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But here's what I won't do. I won't support ideas that
sound good, but aren't paid for -- ideas that weaken the progress
we've made in the previous two years for working families; ideas that
hurt poor people who are doing their dead-level best to raise their
kids and work their way into the middle class; ideas that undermine
our fight against crime, or for a clean environment, or for better
schools, or for the strength and well-being of our Armed Forces in
foreign policy. In other words, we must be straight with the
American people about the real consequences of all budgetary
decisions.
My test will be: Does an idea expand middle class
incomes and opportunities? Does it promote values like family, work
responsibility and community? Does it contribute to strengthening
the new economy? If it does, I'll be for it, no matter who proposes
it. And I hope Congress will treat my ideas the same way. Let's
worry about making progress, not taking credit.
But our work in Washington won't be enough. And that's
where you come in. This all starts with you. Oh, we can cut taxes
and expand opportunities, but governments can't raise your children,
go to school for you, give your employees who have earned it a raise,
or solve problems in your neighborhood that require your personal
commitment. In short, government can't exercise your citizenship.
It works the other way around.
The problems of this new world are complicated, and
we've all got a lot to learn. That means citizens have to listen as
well as talk. We need less hot rhetoric and more open conversation;
less malice, and more charity. We need to put aside the politics of
personal destruction and demonization that have dominated too much of
our debate. Most of us are good people trying to do better. And if
we all treated each other that way, we would do better. We have got
to be a community again.
Yes, some people do take advantage of the rest of us -
- by breaking the law, abusing the welfare system, and flaunting our
immigration laws. That's wrong, and I'm working to stop it. But the
truth is that most people in this country, without regard to their
race, their religion, their income, their position on divisive
issues, most Americans get up every day, go to work, obey the law,
pay their taxes and raise their kids the best they can. And most of
us share the same real challenges in this new economy. We'll do a
lot better job of meeting those challenges if we work together and
find unity and strength in our diversity.
We do have more in common, more uniting us than dividing
us. And if we start acting like it, we can face the future with
confidence. I still believe deeply that there is nothing wrong with
America that can't be fixed by what's right with America. This is
not about politics as usual. As I've said for years, it's not about
moving left or right, but moving forward; not about government being
bad or good, but about what kind of government will best enable us to
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