Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ it is good to be in mansfield __PUNCT__

i hope everybodi is have a great summer __PUNCT__

a coupl of peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ pleas give a huge round of applaus to brenda for that great introduct __PUNCT__

and go try some of her pizza if you have not tri it __PUNCT__

what i hear __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ inaud __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

you got a testimoni right here __PUNCT__ he sai it outstand __PUNCT__

i want to thank her so much for do thi __PUNCT__

a coupl other peopl __PUNCT__ your outstand former governor __PUNCT__ ted strickland __PUNCT__ is here __PUNCT__

give ted a big round of applaus __PUNCT__

and although he couldn't be here becaus he got vote __PUNCT__ i just want to tell you that you could not have a stronger advoc than your hometown boi __PUNCT__ the unit_state state_senat from ohio __PUNCT__ sherrod_brown __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__ presid __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

and i want to thank all the neighborhood team leader who ar here who ar work so hard in thi campaign __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ final __PUNCT__ i just think it make_sens for us to give it up for all of our outstand american athlet who ar compet in london right now __PUNCT__

i want to congratul michael phelp __PUNCT__ most medal we ever seen __PUNCT__

and then i had a chanc on the wai over here to call up the women gymnast team for bring_home the gold __PUNCT__

i have to tell you __PUNCT__ when i watch __PUNCT__ when peopl run track __PUNCT__ i understand __PUNCT__ i know how to run __PUNCT__

thei just much faster __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ and i know how to swim __PUNCT__ thei just swim much better than i do __PUNCT__

these gymnast folk __PUNCT__ i don't understand how thei do what thei do __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so i told these young ladi as i wa congratul them __PUNCT__ how do you not bust your head __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ everi time you on those __PUNCT__ that littl balanc beam __PUNCT__ i couldn't walk across that balanc beam __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so anywai __PUNCT__ we could not be prouder of them __PUNCT__

and there ar a whole bunch of ohioan who ar repres our countri in the olymp and the paralymp __PUNCT__

abbi johnston from upper arlington alreadi won a silver medal in dive __PUNCT__

we be root for armi specialist justin lester from akron __PUNCT__ he go to be wrestl for america next week __PUNCT__

so the wonder thing about the olymp is it remind us that __PUNCT__ for all our differ __PUNCT__ when it come down to our countri __PUNCT__ we american first __PUNCT__

and we could not be prouder of them and everyth thei do on our behalf __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ unless you been hide from your televis __PUNCT__ you mai be awar __PUNCT__ there a pretti intens campaign go on right now __PUNCT__

and the reason that thi is an intens campaign is becaus the choic that we face in __DATE__ could not be bigger __PUNCT__

i mean __PUNCT__ thi is a stark choic __PUNCT__

it a choic not just between two candid or two parti __PUNCT__ but more than ani elect in recent_memori __PUNCT__ thi is a choic between two fundament differ vision for america __PUNCT__ two fundament differ path that we should __PUNCT__ that we could be go down __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

love you __PUNCT__ obama __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i appreci that __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ now __PUNCT__ the direct that we choos __PUNCT__ the direct you choos when you walk into thi vote_booth in __DATE__ __PUNCT__ is go to have a direct impact on your live __PUNCT__ but also on your children_live and your grandchildren live __PUNCT__

and __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ we came togeth __PUNCT__ as democrat __PUNCT__ but also independ and some republican __PUNCT__ to restor the basic bargain that built the greatest middl_class and the most prosper countri the world ha ever known __PUNCT__

and it a bargain that i live in my life and so mani of you have experienc __PUNCT__

it the basic_idea that sai here in thi countri __PUNCT__ if you work_hard __PUNCT__ that work should be reward __PUNCT__

if you act respons __PUNCT__ you should be abl to get ahead __PUNCT__

it a deal that sai if we put in enough effort __PUNCT__ we should be abl to find a job that pai the bill __PUNCT__

we should be abl to afford a home that we call our own __PUNCT__

we should have health_care that we can count on if we get sick __PUNCT__

we should be abl to retir with digniti and respect __PUNCT__

and most of all __PUNCT__ we should be abl to give our children the kind of educ that allow them to dream even bigger and do even better than we ever imagin __PUNCT__

that what we believ __PUNCT__

it a simpl american promis __PUNCT__

it at the __PUNCT__ a core of the american_dream __PUNCT__

and we knew that restor it wouldn't be easi __PUNCT__ we knew it would take more than on year or on term or even on presid __PUNCT__

and that wa befor the middl_class wa hammer by the worst econom_crisi of our lifetim __PUNCT__ a crisi that rob too mani of our friend and our neighbor of their home __PUNCT__ their job __PUNCT__ their save and push the american_dream even further out of reach for too mani peopl __PUNCT__

but you know what __PUNCT__ there on thing that that crisi did not chang __PUNCT__

it did not chang who we ar __PUNCT__

it did not chang the american_charact __PUNCT__

it did not chang what made us great __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang why we came togeth to do what we did in __NUM__ __PUNCT__ it just made our mission more urgent __PUNCT__

our first order of busi is to recov all the job and wealth that wa lost in the crisi __PUNCT__

and we made stride these last 3½ year to get that done __PUNCT__

but beyond that __PUNCT__ we here to reclaim that financi secur that been slip awai for more than a decad __PUNCT__

the decad befor i came into offic __PUNCT__ your incom and wage gener weren't go up __PUNCT__ job were move oversea __PUNCT__ the auto_industri had been get hammer __PUNCT__

so our job is not just to put_peopl back to work __PUNCT__

it also to build an economi where __PUNCT__ over the long_haul __PUNCT__ that work pai off __PUNCT__ so that no matter who you ar __PUNCT__ or what you look like __PUNCT__ or where you come from __PUNCT__ here in america __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

that what thi campaign is about __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

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

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ mansfield __PUNCT__ there ar no quick fix or easi solut to the challeng we face __PUNCT__

but there no doubt in my mind __PUNCT__ we got the capac to meet them __PUNCT__

think about everyth that we have go for us here in america __PUNCT__

we got the best worker __PUNCT__

we got the best entrepreneur __PUNCT__

we got the best scientist __PUNCT__

we got the best research __PUNCT__

we got the best colleg __PUNCT__ best univers __PUNCT__

we got a buckey gui right here __PUNCT__

we a young nation __PUNCT__ with great divers of talent and ingenu __PUNCT__

peopl come here __PUNCT__ want to come here __PUNCT__ from everi corner of the globe __PUNCT__

so no matter what the naysay tell us __PUNCT__ no matter how dark the other side tri to make_thing look __PUNCT__ there is not anoth countri on earth that wouldn't gladli trade place with the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

so what stand in our wai is not that we don't have the ingredi to make the __NUM___centuri the american_centuri just like the __NUM__ __PUNCT__

the problem we got right now is our polit __PUNCT__ the sort of uncompromis view __PUNCT__ the notion that we should be go back to what we were do that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__ instead of go forward to achiev a brighter american futur __PUNCT__

it the old __PUNCT__ it that old top __PUNCT__ down econom that we been hear about for year __PUNCT__ the old __PUNCT__ discredit idea that if we somehow get rid of more regul on big_corpor and give more tax_break to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__ that somehow that go to lead to more job and prosper for everybodi __PUNCT__

ohio __PUNCT__ you know better __PUNCT__

i know better __PUNCT__

we know thi countri wasn't built from the top down __PUNCT__

it wa built by the middl_class __PUNCT__

it wa built by farmer and factori_worker and startup and small_busi and compani that sent american product oversea __PUNCT__ not send american_job job_oversea __PUNCT__

that what built ohio __PUNCT__ and that what built america __PUNCT__

and that what we fight for __PUNCT__

that what we fight for right now __PUNCT__

that the economi we need to build togeth __PUNCT__

and i promis you __PUNCT__ we will not get there if we adopt these idea that somehow spend more monei on tax_cut for millionair and billionair who don't need them and aren't even ask for them is actual go to improv the economi __PUNCT__

we tri that __PUNCT__ it did not work __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ despit the evid __PUNCT__ the entir centerpiec of my oppon econom_plan is a new __PUNCT__ __MONEY___trillion tax_cut on top of the bush_tax_cut __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the bulk of thi tax cut would go to the veri top __PUNCT__

a lot of it would go to the wealthiest___NUM___percent of all household __PUNCT__

folk make more than __MONEY___million a year __PUNCT__ the top on __PUNCT__ tenth of on percent __PUNCT__ would get a tax_cut worth almost a quarter of a million_dollar __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ think about that __PUNCT__

folk make___MONEY__ __MONEY___million a year or more would get a quarter __PUNCT__ of __PUNCT__ a __PUNCT__ million __PUNCT__ dollar tax_cut __PUNCT__

but listen __PUNCT__ it get wors __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ under my oppon plan __PUNCT__ who do you think get the bill for these __MONEY__ tax cut __PUNCT__ you do __PUNCT__

and you do not have to take my word for it __PUNCT__

just todai an independ __PUNCT__ nonpartisan organ ran all the number on governor romnei plan __PUNCT__

thi wasn't my staff __PUNCT__ thi wasn't someth we did __PUNCT__ independ group ran the number __PUNCT__

thei found that if governor romnei want to keep hi word and pai for thi plan __PUNCT__ then he have to cut_tax tax_break that middl_class class_famili depend on to pai for your home __PUNCT__ the home_mortgag deduct __PUNCT__ to pai for your health_care __PUNCT__ the health care deduct __PUNCT__ to send your kid to colleg __PUNCT__

that mean the averag middl_class class_famili with children __PUNCT__ accord to thi studi __PUNCT__ would be hit with a tax_increas of more than __MONEY__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

and here the thing __PUNCT__

he not ask you to contribut more to pai down the deficit __PUNCT__

he not ask you to pai more to invest in our children_educ or rebuild our road or put more folk back to work __PUNCT__

he ask you to pai more so that peopl like him can get a big tax_cut __PUNCT__

in order to afford just on __MONEY__ tax cut for somebodi like mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__ __NUM___famili like your would have to pai anoth __MONEY__ in tax each and everi year __PUNCT__

doe that sound like a good plan for econom_growth __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

doe that sound like a plan you can afford __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

how mani of you want to pai anoth __MONEY__ to give mr __PUNCT__ romnei or me anoth tax_break __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

ohio __PUNCT__ we do not need more tax_cut for folk who ar alreadi do realli well __PUNCT__

we need tax cut for work_american __PUNCT__

we need tax_cut for famili who ar try to rais their children and keep them healthi and send them to colleg and put a roof over their head __PUNCT__

we don't need more tax cut for compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ we need tax_cut for compani that ar creat_job right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

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

mansfield __PUNCT__ i got a differ plan for america than mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis to cut middl_class tax __PUNCT__ and that exactli what i done __PUNCT__ by a total of about __MONEY__ for the typic famili __PUNCT__

now i want to keep incom_tax exactli where thei ar on the first __MONEY__ of everybodi incom __PUNCT__

so if your famili make under __MONEY__ a year __PUNCT__ which is __NUM__ percent of american_famili __PUNCT__ you won't see your incom_tax tax_increas by a singl dime next year __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ if you fortun enough to be in the other __NUM__ percent of american __PUNCT__ all we ask you to do is contribut a littl bit more __PUNCT__ thi includ me __PUNCT__ by the wai __PUNCT__ so that we can pai down our deficit and invest in thing like educ that ar go to help us grow over the long_term __PUNCT__

and in term of cut our deficit __PUNCT__ i make sure govern doe it part __PUNCT__

we go to cut awai spend that we don't need __PUNCT__

we alreadi cut a trillion_dollar __PUNCT__

we can do more __PUNCT__

but i not go to pai for massiv new tax_cut for millionair and billionair by gut the invest that have alwai kept the middl_class strong __PUNCT__

all we ask peopl like me and mr __PUNCT__ romnei to do is go back to the rate we paid under bill_clinton __PUNCT__

and i don't know if you rememb __PUNCT__ that when our economi creat nearli __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ the biggest budget surplu in histori __PUNCT__

and here the kicker __PUNCT__ it actual creat a lot of millionair __PUNCT__ becaus when the middl_class is do well __PUNCT__ then our busi do well __PUNCT__

when folk have monei to spend __PUNCT__ thei bui a new car __PUNCT__ and the car_compani do well __PUNCT__ and thei hire more worker __PUNCT__

when you got some extra_monei in your pocket __PUNCT__ then you go get some pizza from brenda __PUNCT__

and then brenda decid __PUNCT__ mayb she can afford to hire anoth worker __PUNCT__

that how we grow our economi if we invest in road and bridg __PUNCT__ put some hardhat back to work __PUNCT__ get our steelwork back to work __PUNCT__ thei got more monei to spend __PUNCT__

mayb thei bui that new comput __PUNCT__

mayb thei decid to take a littl vacat __PUNCT__

and all that monei circul in the economi __PUNCT__ and it make us all grow __PUNCT__

so here the bottom_line __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

if you believ that their plan __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__

romnei plan and hi congression alli __PUNCT__ if you genuin believ that that plan will make you better off __PUNCT__ if you believ it okai for them to tell us just to set our sight lower or to settl for someth less __PUNCT__ then by all mean __PUNCT__ send these folk back to washington for the next few year __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

but wouldn't you be better off __PUNCT__ wouldn't we all be better off if we kept fight for the thing that have alwai made us strong __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

if we fought to make higher_educ more afford so more young_peopl can go to colleg __PUNCT__ wouldn't we be better off if we invest to develop new sourc of american_energi __PUNCT__ wouldn't we be better off if we kept invest in manufactur so that we can sell good around the world stamp with the word __PUNCT__ made in mansfield __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ made in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

in __NUM___year or __NUM__ year or __NUM__ year __PUNCT__ won't we be better off if we got the courag to keep move_forward __PUNCT__ to keep work our wai back __PUNCT__

that what i believ __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid __PUNCT__

you know __PUNCT__ my hair mai be grayer than it wa __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but my determin to do right by you is stronger than ever __PUNCT__

my faith in you is stronger than ever __PUNCT__

and if you still believ in me like i believ in you __PUNCT__ i hope you stand with me in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

i ask you to stand with me in __DATE__ __PUNCT__

i ask you to join thi caus __PUNCT__

let finish what we start in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

let put the middl_class back in the forefront __PUNCT__

let remind the world just why it is that the unit_state of america is the greatest nation on earth __PUNCT__

god_bless you __PUNCT__

god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__