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This election is a choice between our fears and our hopes.

That’s what’s at stake right now.

Look, Joe and I, we’ve got a different idea about what the next two years should look like.

It’s an idea rooted in our belief about how this country was built.

We know government doesn’t have the answer to all our problems.

We believe government should be lean and efficient.
 
This election is a choice between our fears and our hopes.

That’s what’s at stake right now.

Look, Joe and I, we’ve got a different idea about what the next two years should look like.

It’s an idea rooted in our belief about how this country was built.

We know government doesn’t have the answer to all our problems.

We believe government should be lean and efficient.

You lie!
 
In the words of Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President, we also believe government should do for the people what they cannot do better for themselves.

We believe in a country that rewards hard work and responsibility, a country where we look after one another, a country where we say I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper.

I’m not just thinking about myself.

I’m thinking about everybody.

I want every child to succeed.

I want everybody to climb that ladder to success.

That’s the choice in this election.

That’s what we’re about.

That’s why we’re Democrats.

That’s why we’re going to win this election.
 
In the words of Abraham Lincoln, the first Republican President, we also believe government should do for the people what they cannot do better for themselves.

We believe in a country that rewards hard work and responsibility, a country where we look after one another, a country where we say I am my brother’s keeper, I am my sister’s keeper.

I’m not just thinking about myself.

I’m thinking about everybody.

I want every child to succeed.

I want everybody to climb that ladder to success.

That’s the choice in this election.

That’s what we’re about.

That’s why we’re Democrats.

That’s why we’re going to win this election.

You lie!
 
We see a future where the next century is driven by American innovation and American ingenuity.

We want to give tax breaks to companies that are creating jobs and investing in research and development right here in the United States, to small businesses, to American manufacturers, to clean energy companies.

I don’t want solar panels and wind turbines and electric cars and advanced batteries made in Europe or Asia.

I want them built in here in the United States of America, by American workers.

I want us to take the lead in energy independence.

That’s the choice in this election.
 
We see a future where the next century is driven by American innovation and American ingenuity.

We want to give tax breaks to companies that are creating jobs and investing in research and development right here in the United States, to small businesses, to American manufacturers, to clean energy companies.

I don’t want solar panels and wind turbines and electric cars and advanced batteries made in Europe or Asia.

I want them built in here in the United States of America, by American workers.

I want us to take the lead in energy independence.

That’s the choice in this election.

You lie!
 
We see an America where every citizen has the skills and training to compete with any worker in the world.

The other side might think it’s a good idea to cut education by 20 percent, but let’s think about this.

Do you think that China is cutting education by 20 percent?

Is South Korea cutting education spending, or India, or Germany?

These countries, they’re not cutting back on education.

Those countries are not playing for second place, and neither should we.

The United States of America, we play for first.

We play for first place.
 
We see an America where every citizen has the skills and training to compete with any worker in the world.

The other side might think it’s a good idea to cut education by 20 percent, but let’s think about this.

Do you think that China is cutting education by 20 percent?

Is South Korea cutting education spending, or India, or Germany?

These countries, they’re not cutting back on education.

Those countries are not playing for second place, and neither should we.

The United States of America, we play for first.

We play for first place.

You lie!
 
That’s why we took tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies that used to go to big banks.

They’re now going where they should be going, to students and families.

Millions of young people out there getting a break on their student loans so they can go to college.

That’s why we want to make our new college tax credit permanent.

This is a tax credit worth $10,000 in tuition relief for each student who’s going to college.

That’s the America we believe in.
 
That’s why we took tens of billions of dollars in taxpayer subsidies that used to go to big banks.

They’re now going where they should be going, to students and families.

Millions of young people out there getting a break on their student loans so they can go to college.

That’s why we want to make our new college tax credit permanent.

This is a tax credit worth $10,000 in tuition relief for each student who’s going to college.

That’s the America we believe in.

You lie!
 
That’s the America we believe in where the middle class is growing and where opportunity is shared, and the only limit to your success is how hard you are willing to work.

That’s why the tax cuts we want to make permanent would go to middle-class families.

That’s why we’ll fight the efforts of some in the other party to privatize Social Security, because as long as I’m President, no one is going to take the retirement savings of a generation of Americans and hand it over to Wall Street.

Not on my watch.
 
That’s why we’re going to keep fighting to keep the new protections we put in place for patients and consumers, so insurance companies can’t drop you when you’re sick, credit card companies can’t jack up your rates without notice on your bill.

That’s the choice in this election.

That’s what we’re fighting for.
 
Now, right now, the same special interests that would profit from the other side’s agenda, they are fighting hard, they’re fighting back.

To win this election, they are plowing tens of millions of dollars into front groups that are running misleading, negative ads all across America.

Tens of billions of dollars are pouring in, and they don’t have the courage to stand up and disclose their identities.
 
Now, right now, the same special interests that would profit from the other side’s agenda, they are fighting hard, they’re fighting back.

To win this election, they are plowing tens of millions of dollars into front groups that are running misleading, negative ads all across America.

Tens of billions of dollars are pouring in, and they don’t have the courage to stand up and disclose their identities.

You lie!
 
They could be insurance companies, or Wall Street banks, or even foreign-owned corporations.

We will not know because there’s no disclosure.

They’ve got these innocuous-sounding names.

“Americans for Prosperity,” and “Moms for Motherhood.”

I made that last one up.

But this isn’t just a threat to the Democrats.

It’s a threat to our democracy, and the only way to fight it, the only way to match their millions of dollars is with millions of voices who are ready to finish what we started in 2008, and that’s where you come in.
 
A lot of you got involved in 2008 because you believed we were at a defining moment in our history, a crossroads.

You believed this is a time where the decisions we make won’t just affect us.

They’re going to affect and shape the lives of our children and our grandchildren for decades to come, and that’s the reason you knocked on doors and made phone calls and waited in line to cast your vote, some of you for the very first time, because you believed that your actions could make a difference, that you might play some small role in making big change.
 
A lot of you got involved in 2008 because you believed we were at a defining moment in our history, a crossroads.

You believed this is a time where the decisions we make won’t just affect us.

They’re going to affect and shape the lives of our children and our grandchildren for decades to come, and that’s the reason you knocked on doors and made phone calls and waited in line to cast your vote, some of you for the very first time, because you believed that your actions could make a difference, that you might play some small role in making big change.

You lie!
 
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