…As you saw from the news today President Obama’s policies continue to create an ever increasing wealth gap in America. When I was out there campaigning, I was out there campaigning talking about the 70% of Americans who will not get a college degree. 70% do not have college degrees and that number is not changing at all in America. What are we going to do to talk to them? Our answer has always been… well, we’ll cut taxes for high income people. Now I believe in that policy, but if you’re sitting there underemployed, unemployed, looking for a job, wanting to move up in your job, and all we’re talking about is cutting taxes for high income people… it doesn’t exactly connect emotionally. Doesn’t exactly resonate with the people that we’re talking about. So what I did was I went out and talked about, yes, cutting taxes, but for manufacturing so we can create jobs for those folks that don’t go to college, that are good paying jobs so they can rise in society and provide for their families. We celebrate that all work is good work weather it’s manufacturing or energy, two things that we can grow and expand, and really get behind, and create not just a quality of life for the people who are working, but better energy prices, and better quality goods and services for people here in America who aren’t in those jobs. That’s a plan and a vision that connects… with those folks… who stayed home in the last couple of elections, particularly the last election. We saw this in OH. Hundreds of thousands of people… who stayed home. Because they couldn’t vote for Barak Obama, they knew his policies were horrendous, and hurting them… THEM… not just the country… THEM. So they couldn’t vote for him. But they also couldn’t vote for us. They couldn’t vote for us because, they didn’t think we cared. They didn’t think we cared about them. So they stayed home. And now we’re here. Because we didn’t connect with them. Ladies and Gentleman, times are uncertain in America. Even today… saw the unemployment numbers, not getting any better. Hear predictions that the economy is going to start to falter again. People are nervous, anxious, and yes… fearful. People ask me, why did we not win an election when so many people were doing so poorly and the economy was so bad? Fear. Look at where Barak Obama got the votes. He got the votes from the people who are the most economically vulnerable… fear. And we’re out there saying we’re going to cut this, and cut that, and cut this. And you’re sitting there holding on by your finger nails. And we have no message for you as to how things are going to get better for YOU. Not for the employer… who might, may hire you. And we’re in trouble… as a party. And here’s the sad part. We… are the party who has the policies that will work best for these folks. We are the party that will create growth and opportunity. We are the party that believes in restoring something that is broken in most of the communities where people are struggling… the American family. You know, I talked about how important it was that the American family be the center of all of our policies... our economic policies. Because if you look at it, the word Economy comes from the Greek word Oikus (sp?) which means ‘home’ or ‘family’. The first economy is the home. And when the home breaks down, the economy breaks down. I don’t want to talk about re-defining marriage, I want to talk about reclaiming marriage as a good for society, and celebrate how important it is for our economy. But that’s not what we did. That’s not what we did. We went out and we talked about job creators, and that’s what we do as Republicans, we gotta face it. We’re out there talking as if everybody who is a voter is like us. Sort of, high energy Type A people who want to reach for the brass ring. Well you know what? We need folks like that, and we need to have policies that encourage people to do that. But you know what, we also need folks that will work 9-5 and go home and coach little league. We also need them to work at the library and volunteer. And to be the parent in the neighborhood when maybe another parent isn’t around. We NEED people like that. That’s the backbone of America. These folks who don’t value just money, but they value family and community, and children. America was a great country because we had that strong infrastructure of family and community… and ladies and gentlemen it is falling apart.
