Barack Obama believes we can't afford to keep doing what we're doing
Barack Obama was raised by a single mother and his grandparents. They didn't have much money, but they taught him values from the Kansas heartland where they grew up. He took out loans to put himself through school. After college, he worked for Christian churches in Chicago, helping communities devastated when steel plants closed.
• We owe our children and our country a better future. That's what this campaign is all about: coming together to bring change to America. • It's not change when John McCain stands with George Bush 95% of the time, as he did in the Senate last year. McCain offers four more years of Bush economic policies that have failed working people.
Obama turned down lucrative job offers after law school to return to Chicago, leading a successful voter registration drive. He joined a small law firm, taught constitutional law and, guided by his Christian faith, stayed active in his community. Obama and his wife Michelle are proud parents of two daughters, Sasha and Malia.
• McCain promises to continue a policy in Iraq that asks everything of our brave men and women in uniform and nothing of Iraqi politicians, costs billions of dollars a month and doesn't make us safer.
In the Illinois Senate, Barack worked to provide healthcare to 170,000 children and families, pass landmark ethics reforms, and move people from welfare to the workforce. Knowing how hard families work to make ends meet, Obama passed a historic minimum wage hike, won tax cuts for middle-class families, and protected workers from overtime pay cuts. And Obama was one of the few politicians who had the judgment and courage to speak out against the war in Iraq before it started.
Barack Obama will deliver real change • Change is building an economy that rewards work, not just wealth. Obama will end the tax breaks for big corporations and give them to the middle class instead. • Change is rebuilding our military, refocusing our efforts on al Qaeda, and rallying the world against the threats of the 21st century.
In the U.S. Senate, Obama doesn't just talk about change - he makes it happen. He worked with Republican Senators to pass a law that keeps weapons of mass destruction out of the hands of terrorists. Against opposition from Washington insiders, Obama wrote and passed the toughest crackdown on lobbyists in a generation.
• Obama has a record of bipartisanship. He'll improve our schools and renew our commitment to science and innovation. He understands that fiscal responsibility and shared prosperity can go hand-in-hand.
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