thank you __PUNCT__
i pleas to be here and appreci the welcom __PUNCT__
i never had the pleasur befor of come to martin counti __PUNCT__ kentucki __PUNCT__
i regret that i been so long in come to thi natur beauti part of our countri __PUNCT__ and that my stai will be a brief on __PUNCT__
but my purpos in come is not to admir the appalachian sceneri or to proclaim my scot __PUNCT__ irish kinship with so mani of the hardwork peopl who settl here __PUNCT__ and carv a rug life from the wilder __PUNCT__ and whose descend still live here __PUNCT__ proud of your heritag __PUNCT__ self __PUNCT__ reliant despit challeng mani place in america do not experi __PUNCT__ faith to the valu that have pass from on gener to the next __PUNCT__ and intent on make for better live for yourselv and your children __PUNCT__
you had presidenti candid come to eastern kentucki befor __PUNCT__
you even had a presid come to inez befor __PUNCT__ forti __PUNCT__ four year ago __PUNCT__ where he issu a declar of war on tom fletcher front porch __PUNCT__
like me __PUNCT__ he brought a lot of report with him so the moment and the pictur could be broadcast throughout the countri __PUNCT__
i am run for presid __PUNCT__ and i am intent on win that offic __PUNCT__
and i cannot claim that the circumst of our live ar similar in everi respect __PUNCT__
i am not the son of a coal miner __PUNCT__
i wasn't rais by a famili that made it live from the land or toil in a mill or work in the local school or health clinic __PUNCT__
there isn't ani place in america like appalachia that i can claim ha alwai been mine __PUNCT__ which i often regret __PUNCT__
i grew up in a lot of differ place __PUNCT__
i wa rais in the unit state navi __PUNCT__ and after my own naval career __PUNCT__ i becam a politician __PUNCT__
my work isn't as hard as your __PUNCT__
i had an easi er start in life and an easier time sinc than mani folk in martin counti __PUNCT__
and although i pride myself on be a pretti resili man __PUNCT__ i cannot sai that i have half the strength and determin of peopl in inez __PUNCT__
but you ar my compatriot __PUNCT__ my fellow american __PUNCT__
that share distinct mean more to me than almost ani other associ __PUNCT__
and if i am elect presid __PUNCT__ i intend everi dai to prove myself worthi of the offic __PUNCT__ of our countri and of your respect __PUNCT__
i have no doubt presid johnson wa seriou and had the veri best of intent when he declar the war on poverti in america __PUNCT__
but the armi he enlist wa mostli drawn from the rank of govern bureaucraci __PUNCT__
govern ha a role to plai in help peopl who through no fault of their own ar have a hard time __PUNCT__
but govern can't creat good and last job outsid of govern __PUNCT__
it can't pai lost wage __PUNCT__
it can't dig coal from the earth __PUNCT__
it can't bui you a hous or send all your kid to colleg __PUNCT__
it can't do your work for you __PUNCT__
and you never ask it to __PUNCT__
you never want govern to make your live for you __PUNCT__
you just expect us to show a decent concern for your hard work and initi __PUNCT__ and do what we can to help make sure you have opportun to prosper from your labor __PUNCT__
we all have choic to make in our live __PUNCT__ and you don't expect govern to make your for you __PUNCT__
but you have a right to expect that the peopl you elect to offic will help and not hinder your effort to make a better futur for your commun and famili __PUNCT__
you have a right to expect us to show as much concern for help you creat more and better choic to make for yourselv as we show ani other commun in america or we show the special interest who claim so much of washington attent __PUNCT__
the modern economi offer new opportun for commun like inez __PUNCT__
in particular __PUNCT__ through access to high __PUNCT__ speed internet servic that facilit interst commerc __PUNCT__ drive innov __PUNCT__ and promot educ achiev __PUNCT__ there is the potenti to chang live __PUNCT__
these kind of transform of our wai of life requir the infrastructur of modern commun __PUNCT__ and govern ha a role to plai in assur everi commun in america can develop that infrastructur __PUNCT__
thi countri ha a long histori of ensur that rural area have the same access to commun technolog as other place __PUNCT__
in __NUM__ congress mandat that everi american __PUNCT__ regardless of where thei live __PUNCT__ receiv basic telephon servic at approxim the same rate __PUNCT__ and establish the univers servic fund to provid american with that servic __PUNCT__
unfortun __PUNCT__ in a tale that is too familiar __PUNCT__ the program becam a breed ground for wast __PUNCT__ corrupt __PUNCT__ an d grossli ineffici spend __PUNCT__
we need to wide reform the wai we do busi in washington __PUNCT__ to end wast spend that doe littl if anyth to meet govern oblig to the american peopl __PUNCT__
govern should accur identifi area where the market truli is not work and provid compani that ar will to build the inform infrastructur to serv these area incent like tax reduct and more gener depreci __PUNCT__
i think we should establish a __PUNCT__ peopl connect program __PUNCT__ that reward compani that offer high __PUNCT__ speed internet access servic to underserv __PUNCT__ low __PUNCT__ incom custom by allow these compani to write off the cost of thi servic __PUNCT__
the govern should enlist the help of private/publ partnership to devis creativ and success solut to the lack of access to inform technolog __PUNCT__
in mani place __PUNCT__ citi and town ar work with busi that have experi provid high __PUNCT__ speed internet servic to share the cost of build and improv that servic __PUNCT__
where compani ar unwil to build inform infrastructur __PUNCT__ the feder govern can support town through govern __PUNCT__ back loan or by issu bond with a low interest rate __PUNCT__
an aggress effort to knit togeth all of the unit state with __NUM__ centuri inform network will make locat less of a factor in the potenti for econom success __PUNCT__
instead __PUNCT__ the prime determin will be the skill __PUNCT__ energi __PUNCT__ imagin __PUNCT__ and persist of american __PUNCT__ attribut that have tradition been in great suppli in america __PUNCT__ and certainli exist here __PUNCT__ where peopl have alwai pride themselv on hard work and self __PUNCT__ relianc __PUNCT__
we can make sure necessari skill ar acquir through more extens us of our commun colleg __PUNCT__
commun colleg have a proven track record of tailor train program to the busi climat in the local commun __PUNCT__
big sandi commun and technic colleg ha a uniqu partnership with local coal compani __PUNCT__ and provid except classroom instruct in area like mine certif __PUNCT__ basic comput __PUNCT__ safeti and first aid __PUNCT__ busi and person financ __PUNCT__ hydraul and other __PUNCT__
commun colleg train in the region and elsewher in our countri is on of the most conveni __PUNCT__ cost effici and effect thing we can do to stimul econom growth local __PUNCT__
everyon recogn that educ opportun ar indispens to greater prosper for all american __PUNCT__ whether thei live in lo angel __PUNCT__ california __PUNCT__ washington __PUNCT__ d.c __PUNCT__ or martin counti __PUNCT__ kentucki __PUNCT__
and in a countri as prosper and as good and decent as our __PUNCT__ there is no excus for accept anyth other than the highest qualiti public educ __PUNCT__
rural area often struggl to attract young highli qualifi and motiv new teacher __PUNCT__
at the same time __PUNCT__ we make it veri difficult for american with except skill for teach to enter the field of educ through non __PUNCT__ tradit mean __PUNCT__
these ar often peopl who would like noth better than to take advantag of the quiet beauti and tradit valu that ar the foundat of rural america __PUNCT__
but the path to teach is often made up of more barrier than gatewai __PUNCT__
you can be a nobel laureat and not qualifi to teach in most public school todai __PUNCT__
the next presid should aggress support state and nation initi that attract exception qualifi candid into teach and that provid certif base on the candid __PUNCT__ demonstr knowledg of the subject thei will teach __PUNCT__ as well as their knowledg of how to teach __PUNCT__
terrif organ like teach for america attract the veri best young co llege graduat from all disciplin to enter the teach profess __PUNCT__
the troop to teacher program take advantag of the sens of heighten respons and duti that militari veteran were taught in the disciplin of the arm forc __PUNCT__ and which make mani of them excel candid to impart those virtu to our children __PUNCT__ and help them see the valu of learn as a mean to self __PUNCT__ improv __PUNCT__
new educ technolog offer great partner __PUNCT__ and bring the best teacher and most advanc technolog into the classroom where student and teacher alik benefit __PUNCT__
technolog allow teacher in the smallest school in america to team up with the greatest math __PUNCT__ english __PUNCT__ and scienc teacher in the countri __PUNCT__
nobodi ha to be isol in their teach __PUNCT__
and student can be constantli challeng by a class that offer a fantast teacher on __PUNCT__ line and a support __PUNCT__ qualiti teacher in the classroom when the go get rough __PUNCT__
the measur of success should be individu student achiev __PUNCT__ regardless of how it achiev __PUNCT__
my purpos in come to inez isn't __PUNCT__ howev __PUNCT__ to roll out a long list of polici initi i intend to launch if i am elect presid or to make vagu promis to you that i will forget make onc in offic __PUNCT__
i came here to listen to and learn from you __PUNCT__ about what you do to grow your economi and increas opportun here __PUNCT__ and to find out what govern is do and not do to help your initi __PUNCT__
i know some of the initi you have undertaken here __PUNCT__
a good exampl of a success public __PUNCT__ privat partnership is your own bluegrass state skill corpor __PUNCT__ which develop custom busi train program __PUNCT__ offer fund through grant and credit __PUNCT__ and provid administr servic to ensur that these program have their maximum impact __PUNCT__
that is an initi design local by peopl who know and understand martin counti and the strength __PUNCT__ resourc and need of the peopl here better than ani b ureaucrat in washington could ever hope to __PUNCT__
befor i take your question and ask you a few of my own __PUNCT__ which is why i came here todai __PUNCT__ i want to close by sai that if i am presid __PUNCT__ i will not forget that the decis i make will affect __PUNCT__ for good or ill __PUNCT__ your abil to make decis for your famili __PUNCT__
i will not forget my respons to everi american commun __PUNCT__
i will not offer talk as a substitut for action __PUNCT__
i will not make promis i intend to forget __PUNCT__
and i will not make thi my last visit to inez __PUNCT__
if i elect __PUNCT__ i will come back here in the cours of my administr __PUNCT__ hold anoth townhal meet __PUNCT__ and invit you to hold me account for the decis i have made and the promis i have sworn to keep __PUNCT__
thank you __PUNCT__
