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Re: REVISED DRAFT: New riff for Iowa - Fighting for You

From:ha16@hillaryclinton.com To: dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com CC: speechdrafts@hillaryclinton.com, mpaul@hillaryclinton.com, ladams@hillaryclinton.com Date: 2016-01-18 21:19 Subject: Re: REVISED DRAFT: New riff for Iowa - Fighting for You

you know i love you people very much and you are the smartest minds in america but this is LONG. this will be impossible to nail without a podium On Mon, Jan 18, 2016 at 4:21 PM, Dan Schwerin <dschwerin@hillaryclinton.com> wrote: > Thanks for all the feedback. Updated below and attached. Need to get this > to her if we want any prayer of her doing a version of this tonight. So > please send any final thoughts. > Thanks > Dan > > You know why I’m so determined? Because of all of *you*. > > > > I’m fighting for the teachers who lost their jobs because Governor > Branstad vetoed funding for schools. For the child care workers and home > health aides I’ve met who work around the clock taking care of other > people’s families – they shouldn’t need food stamps to take care of their > own. For the children in Flint drinking poisoned water because their > governor doesn’t think their lives matter. > > > > Injustices like that happen every day, big and small, all over our > country. Too often, no one in power knows or cares. Well, I do. And I’m > here to do something about it. > > > > I’m fighting for Brandi, who was laid off in Des Moines six years ago. > She went back to school, worked hard, got her degree. Now she’s a > supervisor in a restaurant, but still only makes $9.50 an hour. That’s not > enough, especially with kids. Someone like Brandi who does everything > right should be able to get ahead – but this economy still isn’t working > for families the way it should. > > > > I’m fighting for Larry, the worried husband I met in Waterloo last month. > His wife Brenda spends hundreds of dollars each month on medicine for > arthritis and osteoporosis. When they see hedge fund tycoons buying drug > companies and raising prices by 4000 percent overnight, they just want to > scream. > > > > You shouldn’t have to scream to be heard. You don’t need promises, you > need results. And we don’t have time for ideas that sound good on paper > but will never make a difference in your life. We need to roll up our > sleeves and actually get Brandi that raise. Stand up to the drug companies > so Larry and Brenda aren’t all alone. Make the economy work for the > struggling, the striving, and the successful. > > > > A lot of people have lost faith in our ability to solve problems in this > country. But this is America, and I know we can do this. Here’s how: > > > > We have to fight for more *fairness* in this country. Stop big > corporations and the super-wealthy from gaming the tax system. Start > raising the minimum wage and guaranteeing equal pay for women. > > > > But we can’t stop there. We also need more *growth* and *opportunity.* > We have to invest in advanced manufacturing so we’re making and building > things *here*, not somewhere else. Create the clean energy jobs of the > future—because it’s going to be China or Germany or us, and I want it to be > us. Make it easier to start and grow small businesses. And for heaven’s > sake, give the middle class a raise. Because America grows when *your* > paycheck grows. > > > > We can get this done. I know what it takes to stand up to powerful forces > and win. I know how to make real progress in people’s lives -- because > I’ve been doing it my whole life. And I’m just getting warmed up. > > > > Iowa, I’m listening you. I’m fighting for you. And I’m going to deliver. > > > > Now let me tell you more about why this election matters and what I’d do > as President… > > > 515 words >