romney-ryan plan for a stronger middle class is designed to get this economy growing again. 12 million jobs, grow the economy at 4%, this would create 713 jobs right in florida alone. the key to doing it is to get us back to work. we have lots of energy in america. let's use this energy in america so we can create jobs and lower our gas prices. we need people who are out of work to be able to go back to school to get the skills they need to get new jobs, new careers, so they can get back on the path to prosperity. we also have to grow more things in america. my buddy, adam putnam, he's your ag commissioner, he knows a lot about growing things. we make things in america. we grow things in america. we have to make more, grow more, sell it overseas, that

creates good jobs in america. we also have to stop spending money we just don't have. we got to cut spending, get this deficit under control so that we leave our children and our grandchildren a debt-free nation. that affects jobs today. let's use it to create jobs and lower gas prices. we need people who are out of work to be able to go back to school to get the new careers and get back on the path to prosperity. we have to grow more in america. we make things in america. we grow things in america. that creates good jobs in america. we also have to stop spending money we do not have. we have to cut spending, get this deficit under control, so we leave our children and grandchildren a debt free nation. that affects jobs today. we are the champions a small businesses. small business is the engine of opportunity. we need to start that engine. growing up, my dad worked in my mom stayed at home. i have three older siblings. my mom stayed at home. when my dad died, my mom went back to school. she went back to college and started a small business. my mom had three or four

employees at that small- business when she started. we were taking care of my grandmother. she was going to school and starting this business. mom, i am proud of you for going out, getting another degree. i am proud of you for the small business you created. mom, you did build that. that is what america is all about. i am so proud of her for that. i am so proud of her for doing that. this election is the most important election in our lifetimes.

no matter what generation you come from. there are a few things my dad would always say that have always stuck with me. he would say son, you are either part of the problem or part of the solution. he was usually telling me this when we were part of the problem. he would also say in this country, every generation of americans solved their problems so that their children are better off. that is the american legacy. it is our duty to save the american dream for their children. our children and theirs. when we talk about these things, when we look at the

enormous choice we have in front of us, when we have such a clear contrast between the leader in mitt romney and the failed leadership of president obama, the choice is clear. it goes deeper than that. it comes down to what kind of country do we want to have? what kind of people do we want to be? our founders were so eloquent when they created this country. they made it very clear. our rights as citizens, our rights come from nature and god, not from government. [applause] our founders secured this.

our veterans have kept it ever since. we thank those veterans. [applause] here is the commitment that mitt romney and i are making to you. we are going to give you the choice. we are not going to keep kicking the can down the road. we will lead. [applause] we will not blame other people. we will take responsibility. [applause] we will not try to transform this country into something it was never intended to be. we will not try to replace our founding principles. we will reapply our founding principles.

[applause] we are suffering from decades of politicians from both political parties that have made empty promises to voters to get reelected. soon those empty promises will quickly become broken promises with painful consequences for all of us if we do not act. we need leadership. we need to make sure that government keeps those promises to people who are organizing retirement around these promises like my mom. we need to make sure the promise of this country is not only there for my mom's a generation but for my children's generation. we need leadership. mitt romney is the man for the moment to provide that leadership.

this is a defining moment. this is our generation's time. we can do this. we can turn this thing around. we can get this economy growing. we can get families back to prosperity. we can do this. with your help together, florida and the rest of america will get this country back on track. [applause] thank you very much, everybody. thank you for coming out today. we love you so much. we thank you for your support. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2012] [playing "only in america" by brooks and dunn]

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♪ ♪ >> every four years the republican national party adopted a platform. our live coverage of the republican national platform committee begins tomorrow on c- span. >> let's make sure that our prosperity is all working families. about health care, a

secure reliable -- retiring, and i'm glad the stock market has boomed and new enterprises have done well. this country is richer and stronger but my focus is on working families, people trying to make house payments and car payments, working overtime to save a dollar. alas >> time taxes were this high as a percentage of our economy, there's a good reason. we were fighting world war two. today, our high taxes fund a surplus. said a growing federal surplus means washington has more money to spend. they've got it backwards. the surplus is not the government's money. the surplus is the people's money. >> cspan has aired every minute of every major party conventions since 1984. we're now in the countdown to this year's conventions and you can watch our live coverage

every minute of the republican and democratic national convention live on c-span, cspan radio, an online at c-span.org starting monday, august 27. >> president obama traveled to new hampshire yesterday. before his campaign stop, he was in london barry, new hampshire. they sell maple syrup, gems and jellies. >> we have a number of orchards that people contribute to -- from. these are new hampshire products. >> you've got a good customer here. >> we have employed so many

people including teenagers. they gave -- they grew up here. >> how long? >> 15 years. >> your a good chief. i have to get some apples. what do you think? >> these are good for baking. these are ones i'm going to want to eat. >> i will grab a bag of each. they look beautiful. >> you like some? >> i would. >> do you make any molasses?

>> yes. >> i think that would be a good project. >> melia will want to read these. -- eat these. strawberry jam? >> this is maple syrup. >> you have to get maple syrup. i think we are good on those. all right -- does somebody have my peaches?

we've got to bring it up. -- ring it up, strengthen the new hampshire economy. i thank this is a project for tomorrow. >> keep them busy, awesome. >> they just got back from camp. >> how did they like it? >> they had a great talent. there were gone for months. >> here is a discount. >> no, i'm going to give you more money than you want anyway. that's good. >> after his stop at the apple

store, president obama campaign that wyndham high school. [cheers and applause] >> hello, new hampshire. >> thank you. it is good to be back. it is good to be back in new hampshire. [applause] first of all, thank you for being here. i know it is a little bit warmer.

. >> i love you. >> i love you back. if you are standing, then your knees a little bit. we usually see some folks dropping out a little bit. [laughter] feel free to sit down and relax. i want everybody to give a big round of applause. to beth talbot. [cheers and applause] not only for the great introduction, but for being an outstanding teacher. i love teachers. [cheers and applause] two other people i want to acknowledge are annie custer. , congressional candidate. [cheers and applause] and my national co- shereen 2008 -- coach here in 2008 is here.

paul hose. [cheers and applause] all of you are here. i am very happy about that. [cheers and applause] let me also say thank you for returning my daughter's safe and sound. they were up here for camp for a month. they had a wonderful time. their parents miss them a lot. we were glad to get them back. you guys took good care of them while they were up here. i appreciate that. [cheers and applause] now, when they were at camp, there were no tv's. ifunless you have been able to have your tv or cable, you may be aware there is a campaign going on right now. part of the reason the campaign is so intense is because the choice we face in november could not be bigger.

it is not just a choice between two political parties. it is a choice between two fundamentally different visions about where to take this country. two finally different -- a for america. and the decisions you make, the direction you choose for us to walk in will have an impact on your lives and an impact on your kids in your grandkids and generations to come. some of you are involved in 2008 when we came together a -- [cheers and applause] it was not just democrats. we had even some republicans. there you go. the idea was that we needed to restore the basic bargain that made this country great. the basic bargain that created the most prosperous economy

that the world has ever known. it is a simple bargain. it says if you work hard, that work should be rewarded. it says that if you put in enough effort and you take seriously your responsibility, you should be able to find a job to pay the bills, afford a home to call your own, count on health care if you get sick -- [cheers and applause] you should be able to retire with some dignity and respect. after a lifetime of labor. [applause] most important, you should be able to give your kids the kinds of opportunity that allows them to do better than you ever did. [cheers and applause]

that is the american promise. that is the american dream. we knew restoring it would not be easy. it would take more than one year or one term or even one president because we have gone through a decade and that promise was not being kept. we had seen a decade in which incomes and wages were going down even as the cost of health care and going to college are going up. we had seen a decade -- [cheers and applause] -- in which jobs were being set overseas and we turned a surplus into a deficit, ran two board on -- two wars a credit card, all culminating in the worst financial crisis since the great depression. middle-class families who are already getting hammered lost their jobs, their savings, some

lost their homes. the american dream seemed even further out of reach. when i ran for office, i told you there are no quick fixes, there are no easy solutions. i also insisted that if we pull together, we have everything we need to meet our challenge. [cheers and applause] yes, we can. we still have the best workers in the world. the best entrepreneurs in the world. the best scientists, researchers colleges in the world. [cheers and applause] we are still a young nation. we have the greatest diversity in talent and ingenuity. there is a reason why people still want to come here.

no matter what the naysayers say and how dark the other side tries to paint the future during election time, there is not another country on earth that would not trade places with the u.s. [cheers and applause] most of all, the american character has not changed. in fact, during this crisis, we saw how people may have gotten knocked down, but they got right back up. people in their 50's losing their jobs go back to school, get retrained, and find a new one. small-business people keeping their doors open, even if it means them not taking a salary because they understand that their workers have families that are depending on them. we may have gone through tough times, but we are tougher than

tough times. [cheers and applause] that is how we say again on the -- save than four -- saved an ofo industry on the brink collapse. that is how we created for a half million jobs. half a million in manufacturing. we are not there yet. we still have a long way to go because we have to make sure that here in america, the matter what you look like, no matter where you come from, no matter what was your last name is, here in america, you can make it if you try. that is what this campaign is about. that is why i am running for a second term as president. [cheers and applause] [chanting four more years]

now, i have to say this is a choice in this election. we have a particular vision about how to move the country forward. my opponent and his running mate had a different view. -- have a different view. they believe the best way forward is to go right back to old top-down economics that got us here in the first place. >> boo! >> their ideas are pretty simple. they're not hard to explain. they think if we get rid of more regulations on big corporations and big banks, some of which we could not -- we put in place to protect and if we do more tax cuts for the wealthiest americans and somehow prosperity will rain down on all of us. that is their theory. in fact, the centerpiece of my

opponent's entire economic plan is a new five trillion dollar tax cut, a lot of it going to the wealthiest americans. his new running mate -- congressman bryant -- -- congressman ryan - \>> boo! >> people for a plan that will -- he put forward a plan that let governor romney payless than 1% in taxes each year. here's the kicker -- he expects you to pick up the tab. >> boo1 >> this is not my analysis. this is the analysis of the independent folks who analyze tax plans for a living. that is what they do. [laughter] their analysis shows that governor romney's tax plan would raise taxes on middle- class families with children by an average of $2,000. >> boo! >> not to reduce the deficit or grow jobs or invest in

education, but to give another tax cut to folks like him. as governor romney and his running mate, when they are here in new hampshire on monday, asked him if that is fair. ask him how to grow the economy and how it will strengthen the middle class. they have been trying to sell this trickle-down snake oil before. it did not work then. it will not work now. it is not a plan to create jobs. it will not reduce the deficit. it will not move the economy forward. [cheers and applause] it is the wrong direction for america. [cheers and applause] you know, i think they know it is not a very popular idea. you can tell that because now

they're being dishonest about my plans because they cannot sell theirs. they are trying to throw everything at the wall to see what will stick. the latest thing they have been trying is to talk about medicare. you think they would avoid talking about medicare. given the fact that both of them have proposed to voucher rise the medicare system. i guess they figure the best defense is to try to go on offense. in new hampshire, here is we need to know. since i have been in office, have strengthened medicare. [cheers and applause] i have made reforms that have extended the life of the programs that have saved millions of seniors with medicare hundreds of dollars on prescription drugs. [cheers and applause] the only changes to your

benefits that i have made on medicare is that medicare now covers new preventive services like cancer screenings and wellness this is for free. [cheers and applause] governor romney and congressman ryan have a different plan. they want seniors to get a voucher to purchase their own insurance. that could force seniors to pay an extra $6,400 a year for their health care. remember those guys to analyze this for a living? that is their assessment. that does not strengthen medicare. that undoes the very guarantee of medicare. it is the core of the plan written by congressman ryan and endorsed by governor romney. here's the bottom line -- my

plans raise money in medicare by tracking down the fraud and insurance. [cheers and applause] their plan make seniors pay more so they can get another tax cut. to millionaires and billionaires. my plan is our extended the life of medicare by nearly a decade. [cheers and applause] their plan would put medicare on track to be ended as we know it. it will be an entirely different plan. a plan in which you could not count on health care because it would have to be coming out of your pockets. that is a real difference between our plans on medicare. that is the choice in this election. that is why i am running for a second term as president of the united states. and i need your help. [cheers and applause]

four years ago, i promise to cut middle-class taxes. that is exactly what i have done. by a total of about $3,600 for the typical family. [cheers and applause] just like we have a difference on medicare, we have a difference on taxes. right now, i want to keep them where they are for the first $250,000 of everybody's income. if your family makes under $250,000, which that includes 98% of americans, that is you. [laughter] 97% of small businesses, you will not see your income taxes increase by a single die next year.

-- a single dime next year. [cheers and applause] if you are fortunate enough to be in the other 2%, you will still keep your tax cut on the first $250,000 to make. that is a pretty good deal. all we're asking is for folks like you who made more than $250,000 per year, we are asking you contribute more above $250,000 a weekend pay down this -- so we can pay down this deficit and invest in things like making college more affordable, making sure our teachers are not getting laid off, making sure everyone is there to respond to emergencies. making sure our economy booms. keep in mind asking the wealthy to pay more does not eliminate our deficit. we will still have to make sure the government does its part by cutting away all of the spending we do not need. i have are to cut one trillion dollars in spending.

we cannot just reduce our deficit and debt by gutting education and research and development and infrastructure. all we are asking -- go back to the rates we paid under bill clinton. which was a time when we created nearly 23 million new jobs, the biggest budget surplus in history. and a whole bunch of millionaires. [cheers and applause] i am getting all fired up. [cheers and applause] i want to explain that this is not just good for middle-class families and working families. it is good for everybody because what happens when a police officer or a firefighter or a

teacher or construction worker or reception -- what happens when they have more money in their pockets? they spend it on basic necessities. maybe they go out and finally after 10 years by a new car. maybe they buy a new computer for their kid going to college. that means business has more customers. that means businesses are making more profit. that means businesses are hiring more workers who have more money to spend, which make businesses do even better. that is how you grow an economy, not from the top down, but from the middle out. or bottom up. that is the choice. that is why i am running for president for a second term. [cheers and applause] on issue after issue, the choice would not be clear -- my auto industry was on the verge of

collapse it romney wanted to try to go bankrupt. i said a billion dollars, let us spend it on american manufacturing and workers and three and a half years later, the american auto industry has come back. [cheers and applause] governor romney likes to tout his private sector experience, even though a lot of it was investing in companies that were called pioneers in the business of outsourcing manufacturing jobs. >> boo1 >> he wants to keep giving tax breaks to companies that ship jobs overseas. i want to give tax breaks to companies who are investing here in new hampshire, the u.s., hiring american workers to make american products, the seller on the world. -- that sell around the world. that is the difference in this election. [cheers and applause]

dela romney things clean energy is imaginary. since i took office, we have double the use of renewable energy. like wind and solar. thousands of americans have good jobs because of it. it is not imaginary. it is real. we have to stop giving $4 billion per year in taxpayer subsidies to big oil companies that are making plenty of profit. we have to use that money to help american homes -- american energy that has never been more promising. that is the choice in this election. [cheers and applause] int 2008, i promised i would end the war in iraq. we did. [cheers and applause] i said we would go after al qaeda and osama bin laden. we did. [cheers and applause]

we now are transitioning so that afghans take more responsibility for their security and we can bring our troops home. [cheers and applause] all of these things we did only because of the incredible courage and dedication and patriotism of our men and women in uniform. [cheers and applause] that is why we have made investments in the va because i believe anybody who has fought for america should not have to fight for a job when they come home. should not have to fight for the benefits they have earned. [chanting usa] we could not be more proud of them. we want them to return to a

strong economy, which means that after a decade of war, it is time to do some nation- building here at home. [cheers and applause] let us create a better -- veterans job group. let us take some of the savings from war to rebuild our roads and our bridges and our schools all across america. increase broadband lines and wireless networks that can make us more competitive. let us put construction workers back to work. that helps everybody. that will help america be strong for decades to come. that is the choice in this election. that is what is at stake. [cheers and applause] i want to make sure that we have got the best place in the world.

-- the best education and the world. i want to help school districts hire the best teachers, especially in math and science. i want to give to million more americans the chance to go to community colleges and learn the skills of businesses right now. i want colleges and universities to bring their tuition down because in the 21st century, our young people have to be able to get a college education, a higher education. it is not a luxury. it is a necessity. that is the choice of this election. [cheers and applause] yes, a hampshire, i am running again because i still believe that nobody should go broke because they get sick. [cheers and applause] i am kind of fond of the term obamacare. i do care. that is why we passed the law.

that is why six and a half million young people can stay on their parents' plan now. that is why seniors are seeing discounts in prescription drugs. that is why families who have got somebody with a pre- existing conditions can now get health care. it was the right thing to do. a free court has spoken. -- the supreme court has spokenwe are not going backwards. . we are going forward. [cheers and applause] we are not going back to the day when serving the country you love depend on who you love. we ended do not ask to do not tell. we are not going back. we are not going back to the days when women did not have control of their own health care choices. we are going forward. we are not going back. [cheers and applause]

on issue after issue, there is a choice. all of these issues, manufacturing, health care, education, all of these things tie together because it is part of what makes up a middle-class life and creates opportunity for people to get into the middle class. that is what we believe in. that is what we are fighting for. that is how the economy grows. that is what we learn from our parents and grandparents and our great-grandparents'. some came here as immigrants. they were working hard, overcoming obstacles, understanding that in america, not only can you do better, but your future generations can do better. that is what is at stake in this election. that is why i am running for a second term as president. [cheers and applause]

let me say this -- let me close by saying this. over the next three months, you will see more negative advertisements then you have ever seen in your life. these folks on the other side are writing $10 million checks. basically, their argument is the same one over and over again. the economy is not where it should be and is obama's fall. they know their own plan does not fit. all they will try to do is hope that if they can tap into people's anxiety, that they will win, even though what they are selling will not work. what they are selling is not a plan to create jobs or reduce the deficit. it is not a plan to revive the middle class. they are counting on outspending us to win. here is the good news.

i have been counted out before and i have been outspent before. what i have learned and you guys have helped teach this to me, is that when the american people cut through the nonsense, when you focus on what is important, when you are reminded of what values built this country, when you remember that we are in this together and you affirm the basic american notion that everybody in this country gets a fair shot and everybody should do their fair share and everybody should play by the same set of rules, when you are focused on the things that make us a great country, we do not lose. you will help get us there. we have too many more jobs that we have to create. to many more teachers we have to hire. two -- too many people who need to go to college. too many people that need to come home. more energy we have to generate. more opportunity we have to open up to everybody.

if you are willing to stand with me and fight with me and make phone calls with me and not on doors with me, if you are willing to vote for me, we will win new hampshire. we will win this election. we will finish what we started a round the world. we are the united states of america. god bless you. god bless the united states of america. [cheers and applause] ♪ [captioning performed by national captioning institute]

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>> watch the republican national convention. coming up next, "washington journal." followed by "newsmakers." later, americans for tax reform president grover norquist will talk about taxes and foreign policy. next "washington journal, on" netiquette look at the presidential race. then in geoffrey bell, the former policy adviser to ronald reagan will talk about his new book. and the county -- and the carnegie endowment for peace. "washington journal"