Barack Obama

befor we get start todai __PUNCT__ i just want to sai a few word about the troubl econom_situat we got in thi countri __PUNCT__

thi is the number on issu on lot of peopl_mind these dai __PUNCT__

and we all know why __PUNCT__ becaus the cost of everyth from health_care __PUNCT__ to a tank of ga __PUNCT__ to colleg_tuition ha gone up while wage have stai the same __PUNCT__

million of american ar face foreclosur __PUNCT__ and million more ar unemploi __PUNCT__

and yet __PUNCT__ we also know that time haven't been too tough for everyon in our economi __PUNCT__ becaus the top wall_street ceo have been do just fine __PUNCT__

in thi morn usa_todai __PUNCT__ there wa a stori about how much the top ceo have been make __PUNCT__

thei did a studi and found that the top___NUM__ ceo made somewher around __MONEY___million last year __PUNCT__ despit the fact that mani of their compani were have a bad year __PUNCT__

think about that __PUNCT__

it doesn't matter whether thei do a good_job or not __PUNCT__ wall_street execut ar be reward either wai __PUNCT__

that not the america we believ in __PUNCT__

that an outrag __PUNCT__

but it not an accid __PUNCT__

it a consequ of a tire and cynic philosophi that ha fail the american_peopl __PUNCT__

it a philosophi that sai unless you a big campaign donor or a special_interest lobbyist __PUNCT__ you on your own __PUNCT__

and it a philosophi that come to domin washington over the last seven and a half_year __PUNCT__

under georg_bush __PUNCT__ we seen tax_cut for the wealthiest american who don't need them and didn't ask for them __PUNCT__

we been give tax_break to compani that ship job_oversea when we should be give them to compani that creat good_job here at home __PUNCT__

we been extend a hand to wall_street __PUNCT__ but not lift a finger for main_street __PUNCT__

and we wonder why poll_show folk ar more downbeat about their futur than thei been in nearli fifti_year __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i respect john_mccain __PUNCT__

he be a worthi oppon __PUNCT__

but he been a staunch support of washington fail polici __PUNCT__ and in thi elect he will offer more of the same polici that have set back work_peopl __PUNCT__

i admir senat_mccain when he stood up and said that the bush_tax_cut for the wealthiest american offend hi __PUNCT__ conscienc __PUNCT__

but he got over that __PUNCT__ and now he all for them __PUNCT__ and for continu to do the same_thing that have taken us toward recess __PUNCT__

just look at the speech he give todai about our economi __PUNCT__

senat_mccain is make some propos about how to deal with our hous_crisi __PUNCT__

and i glad he final_decid to offer a plan __PUNCT__

better late than never __PUNCT__

but don't expect ani real answer __PUNCT__

don't expect it to actual help struggl famili __PUNCT__

becaus senat_mccain solut to the hous_crisi seem a lot like the georg_bush solut of sit by and hope it pass while famili face foreclosur and watch the valu of their home erod __PUNCT__

the american_peopl can't afford thi kind of do __PUNCT__ noth approach __PUNCT__

thei need help immedi __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ congress took some step sever week_ago to stimul our economi __PUNCT__ and mani of these step were on i wa call for back in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

but our economi keep get wors __PUNCT__

just last week __PUNCT__ we learn that we lost___NUM__ __NUM___job thi year __PUNCT__ and __NUM__ job were lost in march alon __PUNCT__

that why i call for a second stimulu_packag to help hardwork famili and strengthen our middl_class __PUNCT__

first __PUNCT__ we need to get immedi relief to the unemploi who need help most __PUNCT__

if you lost your job dure thi current econom_downturn __PUNCT__ you nearli twice as like to stai unemploi for six month or longer as you were at the start of the last recess in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

it especi hard to find a job for older worker who don't have the skill to compet in our __NUM___centuri economi __PUNCT__

so we need to significantli extend unemploy_insur and expand it to includ folk who ar current left out __PUNCT__

that wai __PUNCT__ we can help them make end meet while thei out of work __PUNCT__ and make sure thei still spend_monei so we can keep the wheel of our economi turn __PUNCT__

second __PUNCT__ we need to address the crisi in the hous_market __PUNCT__ becaus we know that the hous_crisi is the sourc of mani of the other econom_problem we face_todai __PUNCT__

that why i call for the immedi creation of a __MONEY___billion foreclosur prevent fund __PUNCT__

thi fund would help struggl homeown sell a home that beyond their mean __PUNCT__ or get emerg pre __PUNCT__ foreclosur counsel so thei can make inform decis __PUNCT__ or modifi their loan to avoid foreclosur or bankruptci __PUNCT__

final __PUNCT__ i also propos __MONEY__ billion in relief for state and local_govern in those area that ar be hardest hit by our hous_crisi and struggl economi __PUNCT__ becaus we need to make sure that thei have enough monei to provid critic servic like health_care and hous __PUNCT__ and don't have to cut_back on provid help for our famili in these difficult_time __PUNCT__

but understand __PUNCT__ if we seriou about strengthen our economi __PUNCT__ we got to invest in long __PUNCT__ term job_growth as well __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ back in the __NUM__ __PUNCT__ american were put to work build the interst highwai_system and that help expand the middl_class in thi countri __PUNCT__

we need to show the same_kind of leadership todai __PUNCT__

that why i call for a nation infrastructur reinvest bank that will invest __MONEY___billion over ten_year and gener nearli two million new job __PUNCT__ mani of them in the construct industri that suffer dure thi hous_crisi __PUNCT__

and i also propos invest __MONEY___billion in our green_energi sector over the next ten_year __PUNCT__

thi won't just help reduc our depend on foreign_oil __PUNCT__ and it won't just help save thi planet for our children __PUNCT__

it will also creat up to five million new job __PUNCT__ and those ar job that pai well and can't be outsourc __PUNCT__

thi is the kind of help american need __PUNCT__

and thi is the kind of help washington ha to provid __PUNCT__

it time to end the bush __PUNCT__ mccain approach that tell the american_peopl __PUNCT__ you on your own __PUNCT__ becaus we know we all in thi togeth as american __PUNCT__

that what brought you here todai __PUNCT__

and that the idea we restor in the white_hous when i presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__