Barack Obama

the presid __PUNCT__

hello __PUNCT__ hawkey __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ it good to be back at the univers of iowa __PUNCT__

a coupl of peopl i want to mention __PUNCT__ first of all __PUNCT__ your outstand congressman dave loebsack is here __PUNCT__

your mayor __PUNCT__ matt hayek __PUNCT__ is here __PUNCT__

and somebodi who been with me sinc we start our first road_trip here in iowa back in __NUM__ your attornei_gener __PUNCT__ tom miller is in the hous __PUNCT__

and all of you ar here __PUNCT__

it is wonder to be here __PUNCT__

and some of you gui know i just come from charlott __PUNCT__ north_carolina __PUNCT__ where we had an outstand convent __PUNCT__

folk down there could not have been more welcom __PUNCT__

michel __PUNCT__ what can i sai __PUNCT__ she wa amaz __PUNCT__

presid_clinton made the case the wai onli he can __PUNCT__

somebodi sent around a tweet sai __PUNCT__ you need to appoint him secretari of explain stuff __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ so i thought that wa a pretti_good good_idea __PUNCT__

and then joe_biden wa all fire up __PUNCT__

he wa readi to go __PUNCT__

and then last night i did my best to lai out the stake in thi elect __PUNCT__ which could not be higher __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ you seen both side make their argument __PUNCT__ and you know now what a fundament choic we have ahead of us __PUNCT__

i honestli believ thi is the clearest choic that we had in my lifetim __PUNCT__ becaus it not just a choic between two candid __PUNCT__ it not just a choic between two parti __PUNCT__

it a choic between two fundament differ vision of our futur __PUNCT__ where america goe __PUNCT__

our is a fight to build that basic bargain again that creat the greatest __PUNCT__ largest middl_class and the strongest economi the world ha ever known __PUNCT__ the basic bargain that sai if you work_hard it will pai off __PUNCT__ that respons will be reward __PUNCT__ that everybodi get a fair shot and everybodi is do their fair_share and everybodi plai by the same set of rule __PUNCT__ from main_street to wall_street to washington __PUNCT__ dc __PUNCT__

and restor that basic bargain is why i got into public_servic in the first place __PUNCT__

i start my career work in the shadow of steel_mill where folk had been laid off as job were be shift oversea __PUNCT__

and for the last decad __PUNCT__ we seen too mani famili here in iowa and all across the countri struggl with cost that keep rise even when paycheck don't __PUNCT__ peopl rack up more debt __PUNCT__ us credit_card __PUNCT__ home_equiti loan just to make the mortgag or pai tuition or put ga in the car or put food on the tabl __PUNCT__

and all that collaps in the great_recess __PUNCT__ where million of innoc american lost their job and their home and their life_save __PUNCT__

and we have been fight to recov ever sinc from that devast __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ our friend at the republican_convent __PUNCT__ thei like to talk about everyth thei think is wrong with america __PUNCT__ but thei didn't have much to sai about what thei do to make it right __PUNCT__

thei want your vote __PUNCT__ but thei don't want you to know their plan becaus thei know you wouldn't bui it __PUNCT__ becaus we tri it __PUNCT__

all thei got to offer is the same prescript thei been offer for __NUM___year __PUNCT__ tax_cut __PUNCT__ tax cut __PUNCT__ tax cut __PUNCT__ gut a few regul here and there __PUNCT__ oh __PUNCT__ and more tax cut __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ tax cut when time ar good __PUNCT__ tax cut when time ar bad __PUNCT__

tax cut to help you lose a few pound __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ tax cut to improv your love life __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ whatev the issu __PUNCT__ thei got on answer __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__ i cut_tax for folk who need it __PUNCT__ middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ small __PUNCT__ busi_owner __PUNCT__

when i wa campaign in iowa back in __NUM__ i said we go to cut_tax for middl_class class_famili __PUNCT__ and that what we done __PUNCT__

the averag_famili ha seen their tax_burden go down __MONEY__ sinc i becom presid __PUNCT__

i kept that promis __PUNCT__

but i don't know about you __PUNCT__ i don't believ that anoth round of tax_break for millionair will bring good_job job_back to our shore or pai down our deficit __PUNCT__

i sure don't think fire teacher or kick student off of financi_aid is somehow go to grow our economi or help us compet with scientist and engin that ar come out of china __PUNCT__

i don't know about you __PUNCT__ but after all we been through __PUNCT__ after the crisi we went through in __NUM__ i don't think that roll_back regul on wall_street ar somehow go to help the small __PUNCT__ businesswoman in iowa citi expand or the laid __PUNCT__ off construct_worker in de_moin keep hi home __PUNCT__

we have been there __PUNCT__

we have tri that __PUNCT__

we ar not go back __PUNCT__

we ar move_forward __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__ i won't pretend __PUNCT__ i told you last night __PUNCT__ i will not pretend that the path i offer is quick or easi __PUNCT__

anybodi who sai it is __PUNCT__ thei not tell you the truth __PUNCT__

i never said it wa go to be quick and easi __PUNCT__

what i said wa __PUNCT__ we can move_forward __PUNCT__

we can make_progress __PUNCT__

we can make_thing better __PUNCT__

we can strengthen our middl_class __PUNCT__

we can rebuild a strong foundat for our economi __PUNCT__

as bill_clinton remind us on wednesdai night __PUNCT__ it is go to take more than a few year for us to solv challeng that have built up for decad __PUNCT__

we know that __PUNCT__

todai we learn that after lose __NUM___job a month when i took offic __PUNCT__ busi ad job for the __NUM___month in a row __PUNCT__

we ad more than __NUM___million_job __PUNCT__

but we know that that not good enough __PUNCT__

we can do better __PUNCT__

we need to creat_job even faster __PUNCT__

we need to fill the hole left by thi recess __PUNCT__

we need to come out of thi crisi stronger than when we went in __PUNCT__

i don't want to just get back to where we were in __NUM__ __PUNCT__

i want us to do even better __PUNCT__

there is a lot more that we can do __PUNCT__

and when congress get back to town next week __PUNCT__ you don't need to call dave loebsack __PUNCT__ he alreadi on the program __PUNCT__ but you can tell some of these other congressmen to give middl_class class_famili and small_busi the confid thei need by tell them that their tax will not go up next year __PUNCT__

everybodi agre we shouldn't rais_tax on the middl_class __PUNCT__ so let get that done __PUNCT__ and let get it done now __PUNCT__

what the hold up __PUNCT__ what the wait __PUNCT__ and by the wai __PUNCT__ we could creat a million addit new job if thi congress would pass the job bill i sent them a year_ago __PUNCT__ job for teacher and construct_worker and folk who have been out there look for work for a long_time __PUNCT__

we can do that __PUNCT__ but i need your help __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__

i need your voic __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

you got it __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

sai __PUNCT__ i want to make thi point __PUNCT__

at our convent __PUNCT__ i wasn't just ask for your vote __PUNCT__

i wa ask us to ralli around an achiev set of goal for our countri __PUNCT__ goal in manufactur and energi and educ and nation_secur and defens __PUNCT__

real __PUNCT__ concret goal that will lead to new job and more opportun and rebuild thi economi on a stronger foundat __PUNCT__

that what we can do in the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

that why i run for a second term __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ for those of you who miss it last night __PUNCT__ let me just repeat what i want us to do __PUNCT__

first __PUNCT__ i got a plan to export more product around the world and outsourc fewer job around the world __PUNCT__

so the good new is after a decad of declin __PUNCT__ america ha creat over half a million manufactur_job in the last 2½ year __PUNCT__

we reinvent the dy auto_industri __PUNCT__

it now back on top of the world __PUNCT__

so we need to build on that progress __PUNCT__ and you got a choic __PUNCT__

you can go along with the other folk and give more tax_break to compani that ar ship job_oversea __PUNCT__ or we can start reward compani that ar invest in new plant and equip and train new worker and creat new job right here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__

we can help big factori and small_busi doubl their export __PUNCT__

we can creat a million new manufactur_job in the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

you can make that happen __PUNCT__

but i go to need your help __PUNCT__

second __PUNCT__ i got a plan to control more of our own energi __PUNCT__

after __NUM__ year of inact __PUNCT__ we rais fuel standard so that by the middl of the next decad your car and truck will go twice as far on a gallon of ga __PUNCT__

that will save you monei and it will help our environ __PUNCT__

and we doubl the us of renew_energi __PUNCT__ especi here in iowa __PUNCT__

we got thousand of american who have job todai build wind_turbin and long __PUNCT__ last batteri __PUNCT__

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

think about that __PUNCT__

so now you got a choic __PUNCT__ between the other gui __PUNCT__ who want to revers on that progress __PUNCT__ or those of us who want to build on it __PUNCT__

see __PUNCT__ unlik my oppon __PUNCT__ i will not let oil_compani write thi countri energi plan __PUNCT__

i not go to let them collect anoth __MONEY___billion in corpor_welfar from our taxpay __PUNCT__

we got a better path __PUNCT__

i want to keep invest in wind and solar __PUNCT__ clean_coal technolog __PUNCT__ farmer and scientist har new biofuel to power our car and truck __PUNCT__

i want to put construct_worker back to work build home and factori that wast less energi __PUNCT__ and retrofit build so that thei us less energi __PUNCT__

and we can develop a hundr_year __PUNCT__ suppli of natur_ga that right beneath our feet and do it in an environment sound wai __PUNCT__

and if you choos thi path __PUNCT__ we can cut our oil import by half in __NUM__ and support more than __NUM__ new job in natur ga alon __PUNCT__

but i go to need you to keep move_forward on thi energi agenda __PUNCT__

we can't go backward __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

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

thi is great __PUNCT__ but you haven't even heard the third thing yet __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ number three __PUNCT__ i got a plan to give more american like you the chanc to gain the skill thei need to compet __PUNCT__

educ wa the gatewai for opportun for me __PUNCT__

it wa the gatewai for opportun for michel __PUNCT__

all of you who ar student here understand thi is the ticket to a middl_class class_life __PUNCT__

so what we done over the last 3½ year __PUNCT__ for the first time in a gener __PUNCT__ nearli everi state ha answer our call to rais standard for teach and learn __PUNCT__

some of the worst school in the countri have made real gain in math and read __PUNCT__

million of student __PUNCT__ mayb some of you __PUNCT__ ar pai less for colleg todai becaus we final took on a system that wa wast billion of dollar on bank and lender __PUNCT__

we cut out the middleman __PUNCT__ let give those loan directli to student __PUNCT__

the monei we save allow us to help million of more student and keep student_loan and grant out there for folk __PUNCT__

so now you got a choic __PUNCT__

you can go with the other folk __PUNCT__ plan __PUNCT__ audienc member __PUNCT__

no __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ and gut educ __PUNCT__ or we can decid that here in the unit_state of america __PUNCT__ nobodi should have their dream set asid becaus of a crowd classroom or a crumbl school __PUNCT__

no famili should have to set asid a colleg accept letter becaus thei don't have the monei __PUNCT__

no compani should have to look for worker in china becaus thei couldn't find the right skill here at home __PUNCT__

that not the futur for america __PUNCT__

we got to have the best educ_system in the world __PUNCT__

we know how to do it __PUNCT__ we just got to stai with it __PUNCT__

so help me recruit __NUM__ new math and scienc_teacher in the next __NUM___year __PUNCT__

let improv earli_childhood childhood_educ __PUNCT__

let give __NUM___million worker the chanc to get the skill thei need at local_commun commun_colleg __PUNCT__

and let help keep tuition low at colleg and univers all across the countri __PUNCT__ becaus you gui deserv to have the chanc to succe __PUNCT__

that what thi elect is about __PUNCT__ and that why i run for a second term as presid of the unit_state __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

we love you __PUNCT__ obama __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

i love you back __PUNCT__

but let me tell you the fourth thing __PUNCT__ you love me even more __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ fourth __PUNCT__ my plan would reduc our deficit without stick it to the middl_class __PUNCT__

independ analysi ha shown that my plan would cut deficit by __MONEY___trillion __PUNCT__

and i alreadi work with the republican in congress to cut a trillion_dollar __PUNCT__ worth of spend __PUNCT__ becaus those of us who care about what govern can do to help peopl give them a ladder up __PUNCT__ we got to make sure that the monei is well spent __PUNCT__ and some program aren't work __PUNCT__

we got to get rid of them __PUNCT__

we got to make sure that govern is lean and effici and provid good servic to the american_peopl __PUNCT__

so i will to do more __PUNCT__ but i want to make sure that we also reform our tax_code so that it simpl and fair and so that we ask the wealthiest household in america to pai higher_incom __PUNCT__ or higher_tax on incom over __MONEY__

now __PUNCT__ that mean that if you make more than __NUM__ you still get a tax_break on the first __NUM__ __PUNCT__

it just mean that after you make addit monei __PUNCT__ you pai the same_rate we paid when bill_clinton wa presid __PUNCT__ the same_rate we had when our economi creat nearli __NUM___million new job __PUNCT__ we had the biggest surplu in histori __PUNCT__ and we creat a whole lot of millionair to boot __PUNCT__

that make_sens for america __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ the other side __PUNCT__ sinc everyth is cure by a tax_cut __PUNCT__ especi for wealthi american __PUNCT__ so far thei balk __PUNCT__

thei refus my offer to work with them on thi __PUNCT__

but thi week __PUNCT__ presid_clinton point out that the singl biggest miss from my oppon plan is arithmet __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ it doesn't add up __PUNCT__

governor romnei and hi alli in congress tell us that somehow we can lower our deficit __PUNCT__ thei sai that the deficit is the most import_thing __PUNCT__

thei sai thi is vital for our futur __PUNCT__

but when you ask them __PUNCT__ all right __PUNCT__ what your plan __PUNCT__ thei sai __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ we first go to start by take __MONEY___trillion out of the economi and give it to folk like me and mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__ take it out of treasuri __PUNCT__ rather __PUNCT__ and give it to me and mr __PUNCT__ romnei __PUNCT__ and then __PUNCT__ somehow __PUNCT__ it all go to creat prosper for the rest of you __PUNCT__

well __PUNCT__ you do the math __PUNCT__

if you want to lower the deficit __PUNCT__ but we spend___MONEY__ __MONEY___trillion on tax_cut for folk who don't need it and weren't even ask for it __PUNCT__ how is that go to work __PUNCT__ the fact is the number in mr __PUNCT__ romnei plan don't add up to lower deficit __PUNCT__

and by the wai __PUNCT__ thei don't add up to more job either __PUNCT__ becaus the economist have actual said that my oppon plan would make the recoveri slower __PUNCT__ not faster __PUNCT__

so i not go along with that plan __PUNCT__

i refus to ask middl_class class_famili to give up their deduct for own a home or rais their kid just to pai for anoth millionair tax_cut __PUNCT__

i refus to ask student to pai more for colleg or kick children out of head_start program or elimin health_insur for million of american who ar poor or elderli or disabl __PUNCT__ just so those with the most can pai less __PUNCT__

and i will never turn medicar into a voucher system __PUNCT__ becaus no american should have to spend their golden year __PUNCT__ after year of labor __PUNCT__ at the merci of insur_compani __PUNCT__

thei should retir with the care and the digniti that thei have earn __PUNCT__

we can strengthen and reform medicar for the long_haul __PUNCT__ but we do it by reduc the cost of health_care __PUNCT__ not by just dump the cost on senior __PUNCT__ ask them to pai thousand of dollar more __PUNCT__

and we go to keep the promis of social_secur by take the respons step to strengthen it __PUNCT__ not by turn it over to wall_street __PUNCT__

now __PUNCT__ let me sai rebuild thi economi is essenti __PUNCT__

that prioriti number on __PUNCT__

but our prosper at home is link to polici abroad __PUNCT__

so __NUM___year_ago i promis we end the war in iraq __PUNCT__ we did __PUNCT__

i said we wind down the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__ we ar __PUNCT__

and as a new tower rise abov the new york skylin __PUNCT__ al qaida is on the path to defeat __PUNCT__ and bin_laden is dead __PUNCT__

so long as i command in chief __PUNCT__ we will sustain the strongest militari the world ever known __PUNCT__

and when our troop take off their uniform __PUNCT__ we will serv them as well as thei serv us __PUNCT__ becaus no american who fought for us should have to fight for a job or a roof over their head or the care that thei earn when the come home __PUNCT__

so just like there a choic on domest_polici __PUNCT__ there a choic when it come to foreign_affair __PUNCT__

my oppon said it wa __PUNCT__ tragic __PUNCT__ to end the war in iraq __PUNCT__

audienc member __PUNCT__

boo __PUNCT__ the presid __PUNCT__

don't boo __PUNCT__ vote __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ he won't tell us how he end the war in afghanistan __PUNCT__

and i have __PUNCT__ and i will __PUNCT__

and while my oppon would spend more monei on militari program that the joint_chief sai we don't need __PUNCT__ won't make us safer __PUNCT__ don't want __PUNCT__ i go to us that monei that we no longer spend on war to pai down our debt and to put more peopl back to work rebuild road and bridg and school and runwai __PUNCT__

becaus after a decad of war __PUNCT__ it time to do some nation __PUNCT__ build here at home __PUNCT__ iowa __PUNCT__

that what we need to focu on __PUNCT__

thi is the choic we now face __PUNCT__

thi is what the elect come down to __PUNCT__

i said yesterdai __PUNCT__ over and over again __PUNCT__ we been told by our oppon that bigger tax_cut and fewer regul ar the onli wai to go __PUNCT__ that sinc govern can't do everyth __PUNCT__ it should do almost noth __PUNCT__

if you can't afford health_insur __PUNCT__ their theori is __PUNCT__ i hope you don't get sick __PUNCT__

if compani ar releas toxic pollut into the air __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ that just the price of progress __PUNCT__

that their theori __PUNCT__

if you can't afford to start a busi or go to colleg __PUNCT__ well __PUNCT__ take my oppon advic and borrow_monei from your parent __PUNCT__ laughter __PUNCT__ that hi theori __PUNCT__

you know what __PUNCT__ that not who we ar __PUNCT__

that not what thi countri is about __PUNCT__

when i look at all these young_peopl here __PUNCT__ i remind of what is essenti about thi countri __PUNCT__

as american __PUNCT__ we insist on person_respons __PUNCT__

we insist on individu initi __PUNCT__

everybodi here know we not entitl to success __PUNCT__

we have to earn it __PUNCT__

and we honor entrepreneur and businesspeopl __PUNCT__ striver __PUNCT__ the dreamer __PUNCT__ the risk taker who ar the drive_forc behind our free_enterpris enterpris_system __PUNCT__

and we believ that the free_enterpris enterpris_system is the greatest engin of growth and prosper that the world ha ever known __PUNCT__

but we also believ that thi countri onli work when we accept certain oblig to on anoth and to futur_gener __PUNCT__

we understand that as citizen __PUNCT__ america is not just about what can be done for us __PUNCT__ it about what can be done by us __PUNCT__ togeth __PUNCT__ as on nation and as on peopl __PUNCT__

and nobodi understand that better than the peopl of iowa __PUNCT__ becaus the elect __NUM___year_ago wasn't about me __PUNCT__

it wa about you __PUNCT__

the chang that start here in iowa __PUNCT__ the chang that start here in iowa citi __PUNCT__ you were the chang __PUNCT__

you the reason that there some littl girl out there with a heart disord who is now go to get surgeri that she need becaus an insur_compani can't limit her coverag __PUNCT__

you did that __PUNCT__

you the reason that student right here at the univers of iowa ar go to be abl to graduat colleg with the secur of know that you can stai on your parent health_insur insur_plan __PUNCT__

you did that __PUNCT__

you the reason there a young teacher in boon __PUNCT__ who ha a littl more time to pai_back her colleg loan so that she can start her life do what she love without be buri by debt __PUNCT__

you made that possibl __PUNCT__

you the reason a young immigr __PUNCT__ who grew up here and went to school here and pledg_allegi to our flag __PUNCT__ will no longer be deport from the onli countri she ever call home __PUNCT__

you the reason why we end __PUNCT__ don't ask __PUNCT__ don't tell __PUNCT__

you the reason why thousand of famili have been will __PUNCT__ have been abl to sai to their love on who serv us so brave __PUNCT__ welcom home __PUNCT__

you the reason __PUNCT__

__PUNCT__ applaus __PUNCT__ you the reason __PUNCT__

and so if you turn_back now __PUNCT__ if you bui into the cynic that you hear all the time that sai somehow the chang we fought isn't possibl __PUNCT__ well then __PUNCT__ of cours __PUNCT__ chang won't happen __PUNCT__

if you stop __PUNCT__ chang won't happen __PUNCT__

you ar what bring it about __PUNCT__

if you give up on the idea that your voic make a differ __PUNCT__ then other voic fill the void __PUNCT__ the special_interest __PUNCT__ the lobbyist __PUNCT__ the folk who write __MONEY___million check to run all those neg_ad __PUNCT__ the peopl who ar try to make it harder for you to vote __PUNCT__ the politician who want to decid who you can marri or want to control health_care choic that women should be make for themselv __PUNCT__

you leav it up to them to make_decis __PUNCT__

onli you can make sure that doesn't happen __PUNCT__

when you see that sign that sai __PUNCT__ forward __PUNCT__ we don't go forward without you __PUNCT__

onli you have that power __PUNCT__ and i depend on you to us that power __PUNCT__

i ask you to make sure you don't give up that power __PUNCT__

everi __PUNCT__ young_peopl here __PUNCT__ i need you to regist to vote __PUNCT__

if you not regist __PUNCT__ go on __URL__ __PUNCT__ that g __PUNCT__ o __PUNCT__ t __PUNCT__ t __PUNCT__ a __PUNCT__

sorri __PUNCT__ english teacher __PUNCT__ thi is not __PUNCT__ got to __PUNCT__ it __PUNCT__ gotta __PUNCT__ __URL__

if you need to know how to vote __PUNCT__ includ earli vote here in iowa __PUNCT__ go to __URL__

i ask you not onli to regist and vote __PUNCT__

i need you to go after your friend __PUNCT__ talk to your parent __PUNCT__ talk to your cousin __PUNCT__ aunt __PUNCT__ uncl __PUNCT__ cousin __PUNCT__ whoever you got __PUNCT__

iowa __PUNCT__ i need you to make some phone_call with me __PUNCT__

i need you to knock on some door with me __PUNCT__

i need you to tell your friend and your neighbor and your cowork what at stake in thi elect __PUNCT__

and if you do __PUNCT__ we will finish what we start __PUNCT__

if you us the power that you have __PUNCT__ we will creat more good_job in america __PUNCT__

we gener more homegrown energi in america __PUNCT__

we hire more good_teacher in america __PUNCT__

and we will send more young_peopl to colleg right here in america __PUNCT__

we bring our troop_home __PUNCT__ and we take care of more of our veteran __PUNCT__

and we open up more door of opportun to everi american who will to work_hard to walk through them __PUNCT__

that what we need __PUNCT__

we will win johnson counti __PUNCT__

we will win iowa __PUNCT__

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

god_bless you __PUNCT__

let get to work __PUNCT__

let move_forward __PUNCT__