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we meet at a moment of great uncertainti for america __PUNCT__
in recent_week __PUNCT__ we seen a grow financi_crisi that threaten not onli bank and busi __PUNCT__ but your econom_secur as well __PUNCT__
it get harder to get a loan for that new car or that small_busi or that colleg you dream of attend __PUNCT__
and in recent dai __PUNCT__ million of american have lost more of their invest and hard __PUNCT__ earn retir_save as the stock_market ha plung __PUNCT__
i know these ar difficult_time __PUNCT__
i know folk ar worri __PUNCT__
but i also know that now is not the time for fear or panic __PUNCT__
now is the time for resolv and steadi leadership __PUNCT__
becaus i know we can steer ourselv out of thi crisi __PUNCT__
thi is a nation that ha face down war and depress __PUNCT__ great_challeng and great threat __PUNCT__
we have alwai seen that mountaintop from the deepest vallei __PUNCT__
we have alwai risen to the moment when the moment wa hard __PUNCT__ and we can do it again __PUNCT__
we can restor confid in our economi and renew that fundament belief __PUNCT__ that here in america __PUNCT__ our destini is not written for us __PUNCT__ but by us __PUNCT__
america is home to colleg and univers that ar the envi of the world __PUNCT__ and some of the biggest idea and innov in histori have come from our small_busi __PUNCT__
we got the hardest worker on earth __PUNCT__ folk who work two job or three job and take that last bu home at night becaus thei want someth more for their children __PUNCT__
and no on work_harder than folk here in pennsylvania __PUNCT__ just ask my friend __PUNCT__ joe_biden __PUNCT__ he tell you __PUNCT__
so while it won't be easi __PUNCT__ there is no reason we can't make thi centuri anoth american_centuri __PUNCT__
unfortun __PUNCT__ my oppon still see thing differ __PUNCT__
now __PUNCT__ i want to acknowledg that senat_mccain tri to tone down the rhetor yesterdai __PUNCT__ and i appreci hi remind that we can disagre while still be respect of each other __PUNCT__
i said it befor __PUNCT__ and i sai it again __PUNCT__ senat mccain ha serv thi countri with honor __PUNCT__ and he deserv our thank for that __PUNCT__
but when it come to the economi __PUNCT__ and what famili here in pennsylvania ar go through __PUNCT__ senat mccain still doesn't get it __PUNCT__
yesterdai __PUNCT__ senat mccain_campaign campaign_manag actual said that senat_mccain wasn't talk about the market becaus there just not much a candid for presid can sai __PUNCT__ and thei aren't sure what he sai each dai even if he did talk about it __PUNCT__
last week __PUNCT__ in the midst of the most seriou econom_crisi of our time __PUNCT__ hi campaign announc that thei plan to __PUNCT__ turn the page __PUNCT__ on the discuss about our economi so thei can spend the final_week of thi elect attack me instead __PUNCT__
thei said __PUNCT__ and i quot __PUNCT__ if we keep talk about the economi __PUNCT__ we go to lose __PUNCT__
so the last few dai __PUNCT__ we seen a barrag of nasti insinu and attack __PUNCT__ and i sure we see much more over the next __NUM___dai __PUNCT__
but here the thing __PUNCT__
thei can run mislead ad __PUNCT__ and pursu the polit of anyth goe __PUNCT__ and try to chang the subject __PUNCT__
thei can do that __PUNCT__ but it not go to work __PUNCT__
not thi time __PUNCT__
the time ar too seriou __PUNCT__
the challeng ar too great __PUNCT__
the american_peopl aren't look for someon who can divid thi countri __PUNCT__ thei look for someon who will lead it __PUNCT__
we simpli cannot afford four more year of the econom_theori that sai we should give more to those with the most and hope prosper trickl down to everyon els __PUNCT__
it is time to turn the page on eight year of econom_polici that put wall_street befor main_street but end up hurt both __PUNCT__
we need polici that grow our economi from the bottom __PUNCT__ up __PUNCT__ so that everi american __PUNCT__ everywher ha the chanc to get ahead __PUNCT__
not just corpor_ceo __PUNCT__ but their secretari too __PUNCT__
not just the person who own the factori __PUNCT__ but the men and women who work on it floor __PUNCT__
these ar the american i stand with __PUNCT__
these ar the folk i fight for __PUNCT__
that the kind of leadership i offer __PUNCT__
that what i mean when i talk about chang __PUNCT__
chang mean rebuild thi economi __PUNCT__
we know that it time to creat the good __PUNCT__ pai_job of tomorrow __PUNCT__
pennsylvania is hurt __PUNCT__
thousand of job have been lost thi year and wage ar flat __PUNCT__ line __PUNCT__
but it doesn't have to be thi wai __PUNCT__
that why i go to stop give tax_break to compani that ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ and start rebuild the middl_class by help compani creat_job here in pennsylvania __PUNCT__
i will be a presid who put you first __PUNCT__ pennsylvania __PUNCT__
becaus i believ in the american_peopl and what we can do togeth __PUNCT__
and if we want to turn thi economi around and lead the world in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__ we have to creat the high __PUNCT__ wage_job of tomorrow right here in america __PUNCT__
so we invest __MONEY___billion a year in renew_energi to creat five million new __PUNCT__ green_job over the next decad __PUNCT__ job that pai well and can't be outsourc __PUNCT__
and we provid afford loan for our small_busi __PUNCT__ elimin their capit_gain gain_tax __PUNCT__ and give them tax_incent to creat new job __PUNCT__
that the chang we need __PUNCT__
chang mean a tax_code that doesn't just work for folk at the top __PUNCT__ but for all of us __PUNCT__
while my oppon want to give __MONEY___billion in tax_cut to the biggest corpor in america __PUNCT__ and __MONEY__ a piec for the averag fortun___NUM__ ceo __PUNCT__ i give a middl __PUNCT__ class tax_cut to __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of all worker __PUNCT__
and if you make less than __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ you won't see your tax_increas on singl dime __PUNCT__ not your payrol_tax __PUNCT__ not your incom_tax __PUNCT__ not your capit_gain gain_tax __PUNCT__ noth __PUNCT__
becaus in an economi like thi __PUNCT__ the last thing we should do is rais_tax on the middl __PUNCT__ class __PUNCT__
chang mean final fix our health_care_system __PUNCT__
under my plan __PUNCT__ if you have health_insur __PUNCT__ the onli thing that will chang is that you pai lower premium __PUNCT__
if you don't have insur __PUNCT__ you be abl to get the same_kind of health_insur that member of congress get for themselv __PUNCT__
we give small_busi a tax_credit to pai___NUM__ __PUNCT__ of the cost of cover their employe __PUNCT__
and we tell insur_compani __PUNCT__ no more discrimin against peopl with pre __PUNCT__ exist condit __PUNCT__ period __PUNCT__
that the chang we need __PUNCT__
chang mean give everi child __PUNCT__ everywher the skill and knowledg thei need to compet with ani worker __PUNCT__ anywher in the world __PUNCT__
that mean invest in earli_childhood childhood_educ __PUNCT__ and recruit an armi of new teacher __PUNCT__ and make a deal with everi american who ha the drive and the will but not the monei to go to colleg __PUNCT__ if you commit to serv your countri after you graduat __PUNCT__ we will make sure you can afford your tuition __PUNCT__
you invest in america __PUNCT__ america will invest in you __PUNCT__ and togeth __PUNCT__ we will move thi countri forward __PUNCT__
final __PUNCT__ chang mean take on the corrupt in washington and on wall_street to make sure a crisi like thi can never happen again __PUNCT__
i put in place common __PUNCT__ sens regul to keep our market free and fair and restor account and respons in our boardroom __PUNCT__
and i go through the entir feder_budget __PUNCT__ line by line __PUNCT__ and elimin ani spend that isn't help our famili __PUNCT__
and you know where i start __PUNCT__ by end thi war in iraq that cost___MONEY__ __MONEY___billion a month while the iraqi_govern sit on ten of billion of dollar in surplu __PUNCT__
i won't pretend thi will be easi or come without cost __PUNCT__
we will all need to sacrific __PUNCT__ and we will all need to pull our weight __PUNCT__ becaus now more than ever __PUNCT__ we ar all in thi togeth __PUNCT__
thi countri and the dream it repres ar be test in a wai that we haven't seen in nearli a centuri __PUNCT__
it a test we cannot fail __PUNCT__
not now __PUNCT__
not when we have a crisi to solv and an economi to save __PUNCT__
not when there ar so mani american without job and without home __PUNCT__
not when there ar famili who can't afford to see a doctor __PUNCT__ or send their child to colleg __PUNCT__
not when there is a gener that is count on us to give them the same opportun and the same chanc that we had for ourselv __PUNCT__
we can do thi __PUNCT__
we done it befor __PUNCT__
some of us had grandpar or parent who said mayb i can't go to colleg but my child can __PUNCT__ mayb i can't have my own busi but my child can __PUNCT__
i mai have to rent __PUNCT__ but mayb my children will have a home thei can call their own __PUNCT__
i mai not have a lot of monei __PUNCT__ but mayb my child will run for senat __PUNCT__
i might live in a small villag __PUNCT__ but mayb somedai my son can be presid of the unit_state of america __PUNCT__
and if you keep stand with me __PUNCT__ if you keep fight with me __PUNCT__ if you keep make those call __PUNCT__ and knock on those door __PUNCT__ and make sure everyon you know get out to the poll on __DATE__ __PUNCT__ if you do these thing __PUNCT__ then i promis you __PUNCT__ we will win thi elect __PUNCT__ and then you and i __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ will chang thi countri and chang thi world __PUNCT__
thank you __PUNCT__ god_bless you __PUNCT__ and mai god_bless_america __PUNCT__