Barack Obama

we meet here at a time of great uncertainti for america __PUNCT__

the era of greed and irrespons on wall_street and in washington ha led us to a financi_crisi as seriou as ani we have face sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__

thei said thei want to let the market run free but thei let it run wild __PUNCT__ and in do so __PUNCT__ thei trampl our core valu of fair __PUNCT__ balanc __PUNCT__ and respons to on anoth __PUNCT__

everywher you look __PUNCT__ the econom new is troubl __PUNCT__

but for so mani american __PUNCT__ it isn't realli new at all __PUNCT__

__NUM___worker have lost their job sinc __DATE__ __PUNCT__

home valu ar fall __PUNCT__

your paycheck doesn't go as far as it us to __PUNCT__

it never been harder to save or retir __PUNCT__ to bui ga or groceri __PUNCT__ and if you put it on a credit_card __PUNCT__ thei probabl rais your rate __PUNCT__

in so mani citi and town across america __PUNCT__ it feel as if the dream that so mani gener have fought for is slowli slip awai __PUNCT__

last night we had a debat __PUNCT__

and on issu after issu __PUNCT__ from tax to health_care to the war in iraq __PUNCT__ you heard john_mccain make the case for more of the same polici that got us into thi mess __PUNCT__

but just as import as what we heard from john mccain wa what we didn't hear __PUNCT__

we talk about the economi for forti minut __PUNCT__ and not onc did senat_mccain talk about the struggl that middl_class class_famili ar face everi dai right here in north_carolina and around the countri __PUNCT__

he defend hi plan to give __MONEY___billion in tax_cut to corpor and the wealthiest american __PUNCT__ but he had noth to sai about the fact that wage have flat __PUNCT__ line and job ar be ship oversea __PUNCT__

he rail against some studi of bear in montana __PUNCT__ but he had noth to sai about the fact that more and more american can't afford to pai for colleg __PUNCT__ can't afford health_care for their famili __PUNCT__ and can't afford a retir that is dignifi and secur __PUNCT__

senat_mccain spoke again and again about the need to keep spend___MONEY___billion a month in iraq __PUNCT__ but he said noth about the need to end thi war so that we can invest in good_job __PUNCT__ and rebuild our road and bridg and broadband line right here in america __PUNCT__

the truth is __PUNCT__ through nineti minut of debat __PUNCT__ john_mccain had a lot to sai about me __PUNCT__ but he had noth to sai about you __PUNCT__

he didn't even sai the word __PUNCT__ middl_class __PUNCT__

not onc __PUNCT__

you see __PUNCT__ i think senat_mccain just doesn't get it __PUNCT__ he doesn't get that thi crisi on wall_street hit main_street a long_time time_ago __PUNCT__

that why hi first respons to the greatest fiscal meltdown in gener wa to sai that the __PUNCT__ fundament of the economi ar strong __PUNCT__

that why he been shift posit these last two week __PUNCT__ look for a photo __PUNCT__ op __PUNCT__ and try to figur out what to sai and what to do __PUNCT__

well north_carolina __PUNCT__ i know what we need to do __PUNCT__

we need to stop give those tax_cut to corpor and ceo on wall_street __PUNCT__ and start stand up for famili out on main_street __PUNCT__

we need to turn the page on the fail polici of the last eight year __PUNCT__ and final put work_peopl first __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

we don't need ani more out __PUNCT__ of __PUNCT__ touch __PUNCT__ on __PUNCT__ your __PUNCT__ own leadership in washington __PUNCT__

we need a presid who will chang thi economi so that it final work for your famili __PUNCT__

we need a presid who know that america strength and leadership abroad depend on the strength of our economi at home __PUNCT__

we need a presid who will fight for the middl_class everi singl_dai __PUNCT__ and that exactli what i do when i presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

i know these ar difficult dai __PUNCT__

but here what i also know __PUNCT__

i know we can steer ourselv out of thi crisi __PUNCT__

becaus that who we ar __PUNCT__

becaus that what we alwai done as american __PUNCT__

our nation ha face difficult_time befor __PUNCT__

and at each of those moment __PUNCT__ we risen to meet the challeng becaus we never forgotten that fundament truth __PUNCT__ that here in america __PUNCT__ our destini is not written for us __PUNCT__ but by us __PUNCT__

there ar mani to blame for caus the crisi we ar in __PUNCT__ and that start with the specul on wall_street who game the system and the regul in washington who look the other wai __PUNCT__

but now that we here __PUNCT__ everi american __PUNCT__ democrat and republican __PUNCT__ ceo and factori_worker __PUNCT__ ha a stake in solv thi crisi and save our financi_system from collaps __PUNCT__

becaus if we don't act and act soon __PUNCT__ your job __PUNCT__ your life_save __PUNCT__ and your econom_secur will be put at risk __PUNCT__

thi administr start off by ask for a blank check to solv thi problem __PUNCT__

i said absolut not __PUNCT__

it is unaccept to expect the american_peopl to hand thi administr or ani administr a __MONEY___billion check with no condit and no oversight when a lack of oversight in washington and on wall_street is exactli what got us into thi mess __PUNCT__

if the american_peopl ar be ask to pai for the solut to thi crisi __PUNCT__ then you have a right to make sure that your tax_dollar ar protect __PUNCT__

that why i laid out a few a condit for washington __PUNCT__

first __PUNCT__ we need to set up an independ board __PUNCT__ select by democrat and republican __PUNCT__ to provid oversight and account for how and where thi monei is spent at everi step of the wai __PUNCT__

second __PUNCT__ if american_taxpay ar financ thi solut __PUNCT__ you should be treat like investor __PUNCT__

that mean that wall_street and washington should give you everi penni of your monei_back onc thi economi recov __PUNCT__

third __PUNCT__ we cannot and will not simpli bailout wall_street without help the million of innoc homeown who ar struggl to stai in their home __PUNCT__

thei deserv a plan too __PUNCT__

and washington need to feel the same sens of urgenc in pass an econom_stimulu stimulu_plan for work_famili __PUNCT__ a plan that would help folk cope with rise food and ga_price __PUNCT__ save on million_job by rebuild our school and road __PUNCT__ and help state and citi avoid budget_cut and tax_increas __PUNCT__

final __PUNCT__ and thi on is import __PUNCT__ the american_peopl should not be spend on dime to reward the same wall_street ceo whose greed and irrespons got us into thi mess __PUNCT__

there ha been talk that some ceo mai refus to cooper with thi plan if thei have to give up their multi __PUNCT__ million __PUNCT__ dollar salari __PUNCT__

i cannot imagin a posit more selfish and greedi at a time of nation crisi __PUNCT__

so i will not allow thi plan to becom a welfar_program for wall_street execut __PUNCT__

now i glad that senat_mccain ha embrac some of these principl __PUNCT__ but the john_mccain you heard from over the last few dai is a lot differ than the john mccain who been in washington for the last twenti __PUNCT__ six year __PUNCT__

he talk about get tough on wall_street now __PUNCT__ but he been against the common __PUNCT__ sens rule and regul that could stop thi mess for decad __PUNCT__

he sai he take on the corpor_lobbyist __PUNCT__ but he put seven of the biggest lobbyist in washington in charg of hi campaign __PUNCT__

and if you think those lobbyist ar work_dai and night to elect my oppon just to put themselv out of busi __PUNCT__ well i got a bridg to sell you up in alaska __PUNCT__

the truth is __PUNCT__ when my oppon first react to thi crisi by sai that the fundament of our economi ar strong __PUNCT__ he didn't just make a mistak __PUNCT__

he reveal an out __PUNCT__ of __PUNCT__ touch philosophi he follow for decad in washington __PUNCT__ the idea that if we give more and more to those with the most __PUNCT__ prosper will trickl down to everyon els __PUNCT__ the idea that no harm will be done if we let lobbyist shred consum_protect and fight against everi regul as unwis or unnecessari __PUNCT__

well what we have seen over the last few week is noth less than the final verdict on thi fail philosophi __PUNCT__

and i am run for presid of the unit_state becaus the dream of the american_peopl cannot be endang anymor __PUNCT__

we have a differ wai of measur the fundament of our economi __PUNCT__

we know that the fundament that we us to measur econom strength ar whether we ar live up to that fundament promis that ha made thi countri great __PUNCT__ that america is a place where you can make it if you try __PUNCT__ that everyon should have the chanc to live their dream __PUNCT__

i know i wouldn't be stand here todai without that promis __PUNCT__

and i know that the promis we must keep onc more __PUNCT__

when i talk to those young veteran who come back from iraq and afghanistan __PUNCT__ i see my grandfath __PUNCT__ who sign up after pearl_harbor __PUNCT__ march in patton armi __PUNCT__ and wa reward by a grate nation with the chanc to go to colleg on the gi_bill __PUNCT__

in the face of that young student who sleep just three hour befor work the night shift __PUNCT__ i think about my mom __PUNCT__ who rais my sister and me on her own while she work and earn her degre __PUNCT__ who onc turn to food_stamp but wa still abl to send us to the best school in the countri __PUNCT__

and when i listen to anoth worker tell me that hi factori ha shut down __PUNCT__ i rememb all those men and women on the south_side of chicago who i stood by and fought for two decad_ago after the local steel plant_close __PUNCT__

these ar my hero __PUNCT__

their ar the stori that shape me __PUNCT__

and it is on their behalf that i intend to win thi elect and keep the promis of america aliv as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

unlik senat_mccain __PUNCT__ it didn't take a crisi on wall_street for me to understand that folk ar hurt out on main_street __PUNCT__

it wa two year_ago that i introduc_legisl to stop mortgag transact that promot fraud __PUNCT__ risk or abus __PUNCT__

it wa on year_ago that i call on our treasuri_secretari and our fed_chairman to bring everi stakehold togeth and find a solut to the subprim_mortgag meltdown befor it got wors __PUNCT__

in march __PUNCT__ when john_mccain wa sai __PUNCT__ i alwai for less regul __PUNCT__ i call for a new __PUNCT__ __NUM___centuri regulatori framework to restor account __PUNCT__ transpar __PUNCT__ and trust in our financi_market __PUNCT__

i believ that our free_market ha been the engin of america_great progress __PUNCT__

it a market that ha creat a prosper that is the envi of the world __PUNCT__ and reward the innov and risk __PUNCT__ taker who have made america a beacon of scienc __PUNCT__ and technolog __PUNCT__ and discoveri __PUNCT__

but the american_economi ha work in larg_part becaus we have guid the market invis_hand with a higher principl __PUNCT__ that america prosper when all american can prosper __PUNCT__

that the chang we need right now __PUNCT__

and that the kind of chang i bring to washington when i presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

chang mean a tax_code that doesn't reward the lobbyist who wrote it __PUNCT__ but the american_worker and small_busi who deserv it __PUNCT__

i will stop give tax_break to corpor that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ and i will start give them to compani that creat good_job right here in america __PUNCT__ job just like the __NUM__ union job that at&t just creat over in goldsboro base on their pledg to return outsourc work to our shore __PUNCT__

i will elimin capit_gain gain_tax for small_busi and start __PUNCT__ up __PUNCT__ that how we grow our economi and creat the high __PUNCT__ wage __PUNCT__ high __PUNCT__ tech job of tomorrow __PUNCT__

i will cut_tax __PUNCT__ cut tax __PUNCT__ for __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of all work_famili __PUNCT__

my oppon doesn't want you to know thi __PUNCT__ but under my plan __PUNCT__ tax_rate will actual be less than thei were under ronald_reagan __PUNCT__

if you make less than __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ you will not see your tax_increas on singl dime __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ i offer three time the tax_relief for middl __PUNCT__ class_famili as senat_mccain doe __PUNCT__ becaus in an economi like thi __PUNCT__ the last thing we should do is rais_tax on the middl __PUNCT__ class __PUNCT__

i will final keep the promis of afford __PUNCT__ access health_care for everi singl american __PUNCT__

if you have health care __PUNCT__ my plan will lower your premium __PUNCT__

if you don't __PUNCT__ you be abl to get the same_kind of coverag that member of congress give themselv __PUNCT__

and i will stop insur_compani from discrimin against those who ar sick and need care the most __PUNCT__

i will also creat the job of the futur by transform our energi_economi __PUNCT__

we tap our natur_ga reserv __PUNCT__ invest in clean_coal technolog __PUNCT__ and find wai to safe har nuclear_power __PUNCT__

i help our auto_compani re __PUNCT__ tool __PUNCT__ so that the fuel __PUNCT__ effici car of the futur ar built right here in america __PUNCT__

i make it easier for the american_peopl to afford these new car __PUNCT__

and i invest __NUM___billion billion_dollar over the next decad in afford __PUNCT__ renew_sourc of energi __PUNCT__ wind_power and solar_power and the next gener of biofuel __PUNCT__ an invest that will lead to new industri and five million new job that pai well and can't ever be outsourc

and now is the time to final meet our moral_oblig to provid everi child a world __PUNCT__ class educ __PUNCT__ becaus it will take noth less to compet in the global_economi __PUNCT__

i recruit an armi of new teacher __PUNCT__ and pai them higher salari and give them more support __PUNCT__

but in exchang __PUNCT__ i will ask for higher_standard and more account __PUNCT__

and we will keep our promis to everi young_american __PUNCT__ if you commit to serv your commun or your countri __PUNCT__ we will make sure you can afford a colleg_educ __PUNCT__

thi is the chang we need __PUNCT__ the kind of bottom up growth and innov that will advanc the american_economi by advanc the dream of all american __PUNCT__

time ar hard __PUNCT__

i will not pretend that the chang we need will come without cost __PUNCT__ though i have present how we can achiev these chang in a fiscal_respons wai __PUNCT__

i know that we have to overcom our doubt and divis and the determin opposit of power special_interest befor we can truli reform a broken economi and advanc opportun __PUNCT__

but i am run for presid becaus we simpli cannot afford four more year of an econom philosophi that work for wall_street instead of main_street __PUNCT__ and end up devast both __PUNCT__

i don't want to wake up in four year to find that more american fell out of the middl __PUNCT__ class __PUNCT__ and more famili lost their save __PUNCT__

i don't want to see that our countri fail to invest in our abil to compet __PUNCT__ our children futur wa mortgag on anoth mountain of debt __PUNCT__ and our financi_market fail to find a firmer foot __PUNCT__

at thi defin moment __PUNCT__ we have the chanc to final stand up and sai __PUNCT__ enough is enough __PUNCT__

we can do thi becaus american have done thi befor __PUNCT__

time and again __PUNCT__ we battl back from advers by recogn that common stake that we have in each other success __PUNCT__

that why our economi hasn't just been the world_greatest wealth gener __PUNCT__ it bound america togeth __PUNCT__ it creat_job __PUNCT__ and it made the dream of opportun a realiti for gener after gener of american __PUNCT__

now it fall to us __PUNCT__

and i need you to make it happen __PUNCT__

if you want the next four year look just like the last eight __PUNCT__ then i am not your candid __PUNCT__

but if you want real chang __PUNCT__ if you want an economi that reward work __PUNCT__ and that work for main_street and wall_street __PUNCT__ if you want tax_relief for the middl_class and million of new job __PUNCT__ if you want health_care you can afford and educ that help your kid compet __PUNCT__ then i ask you to knock on some door __PUNCT__ make some call __PUNCT__ talk to your neighbor __PUNCT__ and give me your vote on __DATE__ __PUNCT__

and if you do __PUNCT__ i promis you __PUNCT__ we will win north_carolina __PUNCT__ we will win thi elect __PUNCT__ and we will chang america togeth __PUNCT__