Butch Otter in Unintimidated, by Scott Walker


On Jobs: Restrict collective bargaining in public schools

In Washington, politicians fight over "fiscal cliffs," "debt limits," and "sequesters." In the states, we are focused on improving education, caring for the poor, reforming government, lowering taxes, fixing entitlements, reducing dependency, and creating jobs and opportunities for the unemployed.

Just look at what some of our nation's Republican reformers have accomplished at the state level: In Idaho, Governor Butch Otter passed legislation in 2011 that restricts collective bargaining for Idaho schools, institutes merit pay, and eliminates teacher tenure. And there are countless other examples. In NJ, Governor Chris Christie enacted a 2% cap on property taxes, passed public employee pension and health benefit reforms that will save taxpayers more than $130 billion over the next 30 years, balanced 4 budgets without raising taxes, and gave taxpayers $2.35 billion in job-creating tax cuts.

Source: Unintimidated, by Scott Walker, p. 3-4 Nov 18, 2013

The above quotations are from Unintimidated:
A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge

by Scott Walker and Marc Thiessen.
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A Governor's Story and a Nation's Challenge

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