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Scott Walker

But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips.

Scott Walker

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Scott Walker is saying that he does not support large-scale job cuts for workers in either the public or private sectors. Instead, he intends to reduce the size of government gradually by not replacing employees who leave and by making changes to improve efficiency, rather than firing people suddenly.

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