talk to the construction worker i met from maldon, massachusetts, who went nine months without finding work. talk to the head of a manufacturing company in franklin trying to protect jobs, but worried about rising costs. talk to the student in wooster who worked hard to finish his degree and now he's drowning in debt. their fight is my fight. and it's barack obama's fight, too. that's right. yes. people feel like the system is rigged against them. and here's the painful part. they're right. the system is rigged. look around. oil companies guzzle down billions in profits. billionaires pay lower tax rates than their secretaries. and wall street ceos, the same one to wreck our economy and destroy millions of jobs, still strut around congress, no shame, demanding favorites and acting like we should thank them. does anyone here have a problem with that? i do, too. i do, too. i talked to small business owners all across massachusetts. and not one of them, not one made big bucks from the risky bets that brought down our economy. i talked to nurses and programmers, salespeople and firefighters