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It's great to be here in Miami. Florida is a must-win state on November 
4th, and with your help, we're going to win Florida, and bring change to 
Washington, DC. We had a good debate this week. You may have noticed-- 
there was a lot of talk about Senator Obama's tax increases and Joe the 
Plumber. Last weekend, Senator Obama showed up in Joe's driveway to ask 
for his vote, and Joe asked Senator Obama a tough question. I'm glad he 
did; I think Senator Obama could use a few more tough questions.

The response from Senator Obama and his campaign yesterday was to attack 
Joe. People are digging through his personal life and he has TV crews 
camped out in front of his house. He didn't ask for Senator Obama to 
come to his house. He wasn't recruited or prompted by our campaign. He 
just asked a question. And Americans ought to be able to ask Senator 
Obama tough questions without being smeared and targeted with political 
attacks.

The question Joe asked about our economy is important, because Senator 
Obama's plan would raise taxes on small businesses that employ 16 
million Americans. Senator Obama's plan will kill those jobs at just the 
time when we need to be creating more jobs. My plan will create jobs, 
and that's what America needs.

Senator Obama says that he wanted to spread your wealth around. When 
politicians talk about taking your money and spreading it around, you'd 
better hold onto your wallet. Senator Obama claims that wants to give a 
tax break to the middle class, but not only did he vote for higher taxes 
on the middle class in the Senate, his plan gives away your tax dollars 
to those who don't pay taxes. 

That's not a tax cut, that's welfare. America didn't become the greatest 
nation on earth by redistributing wealth; we became the greatest nation 
by creating new wealth.

This is the choice that we face. These are hard times. Our economy is in 
crisis. Americans are fighting in two wars. We face many enemies in this 
dangerous world, and many challenges here at home.

The next President won't have time to get used to the office. He won't 
have the luxury of studying up on the issues before he acts. He will 
have to act immediately. And to do that, he will need experience, 
courage, judgment and a bold plan of action to take this country in a 
new direction. We cannot spend the next four years as we have spent much 
of the last eight: waiting for our luck to change. We have to act 
immediately. I said it at the last debate: I'm not George Bush; if 
Senator Obama wants to run against George Bush, he should have run for 
President 4 years ago. We need a new direction now. We have to fight for 
it. I've been fighting for this country since I was seventeen years old, 
and I have the scars to prove it. If I'm elected President, I will fight 
to take America in a new direction from my first day in office until my 
last. I'm not afraid of the fight, I'm ready for it.

I'm not going to spend $700 billion dollars of your money just bailing 
out the Wall Street bankers and brokers who got us into this mess. I'm 
going to make sure we take care of the people who were devastated by the 
excesses of Wall Street and Washington. I'm going to spend a lot of that 
money to bring relief to you, and I'm not going to wait sixty days to 
start doing it.

I have a plan to protect the value of your home and get it rising again 
by buying up bad mortgages and refinancing them so if your neighbor 
defaults he doesn't bring down the value of your house with him.

I have a plan to let retirees and people nearing retirement keep their 
money in their retirement accounts longer so they can rebuild their 
savings. I will protect Social Security so that retirees get the 
benefits they have earned, and I will bring both parties together to fix 
Social Security so that it is there for future generations.

I have a plan to hold the line on taxes and cut them to make America 
more competitive and create jobs here at home.

Raising taxes makes a bad economy much worse. Keeping taxes low creates 
jobs, keeps money in your hands and strengthens our economy.

The explosion of government spending over the last eight years has put 
us deeper in debt to foreign countries that don't have our best 
interests at heart. It weakened the dollar and made everything you buy 
more expensive.

If I'm elected President, I won't spend nearly a trillion dollars more 
of your money, on top of the $700 billion we just gave the Treasury 
Secretary, as Senator Obama proposes. Because he can't do that without 
raising your taxes or digging us further into debt. I'm going to make 
government live on a budget just like you do.

I will freeze government spending on all but the most important programs 
like defense, veterans care, Social Security and health care until we 
scrub every single government program and get rid of the ones that 
aren't working for the American people. And I will veto every single 
pork barrel bill Congresses passes.

If I'm elected President, I won't fine small businesses and families 
with children, as Senator Obama proposes, to force them into a new huge 
government run health care program, while he keeps the cost of the fine 
a secret until he hits you with it. I will bring down the skyrocketing 
cost of health care with competition and choice to lower your premiums, 
and make it more available to more Americans. I'll make sure you can 
keep the same health plan if you change jobs or leave a job to stay 
home.

I will provide every single American family with a $5000 refundable tax 
credit to help them purchase insurance. Workers who already have health 
care insurance from their employers will keep it and have more money to 
cover costs. Workers who don't have health insurance can use it to find 
a policy anywhere in this country to meet their basic needs.

If I'm elected President, I won't raise taxes on small businesses, as 
Senator Obama proposes, and force them to cut jobs. I will keep small 
business taxes where they are, help them keep their costs low, and let 
them spend their earnings to create more jobs.

If I'm elected President, I won't meet unconditionally with the Castro 
brothers, while they keep political prisoners in jail, stifle free media 
and block free elections in Cuba. When I am President, we are going to 
pressure the Cuban government to free their people. The day is coming 
when Cuba will be free. I will open new markets to goods made in America 
and make sure our trade is free and fair. And I'll make sure we help 
workers who've lost a job that won't come back find a new one that won't 
go away.

If I'm elected President, I won't make it harder to sell our goods 
overseas and kill more jobs as Senator Obama proposes. I will open new 
markets to goods made in America and make sure our trade is free and 
fair. And I'll make sure we help workers who've lost a job that won't 
come back find a new one that won't go away.

The last President to raise taxes and restrict trade in a bad economy as 
Senator Obama proposes was Herbert Hoover. That turned a recession into 
a depression. They say those who don't learn the lessons of history are 
doomed to repeat them. Well, my friends, I know my history lessons, and 
I sure won't make the mistakes Senator Obama will.

If I'm elected President, we're going to stop sending $700 billion to 
countries that don't like us very much. I won't argue to delay drilling 
for more oil and gas and building new nuclear power plants in America, 
as Senator Obama does. We will start new drilling now. We will invest in 
all energy alternativesÊ-- nuclear, wind, solar, and tide. We will 
encourage the manufacture of hybrid, flex fuel and electric automobiles. 
We will invest in clean coal technology. We will lower the cost of 
energy within months, and we will create millions of new jobs.

Let me give you the state of the race today. We have 18 days to go. 
We're 6 points down. The national media has written us off. Senator 
Obama is measuring the drapes, and planning with Speaker Pelosi and 
Senator Reid to raise taxes, increase spending, take away your right to 
vote by secret ballot in labor elections, and concede defeat in Iraq. 
But they forgot to let you decide. My friends, we've got them just where 
we want them.

What America needs in this hour is a fighter; someone who puts all his 
cards on the table and trusts the judgment of the American people. I 
come from a long line of McCains who believed that to love America is to 
fight for her. I have fought for you most of my life. There are other 
ways to love this country, but I've never been the kind to do it from 
the sidelines.

I know you're worried. America is a great country, but we are at a 
moment of national crisis that will determine our future. Will we 
continue to lead the world's economies or will we be overtaken? Will the 
world become safer or more dangerous? Will our military remain the 
strongest in the world? Will our children and grandchildren's future be 
brighter than ours?

My answer to you is yes. Yes, we will lead. Yes, we will prosper. Yes, 
we will be safer. Yes, we will pass on to our children a stronger, 
better country. But we must be prepared to act swiftly, boldly, with 
courage and wisdom.

I know what fear feels like. It's a thief in the night who robs your 
strength. I know what hopelessness feels like. It's an enemy who defeats 
your will. I felt those things once before. I will never let them in 
again. I'm an American. And I choose to fight.

Don't give up hope. Be strong. Have courage. And fight.

Fight for a new direction for our country. Fight for what's right for 
America. Fight to clean up the mess of corruption, infighting and 
selfishness in Washington.

Fight to get our economy out of the ditch and back in the lead.

Fight for the ideals and character of a free people.

Fight for our children's future.

Fight for justice and opportunity for all.

Stand up to defend our country from its enemies.

Stand up, stand up, stand up and fight. America is worth fighting for. 
Nothing is inevitable here. We never give up. We never quit. We never 
hide from history. We make history.

Now, let's go win this election and get this country moving again.

CMPQwk 1.42-21 9999 
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