illinois are a microcosm of our state government - broken with work rules and administrative bureaucracy.
My wife and I believe that there's nothing we do together as a community that's more important than education.
I'll be willing to do things that politicians won't do. Because I don't care who I upset.
I want to transform state government. What it takes is a strong CEO type... a leader who can drive things.
Mitch Daniels in Indiana was the best governor in America for eight years. I've gone to Indianapolis to study with him.
It takes someone with a unique background to stand up to the threat of a strike and win.
I am a gun owner and a hunter and a gun rights supporter.
I am one of the baddest enemies anybody can have.
I don't have a Rolls. I don't have a jet. That's not me.
A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.
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.
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.
I like to do things that get results. Results are all that matters.
Great teaching requires incredible talent and dedication, strong intellectual ability and interpersonal skill, real discipline and empathy.
If Republicans and Democrats commit to working together, we can reach a bipartisan, common-sense agreement to reverse Illinois' economic decline and set the stage for a bright economic future.
Let's put Illinois back on the road to prosperity.
In democracy - and the good thing about democracy, big change does not happen quickly, and you need a buy-in and a convincing, a selling, an arm-twisting to get big change. And that takes time.
I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children.
Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois.
Money's important, but it isn't a motivator for me.
I've completely lost faith in the Democratic Party to truly serve the disadvantaged.
Voters want conflicting things. They want a lot of government spending, but they don't want higher taxes.
We've talked through the fact that our family will be attacked. Our family will be dragged through the mud. My businesses that I've helped build and create will be attacked and dragged through the mud. That's politics. I don't spend a lot of time worrying about it or thinking about it.
I tend to think that free-market conservative principles are the best ones for the CEO of a state.
I have said, on a number of occasions, that we could have a lower minimum wage or no minimum wage.
We need to focus on reducing property taxes. We need to focus on education funding. We need to focus on getting term limits on elected officials.
For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.
When I was young, I had minimum wage jobs as a busboy, flipping burgers and parking cars.
Given my venture capital background, I know the tech sector well.
The people of Illinois sent me to Springfield to end the era of unbalanced budgets and runaway debt.
I want to do something that I'm proud of and that I can look back on with pride of accomplishment.
Illinois has every reason to succeed. We have the hardest-working people in America, the best infrastructure in America, and the best location of any state.
Government unions should not be allowed to influence the public officials they are lobbying, and sitting across the bargaining table from, through campaign donations and expenditures.