welcome governor tim pawlenty. [applause] >> thank you, jim. thank you judy gallup organization for hosting this event. i have a bone to pick with gen. he brought up my l-faded presidential campaign. it was painful and brief. in fact, it was so brief like to say it lasted more briefly than a marriage. i am delighted to be here. delighted to be with my friend, john hope bryant, and i love minnesota. we are proud of it. it is a modest state. we don't brag about our performance too much. we are all the land of 10,000 lakes. we actually have 15,000 lakes, but we just say 10,000 on our license plates because we don't want to be accused of overstating the case has midwesterners. would like to finish up my career in chicago because of a sellout politics even after i die i want to keep my political career active there by voting, but beyond all of that let me talk to you about why we are here tonight, and that is because of financial literacy and empowerment and the cause of getting more opportunity economically for our nation's. in john's but he has a very salient point amongst others. 7 billion people in the world, 2 billion jobs. that is o