Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ akron __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ it is good to be in akron __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ again __PUNCT__ a coupl peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ pleas give jenna a big round of applaus for that great introduct __PUNCT__

i wa tell jenna befor we came out __PUNCT__ i just love nurs __PUNCT__ and for her to be look after peopl everi singl_dai __PUNCT__ that what it all about __PUNCT__

so i am so impress with her __PUNCT__

a coupl other peopl i want to acknowledg __PUNCT__ russ pry __PUNCT__ summit counti execut __PUNCT__ is here __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ your mayor __PUNCT__ don plusquel is __PUNCT__ i veri much appreci the fact that he had a littl bit of surgeri on hi leg __PUNCT__ just got out of the hospit __PUNCT__ got wheel in here __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__

he not go to be abl to stai __PUNCT__ but i grate for him take the time to come __PUNCT__

and i want to sai thank you to all the neighborhood leader who ar here __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

you gui ar what thi campaign is all about __PUNCT__

and __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

thank you __PUNCT__

i also want to make sure we give it up for all our outstand u. __PUNCT__ of a __PUNCT__ athlet who ar compet in london right now __PUNCT__

there ar a whole bunch of ohioan repres our countri over there __PUNCT__

when wrestl get underwai next week __PUNCT__ we be root for armi specialist justin lester __PUNCT__ right here from akron __PUNCT__

he mai be wear a differ uniform __PUNCT__ but he is still fight for the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

on the wai over here __PUNCT__ i had a chanc to speak to michael phelp __PUNCT__ that __PUNCT__ who won more medal than anybodi __PUNCT__

and then i spoke to the women gymnast team __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me just sai __PUNCT__ i know how to run __PUNCT__ although i don't run as fast as these gui __PUNCT__

i know how to swim __PUNCT__ although i don't swim as fast __PUNCT__

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

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ i cannot even walk on a balanc beam __PUNCT__

thei do back flip and __PUNCT__ littl __PUNCT__ littl __PUNCT__ itti __PUNCT__ bitti young ladi __PUNCT__

unbeliev __PUNCT__

so we could not be prouder of them __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me just sai __PUNCT__ unless you have been hide your tv_set __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ or your cabl is broke __PUNCT__ you mai be awar that there is a fairli intens polit_campaign go on right now __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

now __PUNCT__ the reason thi campaign is so intens is becaus the choic that we go to be face in __DATE__ could not be bigger __PUNCT__

thi is not just a choic between two candid __PUNCT__

it not just a choic between two parti __PUNCT__

it is a choic about two fundament differ vision for where we go in the futur __PUNCT__ two fundament differ path for our countri __PUNCT__

the direct that we choos __PUNCT__ the direct that you choos when you walk into that vote_booth __PUNCT__ it will not just have an impact on your live __PUNCT__ it will have an impact on your children_live and your grandchildren live __PUNCT__

it will impact america for decad to come __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

that why we vote for you __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ __NUM___year_ago __PUNCT__ we all came togeth __PUNCT__ democrat __PUNCT__ but we also had independ __PUNCT__ we had some republican __PUNCT__ to restor the basic bargain that built thi countri __PUNCT__ that made us into an econom powerhous __PUNCT__

it wa a bargain __PUNCT__ it wa a deal that sai if you work_hard here in america __PUNCT__ you should be reward for that work __PUNCT__

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

you should be abl to afford a home that you call your own __PUNCT__

you should be abl to count on health_care when you get sick __PUNCT__

you should be abl to put awai enough to retir with digniti and respect __PUNCT__

and most of all __PUNCT__ you should be abl to give your children the kind of educ that allow them to dream even bigger and do more than you could ever imagin __PUNCT__

it a simpl promis __PUNCT__

it a promis that i live out in my life and michel ha live out in her __PUNCT__

it is __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

we love michel __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i know you all love michel __PUNCT__

it is the promis that at the heart of thi countri __PUNCT__ thi idea that here in america __PUNCT__ you can make it if you try __PUNCT__

and it had been slip awai for almost a decad __PUNCT__

we had seen sluggish job_growth and job get ship oversea __PUNCT__ and your incom were flat or go down __PUNCT__ cost of everyth from health_care to colleg were go up __PUNCT__

and it culmin in the worst financi_crisi sinc the great_depress __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we knew that restor that american_dream would not be easi __PUNCT__

we knew it wa go to take more than on year or on term or mayb even on presid __PUNCT__

and that wa befor the middl_class got hammer by thi recess __PUNCT__ and we saw million of our friend and neighbor get hurt __PUNCT__ lose home __PUNCT__ lose job __PUNCT__

but over the last 3½ year __PUNCT__ we work to make_progress __PUNCT__ 4½ million new job creat __PUNCT__ half a million new manufactur_job __PUNCT__

thei count the auto_industri out __PUNCT__ and now it is come back stronger than ever __PUNCT__ right here in ohio and all across the countri __PUNCT__

we pass health_care so you could have secur if you get sick __PUNCT__

we pass reform to make sure that wall_street could not act in the same reckless manner that almost brought the economi to it knee __PUNCT__

we end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

and we take care of our veteran __PUNCT__ becaus if you fought for thi countri __PUNCT__ you should not have to fight for a job or a roof over your head when you come home __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ we still have a long wai to go __PUNCT__

but there on thing that thi crisi ha not chang __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang who we ar __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang our charact __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang what make us great __PUNCT__

it hasn't chang what brought us togeth in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

we just feel a greater sens of urgenc about it __PUNCT__

our first order of busi ha been to recov the job and the wealth that wa lost in thi crisi __PUNCT__

but we not go to stop there __PUNCT__

we go to reclaim the financi secur that been slip awai for more than a decad __PUNCT__

our job isn't just to put_peopl back to work __PUNCT__

we want an economi where that work pai off __PUNCT__ so that no matter who you ar or what you look like 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__ fight for the middl_class and grow our middl class __PUNCT__

and 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__ there ar no quick fix or easi solut to the challeng we face __PUNCT__

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

we got the best worker in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best entrepreneur in the world __PUNCT__

we got the best scientist and research __PUNCT__ the best colleg __PUNCT__ and the best univers __PUNCT__

we ar still a young nation __PUNCT__ we got the greatest divers of talent and ingenu __PUNCT__

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

so no matter how tough thing get __PUNCT__ thi is not a countri that quit __PUNCT__

there isn't a countri on earth that wouldn't gladli chang place with us __PUNCT__

what stand in our wai right now is not the lack of good_idea __PUNCT__

what stand in our wai is our polit __PUNCT__

we got a stalem in washington __PUNCT__

we got republican in congress who have clung to the view __PUNCT__ the uncompromis view __PUNCT__ that the onli wai to move_ahead is to go back to the same __PUNCT__ tire solut that got us into thi mess in the first place __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thei got a basic theori __PUNCT__ i call it top __PUNCT__ down econom __PUNCT__

and the basic_idea is __PUNCT__ is that if you give more tax_break to the veri wealthi and you get rid of regul on bank and pollut and health_insur insur_compani __PUNCT__ then somehow everybodi is go to prosper __PUNCT__

ohio __PUNCT__ you know better __PUNCT__

we tri that __PUNCT__

it did not work __PUNCT__

america is not built from the top down __PUNCT__

america is built from the middl out __PUNCT__

america is built from the bottom up __PUNCT__

america is built by farmer and factori_worker and small_busi and compani that send american product oversea __PUNCT__ not job_oversea __PUNCT__

that the countri we fight for __PUNCT__

that the economi that we need to build togeth __PUNCT__

and we ar not go to get there do the same_kind of stuff that these folk ar talk about now __PUNCT__

we not go to get there if we spend more monei on tax_cut for folk like me who don't need them and we not even ask for them __PUNCT__

and yet the centerpiec of my oppon entir econom_plan is not onli to extend the bush_tax_cut __PUNCT__ but then to add a new __MONEY___trillion tax_cut on top of it __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

the bulk of thi would go to the wealthiest american __PUNCT__

a lot of it would go to the top___NUM___percent __PUNCT__

pai_attent here __PUNCT__

folk make more than __MONEY___million a year __PUNCT__ the top on __PUNCT__ tenth of __NUM__ percent __PUNCT__ thei would get a tax_cut under mr __PUNCT__ romnei plan that is worth almost a quarter of a million_dollar __PUNCT__ __MONEY__ thei would save under hi plan __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

hold on __PUNCT__ it get wors __PUNCT__

my oppon sai he go to pai for thi __MONEY___trillion plan __PUNCT__ but under thi plan __PUNCT__ guess who get the bill for these __MONEY__ tax_cut __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

you do __PUNCT__

and you don't have to take my word for it __PUNCT__

just todai an independ __PUNCT__ nonpartisan organ __PUNCT__ thei crunch all the number __PUNCT__

thei look at hi plan __PUNCT__

thi wasn't me __PUNCT__ thi wasn't my team __PUNCT__

thi wa an independ group __PUNCT__

on of the gui who did the analysi us to work for bush __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so thei found that if governor romnei want to keep hi word and pai for hi plan __PUNCT__ of thi __MONEY___trillion tax_cut __PUNCT__ the onli wai to do it is to cut_tax tax_break that you __PUNCT__ middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ depend on __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

the home_mortgag deduct you us to pai for your home __PUNCT__

the health_care deduct that your employ us to provid you health care __PUNCT__

some of the tax_credit we put in place to send your kid to colleg __PUNCT__

what thi mean is the averag middl_class class_famili with children would be hit with a tax_increas of more than __MONEY__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ i think a lot of peopl ar will to sacrific to bring down the deficit __PUNCT__ to defend our countri __PUNCT__

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

he not ask you to do it to invest __PUNCT__ at thi point __PUNCT__ an audienc member collaps __PUNCT__

the presid __PUNCT__

i sure thei okai __PUNCT__

sometim folk faint becaus thei been stand too long __PUNCT__

so we just need a paramed right here in the front __PUNCT__

thei be okai __PUNCT__ just give them room __PUNCT__

that all __PUNCT__

thi happen to me all the time __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it mean i been talk too long __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

thei be okai __PUNCT__ just give them space __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me make sure peopl_understand thi __PUNCT__

thei ask you to pai an extra __MONEY__ not to pai down the deficit __PUNCT__ not to invest in our kid __PUNCT__ educ __PUNCT__ mr __PUNCT__

romnei is ask you to pai more so that peopl like him get a tax_cut __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

in order to afford __PUNCT__ no __PUNCT__ we can break it down further __PUNCT__

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

not just on year __PUNCT__ everi year __PUNCT__

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

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

how mani peopl like that plan __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

none __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

doe that sound like the kind of futur that our countri can afford __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

ohio __PUNCT__ we do not need more tax_cut for the wealthiest american __PUNCT__ we need tax cut for work_american __PUNCT__

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

we don't need tax_break for compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ we need tax_break for compani that ar invest here in akron __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__

that the choic in thi elect __PUNCT__

and that why i run for presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

so i got a differ plan __PUNCT__

i got a differ plan __PUNCT__

four year_ago __PUNCT__ i promis middl_class tax_cut __PUNCT__ i kept that promis __PUNCT__

the typic famili is pai about __MONEY__ less in tax than thei were when i came into offic __PUNCT__

so what i said is __PUNCT__ let keep tax exactli where thei ar on the first __MONEY__ of everybodi incom __PUNCT__

so if your famili make under __MONEY__ __PUNCT__ like __NUM__ percent of american do __PUNCT__ you won't see your incom_tax tax_increas by on singl dime __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ if you been lucki or you been success __PUNCT__ so that you in the other __NUM__ percent of american __PUNCT__ like i am __PUNCT__ all we ask is that we pai a littl bit more so that we can pai down our deficit and so we can invest in thing like educ that will help us grow __PUNCT__

and listen __PUNCT__ akron __PUNCT__ i don't believ govern can solv everi problem __PUNCT__

not everi govern_program work __PUNCT__

govern can't help somebodi who doesn't want to help themselv __PUNCT__

so we cut thing that don't work __PUNCT__

i alreadi cut a trillion_dollar __PUNCT__ worth of spend __PUNCT__

but we got to balanc that __PUNCT__

and i not go to pai for massiv new tax_cut for millionair and billionair by gut the invest that we need to keep the middl_class strong __PUNCT__

i want to make sure we invest in hire new teacher __PUNCT__ especi in math and scienc __PUNCT__

i want to make sure that we put folk back to work rebuild our road and our bridg __PUNCT__ our airport __PUNCT__

i want to make sure that we invest in our commun_colleg so thei can train peopl for the job that busi ar hire for right now __PUNCT__

i want to make sure we invest in basic scienc and research to keep our technolog edg __PUNCT__

and if we go to bring down our deficit and do those thing and make sure that medicar is there for our senior and make sure social_secur is there for our senior __PUNCT__ then we got to make_choic __PUNCT__

and all i ask is __PUNCT__ the folk like me and mr __PUNCT__ romnei go back to the rate that we paid under bill_clinton __PUNCT__

and if you rememb __PUNCT__ that wa when the economi creat nearli __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ the biggest budget surplu in histori __PUNCT__ and __PUNCT__ here the kicker __PUNCT__ it wa good for folk at the top too __PUNCT__

becaus here what happen __PUNCT__

when middl_class folk and folk who ar work to get into the middl class __PUNCT__ when thei get a decent_wage __PUNCT__ when their tax_bill isn't too high __PUNCT__ thei got a littl more monei in their pocket __PUNCT__ and then thei go to the store __PUNCT__ and thei bui a new applianc __PUNCT__ or thei final get rid of that old beater and bui a new car __PUNCT__ and mayb a student bui a new comput __PUNCT__

and so __PUNCT__ suddenli __PUNCT__ busi have custom __PUNCT__

and that how we make the economi_grow __PUNCT__

so __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ look __PUNCT__ thi is a choic __PUNCT__

if you believ that mr __PUNCT__ romnei plan will make you better off __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ if you believ it okai to just set our sight lower __PUNCT__ we can't afford to help young_peopl go to colleg __PUNCT__ we can't afford to rebuild our road __PUNCT__ we can't afford basic research __PUNCT__ if you believ that __PUNCT__ then go ahead and send these folk to washington for the next few year __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

but let me ask you __PUNCT__ wouldn't we 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 fight to make sure our young peopl get the educ thei need __PUNCT__ aren't we go to be better off if we keep develop new energi_sourc here in america __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

wouldn't we be better off if we invest in manufactur so we sell good stamp around the world __PUNCT__ made in akron __PUNCT__ ohio __PUNCT__ made in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ will we be better off __NUM___year from now or __NUM__ year from now or __NUM__ year from now if we got the courag to keep work __PUNCT__ to keep strive __PUNCT__ to keep fight for what true and right and best about america __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

ye __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

that what i believ __PUNCT__

that why i run for presid __PUNCT__

but i want you to know __PUNCT__ akron __PUNCT__ my hair mai be grayer __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ but my determin is stronger than ever __PUNCT__

my faith in the american_peopl __PUNCT__ my faith in you __PUNCT__ is stronger than ever __PUNCT__

and if you still believ in me like i believ in you __PUNCT__ if you will to stand with me and organ with me and march with me and vote with me __PUNCT__ knock on some door with me __PUNCT__ and make some phone_call with me and recruit your friend and neighbor with me __PUNCT__ i promis you we will win the state of ohio __PUNCT__

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

god_bless you __PUNCT__ and god bless the unit_state of america __PUNCT__