“What I’ve done is put forward a very specific plan.
Number one, returning manufacturing to our shores by giving tax breaks to companies here instead of tax breaks to companies making profits and shipping jobs overseas.Number two, I want to make sure we have the best education system in the world and through our race to the top and our expansion of student loans and grants, we have provided real guidance and direction on how we’re going to prepare our young people for the future. And make sure that African Americans who are working hard in school can afford to go to college.
Number three, we’ve got to make sure that we control our own energy. We’ve brought oil imports down significantly, doubling fuel efficiency standards on cars, we’re producing clean energy, wind and solar–all these things create jobs, save people money at the gas pump and help us grow economically.
Number four, I want to make sure we don’t reduce our deficit on the backs of middle class people and the poor. That means we have to ask the wealthiest people to pay a little bit more taxes.
Number five, we ended the war in Iraq, we’re winding down the war in Afghanistan, let’s take some of that money we’re not spending on war and put people back to work by rebuilding roads, bridges, schools and hospitals. Let’s train our young people to get those jobs.
If we move forward on the course that I’ve laid out, I’m confident the economy will grow faster and African American unemployment and unemployment across the board will go down. What we can’t do is go back to the misguided policies of Mr. Romney–which is basically a repeat of the policies of George Bush.”