Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ reno __PUNCT__ hello __PUNCT__ hello __PUNCT__ it is good to be back in nevada __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ listen __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ can everybodi give alejandra a huge round of applaus __PUNCT__ she did a great job __PUNCT__

we veri proud of her __PUNCT__

she wa outstand __PUNCT__

i also want to acknowledg a dear friend __PUNCT__ a great friend of work_peopl not just here in nevada __PUNCT__ but all across the countri __PUNCT__ your senat __PUNCT__ harri_reid __PUNCT__ is in the hous __PUNCT__

where is harri __PUNCT__ there he is __PUNCT__

it good to see all of you __PUNCT__

and let me just point out __PUNCT__ everi time i come here the weather is realli good __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ you gui have a pretti_good good_deal here __PUNCT__

it is beauti __PUNCT__

and as we were fly in __PUNCT__ we flew over taho __PUNCT__ which i like to pretend that there a big campaign_event there __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but i can't realli pretend that that the case __PUNCT__

but it is wonder to be in thi state __PUNCT__

it is great to be at trucke meadow commun_colleg __PUNCT__

and i came here todai to talk about what student ar do here everi singl_dai __PUNCT__

your educ is the singl most import invest you can make in your futur __PUNCT__

that true for alejandra __PUNCT__ it is true for everi singl student here __PUNCT__

it true whether you ar talk about a commun_colleg or whether you talk about a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year_colleg or univers __PUNCT__

and i proud of all of you who ar do what it take to make that invest __PUNCT__ not just the monei __PUNCT__ but also the long_hour in the librari __PUNCT__ at least i hope you spend some long hour in the librari __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and in the lab and in the classroom __PUNCT__

becaus it never been more import __PUNCT__

but the degre student earn from thi colleg is the surest path you will have to a good_job and to higher earn __PUNCT__

it the best tool that you got to achiev that basic american promis __PUNCT__ that simpl idea that if you work_hard in thi countri __PUNCT__ you will be reward __PUNCT__

the basic bargain that sai if you work hard __PUNCT__ if you will to put in the effort __PUNCT__ then you can do well enough to rais a famili __PUNCT__ you can own your home __PUNCT__ you can put a littl awai for retir __PUNCT__ you won't have to worri about be bankrupt if you get sick __PUNCT__ mayb you can take a vacat onc in a while __PUNCT__

and most importantli __PUNCT__ you know that you be abl to pass on to your kid more opportun and the possibl that thei can do thing that you couldn't even dream of __PUNCT__

that what america is all about __PUNCT__ make sure those door of opportun ar open to everybodi __PUNCT__

that the reason i ran for presid __PUNCT__

that what my presid ha been about __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ here is the thing though __PUNCT__ your educ is not just import to you __PUNCT__ it import to america success __PUNCT__

when we invest in your futur __PUNCT__ we invest in america_futur __PUNCT__

the fact is that countri that out __PUNCT__ educ us todai __PUNCT__ thei out __PUNCT__ compet us tomorrow __PUNCT__

we cannot afford to lose that race to make sure we got the most highli_educ __PUNCT__ most skill workforc in the world __PUNCT__

and when compani and busi ar look to locat __PUNCT__ that what thei look for __PUNCT__

and i don't want them look ani farther than reno __PUNCT__ nevada __PUNCT__ the state of nevada __PUNCT__ the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

we got the best worker in the world __PUNCT__ and i want to keep it that wai __PUNCT__

and your educ is just get more import __PUNCT__

i not tell you anyth you don't know __PUNCT__

more than half of the new job over the next decad will requir some form of higher_educ __PUNCT__

and i don't think it also ani new to you that higher educ is get harder and harder to afford __PUNCT__

it is tough for a lot of folk __PUNCT__

over the past_coupl of decad __PUNCT__ over the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__ tuition and fee at america colleg and univers have more than doubl __PUNCT__

the averag student who borrow to pai for colleg now graduat with about __MONEY__ in student_loan debt __PUNCT__

and live with that kind of debt mean you got to make tough choic __PUNCT__ especi when you first start out __PUNCT__

it mai mean put off start a famili or bui a home __PUNCT__

it mai mean you don't have enough save to try to start that new busi idea that you got __PUNCT__

when a big chunk of each paycheck goe just toward servic your loan debt __PUNCT__ that not just tough for middl_class class_famili that ar try to make it __PUNCT__ it also not good for the economi __PUNCT__ becaus it mean you not spend that monei with local_busi __PUNCT__

and i want you to understand i speak from experi here __PUNCT__

michel and i know about thi firsthand __PUNCT__

we didn't come from wealthi famili __PUNCT__

my mom wa a singl_mom __PUNCT__

michel dad wa a blue __PUNCT__ collar_worker __PUNCT__

her mom wa a secretari __PUNCT__

michel parent never went to colleg __PUNCT__

both of us graduat from colleg and law_school with a mountain of debt __PUNCT__

so when we got marri __PUNCT__ we pool our liabil __PUNCT__ not our asset __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ we got poorer __PUNCT__ not richer __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ we paid more for our student_loan than we paid on our mortgag each month __PUNCT__ when we final were abl to afford to bui a condo __PUNCT__

and then __PUNCT__ onc we had malia and sasha __PUNCT__ now we suppos to be save for their colleg_educ __PUNCT__ but we still pai off for our colleg educ __PUNCT__

and look __PUNCT__ we were luckier than most __PUNCT__

we had land good_job with steadi incom __PUNCT__

even with that __PUNCT__ though __PUNCT__ we onli finish pai off our student_loan about __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ think about that __PUNCT__

i becam presid 3½ year ago __PUNCT__

i wa a u. __PUNCT__ senat about __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

so i had been work and michel had been work for over a decad befor we got all our loan paid off __PUNCT__

but here the thing __PUNCT__ i onli stand here befor you todai becaus of the chanc that that educ gave me __PUNCT__

so i think i can speak with some experi and sai __PUNCT__ make higher_educ more afford for young_peopl is someth i got a person stake in __PUNCT__

it not someth i believ in abstractli __PUNCT__

it someth michel ha a person stake in __PUNCT__

we believ in it becaus we been in your shoe __PUNCT__

we know what it like __PUNCT__

we understand that unless you provid those rung on the ladder of opportun __PUNCT__ then young peopl __PUNCT__ mani of whom ar more talent than michel and i __PUNCT__ mai not get a shot __PUNCT__

and that why i made thi on of the top_prioriti of my presid __PUNCT__

it part of what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

when all of you walk in to that vote_booth in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ you go to have a choic __PUNCT__

and part of it is the choic of how we treat educ in thi countri __PUNCT__

and i sai thi becaus put a colleg_educ within reach for work_famili doe not seem to be a prioriti that my oppon share __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ a few month_ago __PUNCT__ governor romnei told a crowd of young_peopl __PUNCT__ just like you __PUNCT__ that if you want to be success __PUNCT__ if you want to go to colleg or you want to start a busi __PUNCT__ then you can just __PUNCT__ and i quot here __PUNCT__ borrow_monei if you have to from your parent __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

harri __PUNCT__ did your parent have a whole bunch of monei to lend you __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

my parent didn't have a lot of monei to lend me __PUNCT__

i bet a bunch of your parent don't have a lot of monei to lend __PUNCT__

it not becaus thei don't want to __PUNCT__ thei don't have it __PUNCT__

when a high_school school_student ask governor romnei what he would do to make colleg more afford for famili __PUNCT__ governor romnei didn't sai anyth about grant or loan_program that have help million of student earn a colleg_educ __PUNCT__

he didn't sai anyth about work __PUNCT__ studi program or rise colleg_tuition __PUNCT__

he did not sai a singl word about commun_colleg or how import higher_educ is to america_econom econom_futur __PUNCT__

here what he said __PUNCT__ the best thing i can do for you is to tell you to shop around __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ to shop around __PUNCT__

so thi is hi plan __PUNCT__

that hi answer to a young_person hope to go to colleg __PUNCT__ shop around and borrow_monei from your parent if you have to __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ that not an answer __PUNCT__

that not an __PUNCT__ not onli is it not a good_answer __PUNCT__ it not even an answer __PUNCT__

there is noth a parent want to do more than to give their kid opportun that we never had __PUNCT__

there ar veri few thing more pain than a parent not be abl to do it __PUNCT__

but we still fight_back from the worst econom_crisi in our lifetim __PUNCT__

there ar a lot of parent out there who ar work realli hard __PUNCT__ but still struggl to make end meet __PUNCT__

and i do not accept the notion that we should deni their children the opportun of a higher_educ and a brighter futur just becaus their famili were hard hit by a recess __PUNCT__

think about all the discoveri __PUNCT__ all the busi __PUNCT__ all the breakthrough that we wouldn't have had if we had told everi american that want to go to colleg __PUNCT__ tough luck __PUNCT__ too bad __PUNCT__ you on your own __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

shop around __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

shop around __PUNCT__

thi countri ha alwai made a commit to put a good educ within the reach of all who ar will to work for it __PUNCT__

that part of what made us an econom superpow __PUNCT__

that what kept us at the forefront of busi and scienc and technolog and medicin __PUNCT__

and thi is not just a new commit we made __PUNCT__

my grandfath had the chanc to go to colleg becaus after fight on behalf of america in world_war_ii __PUNCT__ he came back to a countri that decid __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ we go to make sure everi veteran should be abl to afford colleg __PUNCT__

my mother wa abl to rais me and my sister by herself and go to colleg becaus she wa abl to get grant and work her wai through school __PUNCT__

michel and i would not be here without the help of scholarship and student_loan __PUNCT__

we ar onli here becaus the chanc our educ gave us __PUNCT__ and i want everi young_person to have that chanc __PUNCT__

and listen __PUNCT__ govern can't help folk who won't help themselv __PUNCT__

parent have to parent __PUNCT__ and young_peopl have to stai disciplin and focus __PUNCT__

but if you will to work_hard __PUNCT__ a colleg_educ in the __NUM___centuri should be avail to everybodi __PUNCT__ not just the wealthi few __PUNCT__

that what i believ __PUNCT__

whether it a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year educ __PUNCT__ a __NUM__ __PUNCT__ year program __PUNCT__ higher_educ is not a luxuri __PUNCT__ it is a necess __PUNCT__

and everi american_famili should be abl to afford it __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

it on of the reason i run for presid __PUNCT__

sinc __PUNCT__ and listen __PUNCT__ i want you to understand __PUNCT__ i not just talk the talk __PUNCT__

i not just make promis __PUNCT__

sinc i took offic __PUNCT__ we help over __NUM___million more student afford a colleg_educ with grant that go farther than thei did befor __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ unfortun __PUNCT__ the econom_plan of governor romnei could cut our invest in educ by about __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__

so the grant that we us __PUNCT__ that alejandra mai be take advantag of __PUNCT__ mani of you mai be take advantag of __PUNCT__ those grant could be cut so deepli that __NUM___million of the student who been help __PUNCT__ would no longer get scholarship __PUNCT__

it would cut financi_aid for nearli __NUM___million student a year __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ and here the worst part __PUNCT__ thei not make these cut to reduc the deficit __PUNCT__

thei not make these cut so thei can creat more job __PUNCT__

thei do it to pai for a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut weight toward the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

doe that sound like a plan for a better futur for you __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

it a plan that sai we can't afford to help the next gener __PUNCT__ but we can afford massiv new tax cut for millionair and billionair __PUNCT__

we can't offer our young_peopl student_loan becaus we got to protect corpor_tax loophol __PUNCT__

it a vision that sai we can't help young_peopl who ar try to make it becaus we got to protect the folk who alreadi have made it __PUNCT__

that not a vision we have to accept __PUNCT__

governor romnei like to talk about hi time as an investor as on of the base for hi candidaci __PUNCT__ but hi econom_plan make_clear he doesn't think your futur is worth invest in __PUNCT__

and i do __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

that the choic thi __DATE__ __PUNCT__

we ar go to make sure that america onc again lead the world in educ our kid and train our worker __PUNCT__

there ar busi_owner across the countri who sai thei can't fill the skill posit thei have open __PUNCT__ and you got a million __PUNCT__ million of peopl who ar out there look for work __PUNCT__

so i want to give __NUM___million more american the chanc to go to commun_colleg just like thi on __PUNCT__ to learn the skill that local_busi ar hire for right now __PUNCT__

commun_colleg like trucke meadow educ the backbon of our workforc __PUNCT__

thi is where young_peopl and some not __PUNCT__ so __PUNCT__ young peopl can come and get train as nurs and firefight and comput_programm and folk who manufactur clean_energi compon __PUNCT__

and these ar the vital pathwai to the middl_class __PUNCT__ and we shouldn't weaken them __PUNCT__ we should strengthen them __PUNCT__

earlier thi summer __PUNCT__ harri_reid and i __PUNCT__ we fought to make sure the interest_rate on feder student_loan didn't go up __PUNCT__

we won that fight __PUNCT__

the republican plan in congress would have allow those rate to doubl __PUNCT__ cost more than __NUM___million student an extra thousand_dollar a year __PUNCT__

with the help of harri_reid __PUNCT__ we set up a colleg tax_credit so that more middl_class class_famili can save up to __MONEY__ on their tuition over __NUM___year __PUNCT__

governor romnei want to repeal it __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

in __NUM__ i promis we would reform a student_loan system that wa give ten of billion of taxpay_dollar to big_bank and lobbyist instead of give it to student __PUNCT__

so thei were take a cut out of the student_loan loan_program even though thei had no risk becaus the feder_govern wa guarante the loan __PUNCT__ __NUM___billion billion_dollar __PUNCT__ worth __PUNCT__

so we said __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ let cut them out __PUNCT__ let give thi monei directli to student __PUNCT__

we won that fight __PUNCT__

that what we us to doubl the grant for student who ar in need __PUNCT__

my oppon is run to return the system back to wai it wa __PUNCT__

he want to go backward to polici where bank were take out billion of dollar out of the student_loan loan_program __PUNCT__

he want to go back to polici that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

that is the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

i want to move_forward __PUNCT__ he want to go backward __PUNCT__

we ar not go to let him __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ four more year __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis we end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

and we promis we go after al qaida and bin_laden __PUNCT__

we promis to blunt the momentum of the taliban and then start turn over secur respons to the afghan so we can start bring our troop_home __PUNCT__

we ar keep these promis becaus of the tremend sacrific of our men and women in uniform __PUNCT__

so todai __PUNCT__ all of our troop ar out of iraq __PUNCT__ and we ar wind down the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__

but we got to make sure that we keep faith with those folk who fought for us __PUNCT__

so we made sure to keep the post __PUNCT__ 9/11 gi_bill strong __PUNCT__

everybodi who ha serv thi countri should have a chanc to get their degre __PUNCT__ and as long as i am command in chief __PUNCT__ thi countri will care for our veteran and serv them as well as thei have serv us __PUNCT__

nobodi who fight for thi countri should have to fight for a job or fight for a colleg_educ or fight for a roof over their head when thei come home __PUNCT__

that part of what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i have to tell you __PUNCT__ over the cours of the next 2½ month __PUNCT__ the other side will not talk much about educ __PUNCT__ becaus thei don't realli have a plan __PUNCT__

thei won't be talk about much __PUNCT__ but thei will spend more monei than we ever seen on ad that just try to repeat the same_thing over and over again __PUNCT__ the economi is not do as well as it should __PUNCT__ and it all obama fault __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it like go to a concert __PUNCT__ and thei just keep on plai the same song over and over again __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and the reason thei got to try to just repeat that over and over again is becaus thei know their econom_plan is not popular __PUNCT__

thei know that the american_peopl ar not go to bui anoth __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__ most of which goe to wealthi american and that will be paid for by you __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thei know gut educ to pai for a massiv new tax cut for millionair and billionair is not go to sell __PUNCT__

so sinc thei can't advertis their plan __PUNCT__ thei go to bet on the fact that you get discourag __PUNCT__ that you get cynic __PUNCT__ that you decid your vote doesn't matter __PUNCT__

thei bet that each __MONEY___million check from some wealthi donor drown out million of voic __PUNCT__

thei don't see that as a problem __PUNCT__ that their strategi __PUNCT__

i count on someth differ __PUNCT__

i count on you __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ part of what you taught me in __NUM__ is that when the american_peopl join togeth __PUNCT__ thei can't be stop __PUNCT__

when we rememb our parent and our grandpar and great __PUNCT__ grandpar and all the sacrific thei made and we remind that thi countri ha alwai risen and fallen togeth __PUNCT__ when we rememb that what make us special is the idea that everybodi get a fair shot and everybodi doe their fair_share and everybodi is plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__ when that our focu __PUNCT__ you can't be stop __PUNCT__

so here what i go to need from everybodi __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ you got no excus not to regist to vote __PUNCT__

we got staff and volunt who ar here __PUNCT__

thei will grab you at the door __PUNCT__

you won't be abl to escap __PUNCT__

thi young ladi right here __PUNCT__ she readi to regist some voter __PUNCT__

and if somehow we miss you __PUNCT__ or if you decid you want to help your friend and your neighbor and fellow_student to get regist __PUNCT__ you can do it onlin at __URL__

now __PUNCT__ i want __PUNCT__ i know thi is an educ place __PUNCT__ but __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ is spell g __PUNCT__ o __PUNCT__ t __PUNCT__ t __PUNCT__ a __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ thi is __URL__

so you got to __PUNCT__ you __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ not just regist __PUNCT__ you __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ grab some friend __PUNCT__

you __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ grab some neighbor __PUNCT__

you __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ take them to the poll __PUNCT__

you __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

let prove the cynic wrong on more time __PUNCT__

let show them your vote count __PUNCT__

let prove your voic is more power than lobbyist and special_interest __PUNCT__

let keep the promis of thi countri aliv __PUNCT__ that no matter what you look like or where you come from __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

we come too far to turn_back now __PUNCT__

we got more student to educ __PUNCT__ more teacher to hire __PUNCT__ more troop to bring_home __PUNCT__ more school to rebuild __PUNCT__ more good_job to creat __PUNCT__ more homegrown energi to gener __PUNCT__ more door of opportun to open for everybodi who will to work_hard __PUNCT__

and if you stand with me like you did in __NUM__ if you will to do some work and knock on door and make phone_call __PUNCT__ we will win washo counti __PUNCT__

we will win nevada __PUNCT__

we will win thi elect __PUNCT__

we finish what we start and remind the world why the unit_state of america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

god_bless_america __PUNCT__