know and you know that jill is right when she says any country that outcompetes us, excuse me, outeducates us will outcompete us. that's just a naked fact of life. the days are gone, the days are gone and it's good for the world, the days are gone when we were the only country who had universal education for over 100 years. everybody else is getting in the game, as they should. it's good for them, it's good for humanity, it's good for their country, it's good for competition and it's good for us. folks, isn't what it comes down to creating an economy where everyone has a chance, where the poor have a way up, where the middle class can live with security and dream that their children can even do more and where those who take great risk and have great imagination can reap even greater rewards? that's what i thought the system was about. we have a fundamentally different view as to how to accomplish that than governor romney and his friends do. he believes that the system continues to reward those at the very top, make sure that those at the very top have the greatest opportunities, that somehow

other make it in america legislation we have already introduced, these measures will help us invest in outeducating, innovating and building our competitors. all indicators agree that manufacturing is ready to take off and carry other sectors of our economy with it. it just needs a good push and a partnership. make it in america is just the push our manufactureering sector needs. and it is a strategy all americans can agree on. in fact, when polling data is done and people are asked what you think is a good strategy and made in america or make it in america offers an alternative, over 85% of americans say yes that is what we need to do if we are going to remain competitive in this century ahead. of course as i have said many times before, congress must work concurrently on achieving a big solution to the deficits and debt that confront us. if we are going to afford the investments contained in our make it in america plan our continued competitiveness is dependent on congress and our country acting with courage and determination to address our fiscal challenges. namely, the fiscal cliff looming at t