Mitt Romney

good to be among so mani friend __PUNCT__

good to be in carrol counti __PUNCT__ even in the winter __PUNCT__

i didn't know just how cold it could get in carrol counti until ann and i bought our home on lake winnipesauke __PUNCT__

after the close __PUNCT__ i want to get a look at what the place look like from the water __PUNCT__

now it wa winter and the lake wa frozen __PUNCT__ but i didn't know if the ic wa strong enough to hold my weight __PUNCT__

so i got a ladder from the garag and push it out on the ic ahead of me __PUNCT__ to spread my weight __PUNCT__

as i wa gingerli inch my wai along __PUNCT__ about __NUM___yard from the shore __PUNCT__ i look up as a truck drove by __PUNCT__

the gui wa laugh __PUNCT__

so yeah __PUNCT__ new hampshir get cold in the winter __PUNCT__

but the state is known for a lot more than that __PUNCT__

the mountain and lake ar among the most beauti in the world __PUNCT__

the white mountain ar new england alp __PUNCT__

there someth els the state is known for __PUNCT__

it a new hampshir origin __PUNCT__

and that is histori __PUNCT__

everi four year __PUNCT__ the men and women who want to lead thi nation come to new hampshir __PUNCT__

and new hampshir decid how thei measur up __PUNCT__

there no committe of big wig __PUNCT__ it decid by hundr of thousand of honest __PUNCT__ dedic new hampshir voter __PUNCT__

everi candid is treat the same __PUNCT__ no matter how import thei mai think thei ar __PUNCT__

it doesn't matter if thei land on air_forc on or show up in their chevi __PUNCT__

it can be a humbl experi __PUNCT__

and me __PUNCT__ well i made more than my share of gaff here __PUNCT__ as my son never fail to remind me __PUNCT__

but it wa also exhilar __PUNCT__

the weather mai have been cold __PUNCT__ but the peopl ar warm __PUNCT__ we made friend here for a lifetim __PUNCT__

we like new hampshir so much __PUNCT__ we mai just decid to plai a doubl header __PUNCT__

there a lot at stake in what new hampshir will decid __PUNCT__

charl_krauthamm wrote that dure the __NUM__ __PUNCT__ american seem to take a __PUNCT__ holidai from histori __PUNCT__ the economi wa strong and with the cold_war over __PUNCT__ the world appear to be pretti well settl __PUNCT__

but histori ha come back now __PUNCT__ with a vengeanc __PUNCT__

the presid promis that hi uniqu person background would give him special insight into foreign_polici __PUNCT__

what we have seen instead is a presid that is unprepar and unequ to the task of lead the free_world __PUNCT__

he support hondura __PUNCT__ marxist presid __PUNCT__ but put off pro __PUNCT__ american colombia __PUNCT__

at the unit_nation __PUNCT__ he condemn israel __PUNCT__ but ignor hama __PUNCT__ thousand of devast rocket __PUNCT__

hi propos engag with iran and north_korea that won him the nobel_prize __PUNCT__ how ha that work out __PUNCT__ iran is arm hama and hezbollah and rush toward nuclear_weapon __PUNCT__

north_korea test nuke __PUNCT__ launch missil __PUNCT__ sunk a ship __PUNCT__ and shell a south_korean __URL__ the middl_east __PUNCT__ the presid wa silent last year when dissent took to the street to challeng iran fanat ayatollah __PUNCT__

and now __PUNCT__ with the entir middl east in turmoil __PUNCT__ he and hi administr were caught off guard __PUNCT__

the presid and hi team look like deer in the headlight __PUNCT__

instead of lead the world __PUNCT__ the presid ha been tipto behind the european __PUNCT__

newsweek magazin thi week said that he hasn't just lost hi foreign_polici map for the middl_east __PUNCT__ he doesn't even have on __PUNCT__

thi is the first time in a quarter of a centuri that america ha had no discern foreign_polici __PUNCT__

not sinc the dai of jimmi_carter have we had such a foreign_polici vacuum in washington __PUNCT__

and it could not have come at a wors time __PUNCT__

here at home __PUNCT__ the presid point out that he inherit an econom_crisi __PUNCT__

he did __PUNCT__

and he promptli made it wors __PUNCT__

he borrow nearli a trillion_dollar and promis that it would keep unemploy below __NUM__ __PUNCT__ it blew past that level and hasn't look back sinc __PUNCT__

our current high_unemploy isn't just a statist __PUNCT__

it is __NUM___million_american out of work __PUNCT__

it kid who can't go to colleg __PUNCT__ it peopl in the prime of their life who wonder if thei will ever find a good pai_job again __PUNCT__ it marriag that crack under the strain __PUNCT__

thi is not just a polici problem __PUNCT__ it is a moral tragedi __PUNCT__

the presid and hi administr ar fail our fellow_american in on of their fundament respons __PUNCT__

the presid should have learn a lesson from new hampshir __PUNCT__

anyon who see the row after row of textil mill build in manchest know that thi state ha experienc econom_crisi __PUNCT__

new hampshir answer wa to hold down tax and red_tape __PUNCT__ to balanc it budget __PUNCT__ to keep govern effici __PUNCT__ and to keep it small __PUNCT__

and the end_result wa that the state becam a capit of innov and small_busi __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ those manchest mill ar teem with activ __PUNCT__

new hampshir is home to cut __PUNCT__ edg compani in militari technolog __PUNCT__ healthcar __PUNCT__ electron __PUNCT__ energi __PUNCT__ just to name a few __PUNCT__ it is a hotb of entrepreneur __PUNCT__

senat_obama obama_campaign hard in new hampshir but he appar didn't like what he saw __PUNCT__

he certainli didn't learn from it __PUNCT__

instead of lower_tax __PUNCT__ he rais them __PUNCT__

he wrap busi in red_tape __PUNCT__ he grew govern __PUNCT__ he borrow trillion of dollar __PUNCT__ and he made it clear that he doesn't like busi peopl veri much __PUNCT__

he creat a deeper recess __PUNCT__ and delai the recoveri __PUNCT__

the consequ is soar number of american endur unemploy __PUNCT__ foreclosur and bankruptci __PUNCT__

thi is the obama miseri index __PUNCT__ and it is at a record high __PUNCT__

it go to take more than new rhetor to put american back to work __PUNCT__ it go to take a new presid __PUNCT__

as you know __PUNCT__ i spent my career in the privat_sector __PUNCT__

i know how job ar creat and how job ar lost __PUNCT__

i have help guid more than on enterpris that wa in crisi __PUNCT__

and i learn that there ar three rule of everi success turnaround __PUNCT__ focu __PUNCT__ focu __PUNCT__ focu __PUNCT__

turnaround work when the leader focus on what most import __PUNCT__

presid_obama did just the opposit __PUNCT__ he deleg the job crisi to nanci_pelosi and harri_reid and he went to work on hi own liber prioriti __PUNCT__ like cap and trade and govern __PUNCT__ run healthcar __PUNCT__

the next presid must focu on what most import __PUNCT__ get american back to work __PUNCT__

let me mention a few of the thing the next presid must do to restor our economi and creat_job __PUNCT__

i start with tax __PUNCT__

our employ pai the highest tax in the world __PUNCT__ ti with japan __PUNCT__

even franc and itali have lower_tax than we do __PUNCT__ and it our small compani that ar particularli hard hit __PUNCT__

we have to cut their tax __PUNCT__

at the same_time __PUNCT__ we need to sai no to the corpor loophol and special deal that reward influenc and punish product __PUNCT__

and we need to stop penal compani that want to invest in america __PUNCT__

right now __PUNCT__ we tax compani who make_monei oversea if thei want to bring it home __PUNCT__ but we don't tax them if thei keep their monei abroad __PUNCT__

that make no sens at all __PUNCT__

we want that monei here __PUNCT__ invest in new factori __PUNCT__ new equip __PUNCT__ and new job __PUNCT__

how much monei do american_compani store oversea that wait to come back __PUNCT__ estim rang as high as on trillion_dollar __PUNCT__

bring a trillion dollar back to the unit_state will creat hundr of thousand __PUNCT__ or even million of good __PUNCT__ perman __PUNCT__ privat_sector sector_job __PUNCT__

the next presid is also go to have clean up the red_tape __PUNCT__ bureaucraci and tax mess that thi administr ha left behind __PUNCT__

it is simpli choke job_creation __PUNCT__

now i like presid_obama __PUNCT__ but he doesn't have a clue how job ar creat __PUNCT__

he doesn't know what goe through an entrepreneur mind when she borrow and scrape to get the monei to start a new compani __PUNCT__ becaus he never done it himself __PUNCT__

he doesn't know how mani busi fail becaus of govern __PUNCT__ heavi hand __PUNCT__ outmod regul and tax __PUNCT__ becaus he never work in on himself __PUNCT__

and when he put togeth hi cabinet __PUNCT__ he nearli exclud anyon who had ever work in a real busi __PUNCT__

it shouldn't be a surpris __PUNCT__ then __PUNCT__ that even when he tri to help __PUNCT__ he sometim make_thing thing_wors __PUNCT__

i visit the amoskeag busi incub in manchest a few week_ago __PUNCT__

on entrepreneur said that it becom almost imposs to find invest capit becaus now that the obama_administr is plai ventur_capitalist __PUNCT__ everyon want a govern guarante befor thei will invest __PUNCT__

you see __PUNCT__ when the govern get into a market __PUNCT__ instead of help the market __PUNCT__ it hurt it __PUNCT__ by scare the privat_sector awai __PUNCT__

govern should make the rule __PUNCT__ but it shouldn't be on of the player __PUNCT__

i have to tell you how impress i wa with those new hampshir entrepreneur at the incub __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__

thei were pioneer everyth from solar_energi __PUNCT__ to militari acoust __PUNCT__ to consum_product __PUNCT__

thei and peopl like them ar who creat the job that put_peopl back to work __PUNCT__

and when govern get in their wai or tax awai their success __PUNCT__ govern kill job __PUNCT__

that what happen __PUNCT__ and that on reason so mani peopl ar still out of work __PUNCT__

now let talk a moment about someth els that keep employ and entrepreneur from creat_job __PUNCT__

and that the grow fear about the feder_deficit and the feder_debt __PUNCT__

thei worri that our govern_spend bing will mean higher_tax __PUNCT__ higher interest_rate __PUNCT__ and a much weaker dollar __PUNCT__

peopl don't invest for the long_term if the long term look sick __PUNCT__

to see more good_job __PUNCT__ we need to see fiscal_respons in washington __PUNCT__

on wai to do that would be to establish a ceil on feder_spend at a fix percent of the gdp __PUNCT__ histor __PUNCT__ that number ha rang between __NUM__ __PUNCT__ and __NUM__ __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ washington is spend close to __NUM__ __PUNCT__

a spend limit would mean that the politician would have to cut their free __PUNCT__ spend wai __PUNCT__

republican ar fight to do just that by cut discretionari_spend __PUNCT__

that import and it a good start __PUNCT__

but it just babi step __PUNCT__ becaus discretionari spend is about __NUM__ __PUNCT__ of the budget __PUNCT__

the militari is anoth __NUM__ __PUNCT__ and given what happen in the world __PUNCT__ we should not reduc our commit to nation_secur __PUNCT__

in particular __PUNCT__ we should not cut the number of our men and women in uniform __PUNCT__

so that leav __NUM__ __PUNCT__ the lion_share __PUNCT__

and __NUM__ __PUNCT__ is what govern_spend on entitl and interest __PUNCT__ social_secur __PUNCT__ medicaid __PUNCT__ medicar __PUNCT__ and the new entitl __PUNCT__ obamacar __PUNCT__

obamacar ha to be repeal and the other program have to be made sustain __PUNCT__

last year in my book __PUNCT__ i describ how i would do just that __PUNCT__

here the bottom_line __PUNCT__ the longer we delai __PUNCT__ the wors thing will get __PUNCT__

if we re __PUNCT__ shape each of these program todai __PUNCT__ and repeal_obamacar __PUNCT__ we can honor our promis to senior __PUNCT__ and protect our economi as well __PUNCT__

when presid_obama wa elect __PUNCT__ the economi wa in crisi __PUNCT__

and in crisi __PUNCT__ he turn to a model in which he realli believ __PUNCT__

it wasn't the new hampshir model __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ he turn to europ __PUNCT__

like the european __PUNCT__ he grew the govern __PUNCT__ he rack up bigger deficit __PUNCT__ he push cap and trade __PUNCT__ he fought to impos union on america worker __PUNCT__ and he creat over a hundr new board __PUNCT__ agenc and commiss and ream of new regul __PUNCT__

at everi turn __PUNCT__ he and hi fellow liber sought to seiz more power for washington __PUNCT__

and in that caus __PUNCT__ noth wa more misguid and egregi than obamacar __PUNCT__

live in new hampshir __PUNCT__ you heard of our healthcar program next door in massachusett __PUNCT__

you mai have notic that the presid and hi peopl spend more time talk about me and massachusett healthcar than entertain tonight spend talk about charli sheen __PUNCT__

our approach wa a state plan intend to address problem that were in mani wai uniqu to massachusett __PUNCT__

what we did wa what the constitut intend for state to do __PUNCT__ we were on of the laboratori of democraci __PUNCT__

our experi wasn't perfect __PUNCT__ some thing_work __PUNCT__ some didn't __PUNCT__ and some thing i chang __PUNCT__

on thing i would never do is to usurp the constitut_power of state with a on __PUNCT__ size __PUNCT__ fit __PUNCT__ all feder takeov __PUNCT__

i would repeal_obamacar __PUNCT__ if i were ever in a posit to do so __PUNCT__

my experi ha taught me that state ar where healthcar program for the uninsur should be craft __PUNCT__ just as the constitut provid __PUNCT__

obamacar is bad_law __PUNCT__ bad_polici __PUNCT__ and it is bad for america famili __PUNCT__

the feder_govern isn't the answer for run healthcar ani more than it the answer for run amtrak or the post_offic __PUNCT__

an economi run by the feder_govern doesn't work for europ and it won't work here __PUNCT__

the right answer is not to believ in european solut __PUNCT__

the right answer is to believ in america __PUNCT__ to believ in freedom __PUNCT__ free_enterpris __PUNCT__ capit __PUNCT__ limit_govern __PUNCT__ feder __PUNCT__ and to believ in the constitut __PUNCT__ as it wa written and intend by the founder __PUNCT__

my father never graduat from colleg __PUNCT__

he apprent __PUNCT__ as a lath and plaster carpent __PUNCT__ and he wa darn good at it __PUNCT__

he learn how to put a hand of nail in hi mouth and spit them out __PUNCT__ point forward __PUNCT__

on hi honeymoon __PUNCT__ he and mom drove across the countri __PUNCT__

dad sold aluminum paint along the wai __PUNCT__ to pai for ga and hotel __PUNCT__

dad alwai believ in america __PUNCT__ and in that america __PUNCT__ a lath and plaster man could work hi wai up to run a littl car_compani compani_call call_american motor and end up governor of a state where he had onc sold aluminum paint __PUNCT__

for my dad __PUNCT__ america wa the land of opportun __PUNCT__ where the circumst of birth ar no barrier to achiev on dream __PUNCT__

in dad america __PUNCT__ small_busi and entrepreneur were encourag __PUNCT__ and respect __PUNCT__

the spirit of enterpris __PUNCT__ innov __PUNCT__ pioneer and der __PUNCT__ do propel our standard of live and economi past everi other nation on earth __PUNCT__

i refus to believ that america is just anoth place on the map with a flag __PUNCT__

we stand for freedom and opportun and hope __PUNCT__

we didn't origin the concept of liberti __PUNCT__ but our found_father built it into a polit_system that set an exampl for the world __PUNCT__

and from the bloodi sand of omaha beach to the treacher vallei of the hindu kush __PUNCT__ we have battl with unmatch courag and determin __PUNCT__ not to conquer territori __PUNCT__ but to give other the chanc to experi the liberti that is human destini __PUNCT__

given all that america ha done to lift other from poverti __PUNCT__ given the million of afflict we have help to heal and comfort __PUNCT__ and given the hundr of thousand of live of america son and daughter that have been __PUNCT__ and ar todai __PUNCT__ sacrif to defend freedom __PUNCT__ i will not apolog for america __PUNCT__

i don't apolog for america becaus i believ in america __PUNCT__

these last two year have not been the best of time __PUNCT__

but while we lost a coupl of year __PUNCT__ we have not lost our wai __PUNCT__

the principl that made us a great_nation and leader of the world have not lost their mean __PUNCT__

thei never will __PUNCT__

the societi that foster opportun and free_enterpris __PUNCT__ and put prosper in the reach of all __PUNCT__ still exist __PUNCT__

treasur it and safeguard it is fundament what conservat is all about __PUNCT__

we sing for god to bless_america __PUNCT__

he alreadi ha __PUNCT__ he doe now and thank to the great of the american_peopl and the principl that guid us __PUNCT__ he will do so for gener to come __PUNCT__

believ in america __PUNCT__

our freedom depend on it __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__