Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ thank you __PUNCT__ hei __PUNCT__ ar you fire up __PUNCT__ ar you readi to go __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ can everybodi pleas give a big round of applaus to rachel for that great introduct __PUNCT__ i want to thank the ram for host us here todai __PUNCT__

i appreci you gui __PUNCT__

go ram __PUNCT__ we got your outstand senat tom harkin __PUNCT__ congressman bruce bralei __PUNCT__ anoth congressman who ha __PUNCT__ i guess it professor_emeritu right here __PUNCT__ dave loebsack __PUNCT__ two of my oldest friend in iowa __PUNCT__ my cochair back in __NUM__ __PUNCT__ your attornei_gener __PUNCT__ tom miller __PUNCT__ and your treasur __PUNCT__ mike fitzgerald __PUNCT__

and i thrill to see all of you __PUNCT__

and i hope you enjoi the warm weather __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ becaus __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

i love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

becaus __PUNCT__ i just want to know __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ i from chicago __PUNCT__

and i campaign in iowa in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so thi is basic the warmest you will be for the next 6month __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ i come back to cornel colleg todai __PUNCT__ come back to ask each of you for on big_thing __PUNCT__

i ask for your vote __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i ask for your vote __PUNCT__

in iowa __PUNCT__ you can vote todai __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__

as long as you regist befor __DATE__ you can vote right up to elect_dai __PUNCT__

in fact __PUNCT__ you can go vote right after thi event at the cole librari __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ and anyon can find out how to regist and where to vote at __URL__

so __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ ar you go to vote for me todai if you haven't alreadi vote __PUNCT__ i need you __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ i need you __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ as mani of you know __PUNCT__ we had our second debat last night __PUNCT__

i still try to figur out how to get the hang of thi thing __PUNCT__ debat __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but we work on it __PUNCT__

we keep on improv as time goe on __PUNCT__

i got on left __PUNCT__

but the interest_thing is that governor romnei ha been run around talk about hi five __PUNCT__ point_plan for the economi for quit some time __PUNCT__

and as i point out last night __PUNCT__ and you gui heard yourselv __PUNCT__ it realli a on __PUNCT__ point plan __PUNCT__

it realli a on __PUNCT__ point plan __PUNCT__

it sai folk at the veri top can plai by their own set of rule __PUNCT__

that why thei can pai lower_tax than you do or thei can us offshor account __PUNCT__

or thei can invest in a compani __PUNCT__ bankrupt it __PUNCT__ fire the worker __PUNCT__ take awai their pension __PUNCT__ ship the job_oversea __PUNCT__ and still make_monei do it __PUNCT__

it the on __PUNCT__ point_plan that sai it okai for wall_street to keep engag in the reckless behavior that got us into the mess we been fight_back from for the last __NUM___year __PUNCT__

it the same philosophi that been squeez middl_class class_famili for more than a decad __PUNCT__

it the same philosophi that we saw in the previou_administr __PUNCT__

and i have seen too much pain and too much struggl to let thi countri go down that same road again __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ we can't __PUNCT__ i want you to know __PUNCT__ folk here in iowa understand thi __PUNCT__ you cannot grow thi economi from the top down __PUNCT__

you grow thi economi from the middl_class out __PUNCT__

we not go to go back to what we were do befor __PUNCT__

we move_forward __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ governor romnei also took anoth stab at try to sell us hi __MONEY___trillion tax_cut that favor the wealthi __PUNCT__

onc again __PUNCT__ he refus to tell us how he go to pai for it __PUNCT__

he said he let you know after the elect __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ here a tip __PUNCT__ usual when a politician tell you he go to wait until after the elect to explain a plan to you __PUNCT__ thei don't have a pleasant surpris in store for you __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and in thi case __PUNCT__ it becaus just about everybodi who look at governor romnei __MONEY___trillion in tax_cut sai he can't pai for it without blow a hole in the deficit or rais_tax on middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__

it can't be done __PUNCT__

governor romnei sai he ha a plan to creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job in the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

but when folk start crunch the number __PUNCT__ it fell apart even faster than hi tax_plan __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ turn out hi job math isn't ani better than hi tax math __PUNCT__

the washington post call it a __PUNCT__ bait and switch __PUNCT__

so let recap what we learn last night __PUNCT__

hi tax plan doesn't add up __PUNCT__ hi job plan doesn't creat_job __PUNCT__ hi deficit_reduct plan add to the deficit __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ everybodi here ha heard of the new deal __PUNCT__ you heard of the fair_deal __PUNCT__ you heard of the squar deal __PUNCT__

mitt_romnei is try to sell you a sketchi deal __PUNCT__

we ar not bui it __PUNCT__

we know better __PUNCT__

we been there __PUNCT__

we tri that __PUNCT__

we not go back __PUNCT__

we move_forward __PUNCT__

that why i need your vote __PUNCT__

we got to finish what we start in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

you don't want to invest in that sketchi deal __PUNCT__

let me tell you __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

etch __PUNCT__ a __PUNCT__ sketch __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

that too __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ four year_ago __PUNCT__ i told you we end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ and i did __PUNCT__

i said we end the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ and we ar __PUNCT__

i said we focu on the terrorist who actual attack us on 9/11 __PUNCT__ and we have __PUNCT__ and bin_laden is dead __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis to cut_tax for middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ and we have __PUNCT__ by __MONEY__

i promis to cut_tax for small __PUNCT__ busi_owner __PUNCT__ and we have __NUM___time __PUNCT__

we got back everi dime us to rescu the bank __PUNCT__ and we pass a law to make sure that taxpay __PUNCT__ fund bailout ar over for good __PUNCT__

we pass health_care_reform so your insur_compani can't jerk you around anymor __PUNCT__

we made sure insur compani have to let parent keep their children on their parent __PUNCT__ plan until thei __NUM___year old if thei don't have health_insur __PUNCT__

we said to insur_compani __PUNCT__ you got to charg women the same as men becaus be a woman is not a preexist condit __PUNCT__

we repeal __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__ so no on is ever kick out of the militari becaus of who thei love __PUNCT__

when governor romnei said we should just let detroit go bankrupt __PUNCT__ we said thank but no thank __PUNCT__ and we reinvent a dy auto_industri that come roar back to the top of the world __PUNCT__

last time i wa here __PUNCT__ i said to student __PUNCT__ we go to help you make sure you can afford a colleg_educ __PUNCT__ and we took __MONEY___billion that wa go to bank and middlemen in the student_loan loan_program __PUNCT__ we said let cut out the middleman __PUNCT__ let give that monei directli to student __PUNCT__

and as a consequ __PUNCT__ million of student have benefit from lower_interest_rate and pell_grant __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ __NUM___year after the worst econom_crisi of our lifetim __PUNCT__ we move_forward again __PUNCT__

after lose __NUM___job a month when i took offic __PUNCT__ our busi have now ad more than __NUM___million new job over the past 2½ year __PUNCT__

unemploy ha fallen from a peak of __NUM__ percent to __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__

the stock_market ha nearli doubl __PUNCT__ which mean your __NUM__ __PUNCT__ k __PUNCT__ s have start to recov __PUNCT__

foreclosur ar at their lowest point in __NUM___year __PUNCT__

home valu ar back on the rise __PUNCT__

manufactur is come home to america __PUNCT__

our assembl_line ar start to hum again __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ we got a lot more work to do __PUNCT__ but we got to build on that progress __PUNCT__

and i got a plan to grow the economi and creat_job and build more secur for middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__

i talk about it last night __PUNCT__

i want to export more product __PUNCT__ outsourc fewer job __PUNCT__

we can keep give tax_break to compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ or we can give those tax_break to compani that ar invest right here in iowa __PUNCT__ right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ rebuild our manufactur_base __PUNCT__

i want to control more of our own energi __PUNCT__

you heard last night __PUNCT__ oil_product is up __PUNCT__

natur_ga product is up __PUNCT__

but what we also said is we got to develop new sourc of energi __PUNCT__ and we got to be more effici with our economi __PUNCT__

and so we rais fuel __PUNCT__ effici standard on car so by the middl of the next decad __PUNCT__ your car will go twice as far on a gallon of ga __PUNCT__

we have doubl the amount of renew_energi that we gener from wind and solar and biofuel __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ the unit_state of america is less depend on foreign_oil than ani time in the last two decad __PUNCT__

and so the question __PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__

so the choic you have __PUNCT__ you heard last night __PUNCT__ it not a choic between oil versu solar or natur_ga versu wind __PUNCT__

look __PUNCT__ we all agre we got to increas oil_product __PUNCT__

we all agre we got to increas natur_ga product __PUNCT__

but the question is whether we build on the progress for the new energi_sourc of the futur __PUNCT__

i not go to keep on give corpor __PUNCT__ taxpay __PUNCT__ fund welfar to oil_compani __PUNCT__ __MONEY___billion a year __PUNCT__ when we could be us that monei to continu to promot wind and solar and long __PUNCT__ last batteri __PUNCT__ and put american back to work right now __PUNCT__ see that technolog_develop here in the unit_state instead of china or germani or some other countri __PUNCT__

and i got to tell you __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ thi is not a pipedream __PUNCT__ there ar nearli __NUM___job in iowa right now depend on wind_energi __PUNCT__

last night governor romnei claim he didn't have a plan to end wind job in iowa __PUNCT__ but he call these job __PUNCT__ imaginari __PUNCT__

hi plan would end tax_credit for wind_energi produc __PUNCT__

that is a fact __PUNCT__

my plan will keep these invest __PUNCT__ and we keep reduc the carbon pollut that also heat the planet __PUNCT__ becaus climat chang isn't a hoax __PUNCT__

the drought we seen __PUNCT__ the flood __PUNCT__ the wildfir __PUNCT__ those aren't a joke __PUNCT__

thei a threat to our children futur __PUNCT__

and we can do someth about it __PUNCT__

that part of what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

i want to give more american the chanc to get a great educ and get the skill thei need to compet in the __NUM___centuri __PUNCT__

i tri to talk about educ last night __PUNCT__

we kept on get waylaid __PUNCT__

but if you talk about job and econom_growth __PUNCT__ what more import than make sure everybodi ha got the skill thei need __PUNCT__ i onli here becaus of a great educ __PUNCT__

all the young_peopl who ar make an invest in their colleg_educ right now __PUNCT__ you gui understand you got to be equip __PUNCT__

michel __PUNCT__ her gatewai into the middl __PUNCT__ into opportun wa her educ_system __PUNCT__

her dad wa a blue __PUNCT__ collar_worker __PUNCT__ her mom wa a secretari __PUNCT__

and right now __PUNCT__ as i said __PUNCT__ becaus of the action we alreadi took __PUNCT__ million of young_peopl ar pai less for colleg becaus we final took on that system that wa wast taxpay_dollar __PUNCT__ gave it directli to student __PUNCT__

rachel __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ i took a photo with her parent backstag __PUNCT__ and she talk about how __PUNCT__ the fact that we put in place a tax_credit for middl incom_famili to send their kid to colleg is help her attend_school right now __PUNCT__

but what you saw last night __PUNCT__ even though we weren't abl to talk about it as much as i would have like __PUNCT__ is a fundament differ __PUNCT__

governor romnei sai hire more teacher won't grow our economi over the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ it will __PUNCT__

but more importantli __PUNCT__ what about our kid over the next __NUM__ year __PUNCT__ what about our economi for the next __NUM__ year __PUNCT__ we could gut educ __PUNCT__ pai for governor romnei __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__ or we can recruit __NUM__ new math and scienc_teacher over the next decad __PUNCT__ help our young_peopl refocu on scienc and technolog __PUNCT__ engin __PUNCT__ math __PUNCT__

we should make sure all our young peopl __PUNCT__ our daughter as well as our son __PUNCT__ ar thrive in these field __PUNCT__

thi should be a nation mission __PUNCT__

i got to tell you __PUNCT__ we don't have to collect a bunch of binder to find qualifi __PUNCT__ talent __PUNCT__ driven young_women readi to learn and teach in these field right now __PUNCT__

and when young women graduat __PUNCT__ thei should get equal pai for equal work __PUNCT__

that should be a simpl question to answer __PUNCT__

when governor romnei wa ask about it __PUNCT__ hi campaign said __PUNCT__ we get back to you __PUNCT__

that shouldn't be a complic question __PUNCT__ equal pai for equal work __PUNCT__

i want my daughter paid just like somebodi els son ar paid for the same_job __PUNCT__

that straightforward __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i got to sai __PUNCT__ last night governor romnei top advisor final admit __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ the governor didn't realli support that bill __PUNCT__

you don't have to wait for an answer from me __PUNCT__

the lilli ledbett fair pai act wa the first bill i sign into law as presid __PUNCT__ the first bill __PUNCT__

governor romnei didn't want to talk much last night about how he want to end fund for plan_parenthood __PUNCT__ how he support legisl that would turn certain decis about a woman health_care over to their employ __PUNCT__

he didn't want to talk about it becaus he know he can't sell it __PUNCT__

i don't think your boss should control the health care you get __PUNCT__

i don't think insur should control the health care you get __PUNCT__

i certainli don't think politician should control the health care that you get __PUNCT__

we pass obamacar __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ i like the term __PUNCT__ we pass it __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ becaus i do care __PUNCT__ and i want to put these choic in your hand where thei belong __PUNCT__

fourth plan __PUNCT__ fourth part of the plan to creat_job right here is us some of the monei we save from end those war in iraq __PUNCT__ wind down the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ to pai down our deficit __PUNCT__ put our peopl back to work __PUNCT__ includ our veteran __PUNCT__ rebuild road and bridg and school all across america __PUNCT__

governor romnei and i just have a differ theori on thi __PUNCT__

he said it wa __PUNCT__ tragic __PUNCT__ the wai we end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ doubl down on the belief in a speech just last week __PUNCT__ said we should have kept troop on the ground in iraq __PUNCT__

i disagre __PUNCT__

i know these troop __PUNCT__

i know their famili __PUNCT__

i know how dedic thei ar and the sacrific thei and their famili make __PUNCT__

and it wa time to bring those troop_home to their famili __PUNCT__

it wa the right thing to do __PUNCT__

and everi brave american who wear the uniform of thi countri __PUNCT__ thei need to know __PUNCT__ as long as i command in chief __PUNCT__ we go to maintain the strongest militari in the world __PUNCT__

and when those troop take off the uniform __PUNCT__ we go to serv them as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__ becaus nobodi should have to fight for a job after thei fought for our countri __PUNCT__

nobodi should have to fight for a roof over their head or the health_care thei need after thei fought for america __PUNCT__

and final __PUNCT__ i want to cut the deficit by __MONEY___trillion over the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__ and i work with republican and democrat alreadi to cut a trillion_dollar __PUNCT__ worth of spend __PUNCT__

i readi to cut more spend that is not contribut to our growth __PUNCT__

but we can't just cut our wai to prosper __PUNCT__

we got to make invest in scienc and research and infrastructur __PUNCT__

and we can't do all that and reduc our deficit unless we ask the wealthiest household to pai a littl bit more __PUNCT__ pai higher_tax on incom over __MONEY__

so keep in mind __PUNCT__ somebodi make___MONEY__ thei still keep the tax_break for the first __NUM__ but after that __PUNCT__ let go back to the same_rate we had when bill_clinton wa presid __PUNCT__ our economi creat___NUM__ __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ we went from deficit to surplu __PUNCT__

governor romnei wa ask __PUNCT__ is it fair that he pai a lower_tax tax_rate than a teacher who make___MONEY__

he said __PUNCT__ ye __PUNCT__ i think it fair __PUNCT__ i think that how you grow an economi __PUNCT__

he wrong __PUNCT__

there the __PUNCT__ you look at our econom_histori __PUNCT__ that not how we grew an economi __PUNCT__ by just have a few folk at the top pai even less than folk in the middl __PUNCT__

i not go to ask middl_class class_famili to give up their deduct for own a home __PUNCT__ or rais their kid __PUNCT__ or send their kid to colleg just to pai for anoth millionair tax_cut __PUNCT__

i not go to ask the student here to pai more for colleg so i have a littl more monei in my pocket __PUNCT__

i don't need it __PUNCT__

i not go to kick children out of head_start program __PUNCT__ or elimin health_insur for million of american who ar poor __PUNCT__ or elderli __PUNCT__ or disabl __PUNCT__

and governor romnei again last night __PUNCT__ over and over again __PUNCT__ he sai __PUNCT__ i can cut_tax for everybodi __PUNCT__ i can increas militari_spend by __MONEY___trillion __PUNCT__ i will lower_tax for middl_class class_famili and i go to close the deficit __PUNCT__

he keep on sai it __PUNCT__

and when peopl ask __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ what ar you go to cut __PUNCT__ becaus i don't know about you gui __PUNCT__ but if i look at my budget and i try to shrink my debt __PUNCT__ i got to cut someth out __PUNCT__

so so far __PUNCT__ what he offer is elimin fund for plan_parenthood and get rid of big bird __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and end wind tax_credit __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

it add up to less than 1/100th of __NUM__ percent of the feder_budget __PUNCT__

so he claim hi __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ that wa an estim __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__

i wa do that off the top of my head __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ he claim hi __MONEY___trillion tax_cut will creat million of new job and pai for themselv __PUNCT__

we have heard thi pitch befor __PUNCT__

you know where we heard it __PUNCT__ in the previou_administr __PUNCT__

we know it doesn't work __PUNCT__

we know what we talk about doe creat_job __PUNCT__

and now the choic is up to you __PUNCT__

the elect now is up to you __PUNCT__

it come down to thi __PUNCT__

over and over again __PUNCT__ our oppon tell us that becaus govern can't do everyth __PUNCT__ it should do almost noth __PUNCT__

if you can't afford health_insur __PUNCT__ hope you don't get sick __PUNCT__

if you can't afford to start a busi or go to colleg __PUNCT__ borrow_monei from your parent __PUNCT__

if a compani releas harm pollut into the air __PUNCT__ you know what __PUNCT__ that the price of progress __PUNCT__

that not who we ar __PUNCT__

that not what america is about __PUNCT__

we ar in thi thing togeth __PUNCT__

that what thi countri is about __PUNCT__

here in america __PUNCT__ we believ that we all in thi togeth __PUNCT__ everybodi __PUNCT__

we understand __PUNCT__ america is not just about what can be done for us __PUNCT__ but what can be done by us __PUNCT__ as on peopl __PUNCT__ as on nation __PUNCT__

iowa __PUNCT__ you the reason that we got shutter factori in place like newton that ar now hum again with worker manufactur compon for amaz wind_turbin __PUNCT__

you made that happen becaus you believ we could do thi togeth __PUNCT__

you the reason a mother in cedar rapid __PUNCT__ actual __PUNCT__ a mother right here in thi audienc __PUNCT__ doesn't have to worri about surgeri for her daughter becaus the insur_compani can't limit her coverag __PUNCT__

you the reason a student in am or iowa citi or cornel colleg can get help pai for a colleg_educ and we got a new gi_bill for our return veteran to get the educ thei need __PUNCT__

that all happen becaus of you __PUNCT__

and we got to do it again __PUNCT__

you the reason a young immigr is not go to be sent awai from the onli countri she ever call home __PUNCT__

you the reason that we were abl to bring our troop_home and those famili ar reunit with their love on __PUNCT__

you made that happen __PUNCT__

so if we don't fight as hard as we can over the next __NUM___week __PUNCT__ all that could be set asid __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that what we fight for __PUNCT__

you cannot turn awai __PUNCT__

and if your voic aren't heard __PUNCT__ then the lobbyist and the special_interest __PUNCT__ thei fill the void __PUNCT__ the folk who ar write the __MONEY___million check to try to bui thi elect __PUNCT__ the folk who ar try to make it harder for peopl to vote in thi elect __PUNCT__

and you can't let that happen __PUNCT__

i not go to let that happen __PUNCT__

we work too hard togeth over the last __NUM___year to let that happen __PUNCT__

back in __NUM__ it start here in iowa __PUNCT__

you the on who first show america that chang wa possibl __PUNCT__

and everyth we fought for is now at stake __PUNCT__

and we can choos to go back to the same top __PUNCT__ down polici that got us into thi mess __PUNCT__ or you can choos to move us forward with the polici that have been get us out of thi mess __PUNCT__

you can choos to go back to a foreign_polici that get us into war with no plan for get out __PUNCT__ or you can help move us forward and end the afghan_war respons and bring our troop_home and focu on the terrorist who were go to attack us __PUNCT__

you can choos to turn_back the clock __NUM___year for women and for immigr and for gai and for lesbian __PUNCT__ or you can stand up and sai __PUNCT__ we want to move_forward __PUNCT__

we believ in the countri where no matter who you ar or what you look like or where you come from or who you love __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

that what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

that what i still believ in __PUNCT__

and if that what you still believ in __PUNCT__ then we got to fight as hard as we can for the next __NUM___week __PUNCT__

and i promis you __PUNCT__ if you ar will to stand with me and knock on door with me and work as hard as you can __PUNCT__ and talk to your friend and your neighbor and your classmat __PUNCT__ and if you will vote for me __PUNCT__ we will win linn counti again __PUNCT__

we will win iowa again __PUNCT__

we will win thi elect again __PUNCT__

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

god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god_bless_america __PUNCT__