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That Is The America Which Stands Not In Pursuit Of An Axis Of Evil, But Which Is Itself At The Axis Of Hope And Faith And Peace And Freedom.

Let Us Today Seek To Find That Place Within Each Of Us Where Dreams Are Made, Where Our Highest Aspirations Take Shape. Let Us Confirm The Power Of Our Humanity By Giving Architecture And Substance To The Dreams We Have For Our Nation, So That The Promised Land Of Social And Economic Justice That Is Within Our Dreams Will Soon Be Within Our Sight.

When You Consider That A Steelworker Who's Making $40,000 A Year Has Virtually The Same Tax Burden As Someone Who's Making $400,000 A Year, You See That There Are Inequities. This Administration Has Used The Tax Code To Accelerate Wealth To The Top. Most Of The Tax Breaks Have Gone To People In The Top Bracket.

Utilities Used Deregulation To Effect A Series Of Mergers Limiting Competition. In Order To Accelerate Profits, Cost Cutting Ensued, Involving The Layoff Of Thousands Of Utility Company Employees, Including Some Who Were Responsible For Maintenance Of Generation, Transmission, And Distribution Systems. A Number Of Investor-owned Utilities Stopped Investing In The Maintenance And Repair Of Their Own Equipment, And, Instead, Cut Costs To Enhance The Value Of Their Stock Rather Than Spending Money To Enhance The Value Of Their Service.

Peace Is Not Just The Absence Of War, It Is The Active Presence Of A Capacity For Love And Compassion, And Reciprocity. It Is An Awareness That Our Lives Are Not To Be Lived Simply For Ourselves Through Expressing Our Individuality, But We Confirm The Purpose Of Our Lives Through The Work Of Expressing Our Shared Sense Of Community In A Purposeful And Practical Way; To Sustain Our Own Lives We Sustain The Lives Of Others - In Family, In A Community Of Neighborhoods Called A City, And In A Community Of Nations Called The World.