00:00There's one more, and then you can. Now, Mr. Byte.
00:05Thank you very much. I'm proud to be with these six other people up here. We agree much
00:13more than we disagree. I was trying to think how I'd close here today, and it seems to
00:18me there's two things that come through very clearly. Number one, the United States economy
00:24has to be revitalized, not just for the sake of America, but for the sake of the whole
00:28world. We are the world's last, best hope. If our economy fades, will Japan take over
00:36the protection of the free world? Will our European allies do that? The answer is clearly
00:41no. We must succeed not only for ourselves, but for the world.
00:45The second point that comes clear to me is that the Democratic Party, the Democratic
00:50Party has always stood for growth and for hope, and somehow that's been lost for a while
00:55in the minds of the public and maybe even among those of us in the party. And I started
00:59thinking as I was coming over here, why is it that Joe Biden is the first in his family
01:06ever to go to a university? Why is it that my wife who's sitting out there in the audience
01:11is the first in her family to ever go to college? Is it because our fathers and mothers were
01:17not bright? Is it because I'm the first Biden in a thousand generations to get a college
01:22and a graduate degree that I was smarter than the rest? Those same people who read poetry
01:28and wrote poetry and taught me how to sing verse? Is it because they didn't work hard?
01:35My ancestors who worked in the coal mines in northeast Pennsylvania didn't come up after
01:3812 hours and play football for four hours? No, it's not because they weren't as smart.
01:44It's not because they didn't work as hard. It's because they didn't have a platform upon
01:49which to stand. That's what my party's always been about. We provide people a platform upon
01:56which to stand. That's what government is for. And ladies and gentlemen, there's an
02:01old communion hymn in my church and it goes like this. It says, and he will raise you
02:06up on eagle's wings and bear you on the breath of dawn and make the sun to shine on you.
02:12It's time to build a platform upon which we can raise America up on eagle's wings and
02:17bring a breath of a new dawn over parts of America that have been left behind and shed
02:21light on people who need our help. This is an exciting time to be in our business and
02:27no better time to be president. I hope you'll consider me. Thank you very much.
02:31And that concludes the Economics for America debate. Now you can let go. Show the candidates
02:39who do appreciate the fact that they were here, took part in this debate.
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