Mitt Romney

thank you __PUNCT__

it is great to be here __PUNCT__

we launch thi campaign a littl over a year_ago __PUNCT__

it been a remark journei __PUNCT__

i travel across thi great_countri and had the privileg to visit with american from everi walk of life __PUNCT__

as those of the travel press_corp can attest __PUNCT__ we brought our campaign to everi kind of busi imagin __PUNCT__ from factori floor to lumber yard to warehous of everi shape and size __PUNCT__

but whatev the busi __PUNCT__ everywher i go __PUNCT__ i hear frustrat and disappoint in the lack of econom progress of the past three and a half_year __PUNCT__

american ar tire of be tire __PUNCT__

thei tire of work_harder for less and now for the first time __PUNCT__ more american ar start to think our futur might not be as bright as our past __PUNCT__

that lack of faith in the futur is a bridg to despair that we cannot cross __PUNCT__

an america that doe not believ that tomorrow and tomorrow tomorrow will be better is not the america we know and love __PUNCT__

i spoken often of the presid failur of polici __PUNCT__

from the stimulu_bill that gave us solyndra but left us with record unemploy __PUNCT__ to the job __PUNCT__ crush over __PUNCT__ regul of the epa __PUNCT__ to the smother econom effect of obamacar __PUNCT__ thi presid misguid polici have been muddl __PUNCT__ confus and simpli ineffect __PUNCT__

when you look around at america_economi __PUNCT__ three and half_year into thi presid __PUNCT__ it painfulli obviou that thi inexperienc presid wa simpli not up to the task of solv a great econom_crisi __PUNCT__

but todai i want to speak to the road ahead and why i believ the disappoint of the past_year have been a breach of faith with the american_peopl __PUNCT__

america is rightli herald as the greatest experi in self __PUNCT__ govern in world_histori __PUNCT__

we ar all here todai becaus of a startl convict that free individu could join togeth to decid their fate and that more freedom made us all stronger __PUNCT__

our exampl __PUNCT__ and commit __PUNCT__ to freedom ha chang the world __PUNCT__

but along with the geniu of our declar of independ __PUNCT__ our constitut __PUNCT__ and our bill of right __PUNCT__ is the equal geniu of our econom_system __PUNCT__

our found_father endeavor to creat a moral and just societi like no other in histori __PUNCT__ and out of that grew a moral and just econom_system the like of which the world had never seen __PUNCT__

our freedom __PUNCT__ what it mean to be an american __PUNCT__ ha been defin and sustain by the liber power of the free_enterpris enterpris_system __PUNCT__

that same_system ha help lift more peopl out of poverti across the globe than ani govern_program or compet econom_system __PUNCT__

the success of america free_enterpris enterpris_system ha been a bright beacon of freedom for the world __PUNCT__

it ha signal to oppress_peopl to rise up against their oppressor __PUNCT__ and given hope to the onc hopeless __PUNCT__

it is call the free_enterpris enterpris_system becaus we ar both free to engag in enterpris and through those enterpris we ensur our freedom __PUNCT__

but sadli __PUNCT__ it ha becom clear that thi presid simpli doesn't understand or appreci these fundament truth of our system __PUNCT__

over the last three and a half_year __PUNCT__ record number of american have lost their job or simpli disappear from the work_forc __PUNCT__

record number of american ar live in poverti todai __PUNCT__ over __NUM___million of our fellow_american ar live below the poverti_line __PUNCT__

thi is not just a failur of polici __PUNCT__ it is a moral failur of tragic proport __PUNCT__

our govern ha an absolut moral commit to help everi american help themselv and todai __PUNCT__ that fundament commit ha been broken __PUNCT__

i do not believ thi ha been done with evil intent or ill will __PUNCT__

but for a famili watch their hous be sold at foreclosur __PUNCT__ or the famili that is forc to spend their kid colleg save just to make end meet __PUNCT__ the result ar just as devast __PUNCT__

these ar not statist __PUNCT__ these ar our fellow_american __PUNCT__

as your presid __PUNCT__ start on dai on __PUNCT__ i will do everyth in my power to end these dai of drift and disappoint __PUNCT__

there is someth fundament wrong when there ar over __NUM___million_american who ar unemploi __PUNCT__ underemploi __PUNCT__ or have stop look for work __PUNCT__ and yet the presid tell us he do a great job __PUNCT__

i will not be that presid of decept and doubt __PUNCT__

i will lead us to a better place __PUNCT__

for three and a half_year __PUNCT__ presid_obama ha expand_govern instead of empow the american_peopl __PUNCT__

he put us deeper into debt __PUNCT__

he slow the recoveri and harm our economi __PUNCT__

and he ha attack the cornerston of american prosper __PUNCT__ our econom_freedom __PUNCT__

todai __PUNCT__ govern at all level consum __NUM__ percent of the total economi or g.d.p __PUNCT__

if obamacar is allow to stand __PUNCT__ govern will reach half of the american_economi __PUNCT__

and through the increas control govern ha impos on industri like energi __PUNCT__ financi_servic and automobil __PUNCT__ it will soon effect control the major of our econom_activ __PUNCT__

on must ask whether we will still be a free_enterpris nation and whether we will still have econom_freedom __PUNCT__

america is on the cusp of have a govern __PUNCT__ run economi __PUNCT__

presid_obama is transform america into someth veri differ than the land of the free and the land of opportun __PUNCT__

we know where that transform lead __PUNCT__

there ar other nation that have chosen that path __PUNCT__

it lead to chronic high_unemploy __PUNCT__ crush debt __PUNCT__ and stagnant wage __PUNCT__

i don't want to transform america __PUNCT__ i want to restor the valu of econom_freedom __PUNCT__

so for everi govern __PUNCT__ spend propos __PUNCT__ i will ask the follow question __PUNCT__ is thi program so import that it is worth borrow more monei from china to pai for it __PUNCT__ with our nation_face __NUM___trillion trillion_dollar in debt __PUNCT__ most time the answer will be an easi and unqualifi __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ we seen how fast our debt can grow __PUNCT__

it time to see how fast our economi can grow __PUNCT__ and the first step is spend disciplin __PUNCT__

instead of throw more borrow_monei at bad_idea __PUNCT__ i will lower_tax tax_rate __PUNCT__ simplifi the tax_code __PUNCT__ and get the american_economi run at full strength __PUNCT__

under presid_obama __PUNCT__ a singl __PUNCT__ massiv law ha spread so much uncertainti across the economi __PUNCT__ especi to the small compani that emploi about half of america worker and creat most of our new job __PUNCT__

thei have no idea how mani more tax and regul ar come __PUNCT__

and thei sens from washington an outright hostil toward what thei do and what thei hope to achiev __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ as presid __PUNCT__ i will begin with an equal big dose of certainti across our economi __PUNCT__ by grant waiver to all fifti_state __PUNCT__ i will start the process of repeal_obamacar on dai on __PUNCT__

in a free __PUNCT__ enterpris_system __PUNCT__ we don't measur our success in equal outcom __PUNCT__ but instead in how well we preserv and promot the equal of opportun __PUNCT__

and thi system ha result in unriv prosper and made america the greatest nation in histori __PUNCT__

presid_obama vision is veri differ __PUNCT__ and deepli flaw __PUNCT__

there is noth fair about a govern that favor polit_connect over honest competit and take awai your right to earn your own success __PUNCT__

and there is noth moral right about try to turn govern_depend into a substitut for the digniti of work __PUNCT__

where my vision believ in the ingenu of the american_peopl __PUNCT__ hi vision trust the wisdom of polit appointe and board __PUNCT__ commiss and czar __PUNCT__

it on in which ordinari_american must get permiss from peopl in washington befor thei can bui __PUNCT__ build __PUNCT__ invest or hire __PUNCT__

it a world of feder_mandat and waiver __PUNCT__ tax_credit and subsidi __PUNCT__ feder_grant and loan_guarante __PUNCT__

it an economi where a compani lobbyist will be more import than it engin __PUNCT__ and feder complianc lawyer will outnumb patent lawyer __PUNCT__

busi_model base on build a better mousetrap will give wai to those that seek the right mix of govern_subsidi __PUNCT__ waiver and loan_guarante __PUNCT__

and chief govern offic will join the rank of chief financi offic and chief oper offic in corpor_america execut rank __PUNCT__

presid_obama trust in the wisdom of govern __PUNCT__

i put my trust in the ingenu and creativ and commit to hard_work of the american_peopl __PUNCT__

look at the sorri econom record of thi administr __PUNCT__ it easi to lose heart __PUNCT__ and even to give up __PUNCT__ as so mani have in their search for a job __PUNCT__

the presid and hi team would like us to believ that somehow it the fault of the free_market that thing haven't gone right __PUNCT__

that just anoth wai of sai that it your fault __PUNCT__ and not their __PUNCT__ that the real recoveri hasn't yet arriv __PUNCT__

we have wait __PUNCT__ and wait __PUNCT__ and wait for recoveri __PUNCT__

and enough time ha pass to pronounc judgment on the econom_polici of thi administr __PUNCT__

thei have not work __PUNCT__

and you __PUNCT__ the entrepreneur and worker of america __PUNCT__ have not fail these past three and a half_year __PUNCT__ your govern ha fail you __PUNCT__

never befor ha feder_polici run so contrari to the need __PUNCT__ ideal __PUNCT__ and aspir of the american entrepreneur __PUNCT__

and with all that we been through these past few year __PUNCT__ the challeng can seem awfulli big __PUNCT__

some might wonder if we have lost our confid __PUNCT__

but confid is not what is miss __PUNCT__ all that lack is direct and leadership __PUNCT__

thi presid believ in an america of limit __PUNCT__ where it is more import to focu on alloc the reward of success than help everyon succe __PUNCT__

that is an america of diminish opportun and increas disappoint __PUNCT__ of long unemploy line and small dream __PUNCT__

i believ in a veri differ america __PUNCT__

if we embrac the futur with leadership that doe everyth possibl to unlock the potenti of our econom might __PUNCT__ we can enter a new era of prosper the like of which we have never seen __PUNCT__

we cannot shy awai from great for fear that some might succe more than other __PUNCT__

just as everi american who can't find_work make our light shine a littl less bright __PUNCT__ success breed success __PUNCT__

it not just our economi that is hurt __PUNCT__ it is our american_spirit __PUNCT__

it doesn't have to be thi wai __PUNCT__

these have been year of disappoint and declin __PUNCT__ and soon we can put them behind us __PUNCT__

we can prosper again __PUNCT__ with the power recoveri we have all been wait for __PUNCT__ the good_job that so mani still need __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ abov all __PUNCT__ the opportun we ow to our children and grandchildren __PUNCT__

all of thi can be more than our hope __PUNCT__ it can be our futur __PUNCT__

it can begin thi year __PUNCT__ in the choic you make __PUNCT__ so i ask for your help __PUNCT__ your support __PUNCT__ and your vote on the sixth of __DATE__ __PUNCT__

thank you all __PUNCT__ and god_bless_america __PUNCT__