I think in the end the big issue is that the private sector still needs more help. And the answer is not more big government. I know in my state our reforms allowed us to protect firefighters, police officers, and teachers.

The private sector is motivated by profit and efficiency and the US government often is not.

We need the private sector to create jobs. If the government could create jobs Communism would have worked, but it didn't.

You balance the budget by restraining the growth of government and encouraging the growth of the private sector.

Leadership at the civic level is designed to be inclusive, but has difficulty being effective. In the private sector, leadership is based on meritocracy. Digital economy should be led by the private sector and the role of government should be to facilitate and support it. [On Strategies for Global Digital Economy]

I think there's not much patience for organized labour, period, public or private sector.