RE: Econ speech

I’m still not sure we have a sound bite here that can get played on TV and it could sound like we have two different ideas in the graf on the defining challenge: Wages need to rise to keep up with costs. Paychecks need to grow. Families need the chance to get ahead and stay ahead. This is the defining economic challenge of our time. Raising incomes for hard-working Americans. Strong and steady income growth that lifts up families and lifts up our country. That will be my mission as President every single day. How about: The defining economic challenge of our time is clear: We must raise incomes for hard-working Americans. We must create strong and steady income growth that lifts up families and lifts up our country and that will be my mission from the first day I’m President to the last. And on the set up line, can we do this: Wages need to rise to keep up with costs. Paychecks need to grow. Families who work hard and do their part deserve to get ahead and stay ahead. Team, after a lot of back and forth with HRC, the attached draft is where we've landed with the econ speech. She's reading it one more time and we're still looking for cuts and small corrections. And here's the Bush sound bite I'd propose: You may have heard Governor Bush say last week that Americans just need to work longer hours. Well, he must not have met very many American workers. Let him tell that to the nurse who stands on her feet all day or the trucker who drives all night. Let him tell that to the fast food workers marching in the streets for better pay. They don’t need a lecture – they need a raise.