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They are anxious about their futures, and feel their dreams slipping away; in an era of stagnant wages and global competition, opportunity comes to be seen as a zero sum game, in which your dreams come at my expense. I saw it firsthand as a child in Indonesia, where devout Christians worshiped freely in an overwhelmingly Muslim country.
The people I meet - in small towns and big cities, in diners and office parks - they don't expect government to solve all their problems. And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy - wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and five million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced. As a young man, I worked in Chicago communities where many found dignity and peace in their Muslim faith. We were born out of revolution against an empire. In Turkey, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Indonesia, we have seen Muslim-majority countries elect a woman to lead.
It will be hard to overcome decades of mistrust, but we will proceed with courage, rectitude and resolve. On education, we will expand exchange programs, and increase scholarships, like the one that brought my father to America, while encouraging more Americans to study in Muslim communities.
They're telling me that their conversation about what it means to be Catholic continues. No health care? The market will fix it. They could've heard words of anger and discord. The situation in Afghanistan demonstrates America's goals, and our need to work together.
There is real evil and hardship and pain and suffering in the world and we should be humble in our belief that we can eliminate them. Part of this conviction is rooted in my own experience.
Thank you.