For every challenge we face - unemployment, poverty, crime, income growth, income inequality, productivity, competitiveness - a great education is a major component of the solution.
— Bruce Rauner
When I was young, I had minimum wage jobs as a busboy, flipping burgers and parking cars.
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.
The critical thing is that we have to reduce the tax burden.
I am one of the baddest enemies anybody can have.
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.
Voters want conflicting things. They want a lot of government spending, but they don't want higher taxes.
Mitch Daniels in Indiana was the best governor in America for eight years. I've gone to Indianapolis to study with him.
Our government works 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.
I don't have a Rolls. I don't have a jet. That's not me.
I'm a lover of fairs and corn dogs.
Illinois will only get economically healthy if we stop focusing on growing minimum wages and start focusing on growing everyone's wages.
For many young people, the minimum wage is a stepping stone to higher employment levels.
I want to transform state government. What it takes is a strong CEO type... a leader who can drive things.
I am a gun owner and a hunter and a gun rights supporter.
I am going to try to rip the economic guts out of Indiana. But we're going to do it methodically and aggressively.
It takes someone with a unique background to stand up to the threat of a strike and win.
Your average person in Illinois doesn't really even know what workers' comp is. The average person doesn't know really what's going on in the pension system. They know their taxes are too high; they know we've got a deficit. But getting that message out and helping the people of Illinois really understand what's going on, that's hard.
A C.E.O.'s job is leadership, problem solving, and team building. I've done that my whole career.
I'm a pretty disciplined investor and pretty disciplined buyer. I do my due diligence. I do my homework. I don't waste money.
I'm a big outdoorsman... I'm a big hunter. Avid fisherman. Hiker. Climber. Scuba diver. Skier. Love the outdoors.
Incremental increases in the minimum wage won't address the underlying skills and investment gaps in Illinois.
Many of us have been touched by the magic of a great teacher. I know I have.
Where I'm an outsider is, I'm not a career politician.
State universities in Illinois are a microcosm of our state government - broken with work rules and administrative bureaucracy.
I'm not anti-union.
If yelling and threatening, intimidating and chanting solved problems, Illinois wouldn't have any problems. We're good at that stuff.
I've completely lost faith in the Democratic Party to truly serve the disadvantaged.
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.
I have my strong views and opinions. I really want to transform Illinois government because this state is failing the taxpayers and the children.
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.