The good news is we can fix the problem if we act soon enough.
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But we also believe that we will all be stronger, all be safer, all be more secure if we act together.
Remind us that if we act as one nation, and one people, we have it within our power to meet this challenge.
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If we act now, all of this will happen this year.
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If we act as patriots, I have no doubt that we can make tough but acceptable changes to our budget that will ensure that we remain the greatest country in the history of history.
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These are just the top-priority items and I am giving you one example in each of the areas to illustrate that if we act now, we can make a significant difference to stop this downward spiral.
If we act in these areas -- minimum wage, family leave, child care, health care and the safety of our children -- we will begin to meet our generation's historic responsibility to strengthen our families for the 21st century.
And so our goal with this Nuclear Security Summit has always been to be very specific, concrete, around a set of issues that if we act with some deliberateness, can actually enhance everybody's security and should not be controversial.
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If we act as role models and mentors to women coming up in the company, let them know when they are on the right track AND when they are off course, and fight FOR high potentials when it comes to promotion time, we can eventually fill more executive positions with deserving women.
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So we are totally consumed with making this work, under the premise that now is the time to act and if we do act now we can achieve our renewable energy portfolio goals in an economically viable way.
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"The judge-led inquiry will, of course, during the course of a year, produce some ideas about what we should do - and then I think if we can act on it on a cross-party basis. as we did last week in the House of Commons, all the better, " he said.
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Experts from across the political spectrum warned that if we did not act, we might face a second depression.
But we knew -- we also knew this: If we were willing to act wisely and with unity, and if we were persistent and we stayed at it, if we were willing to roll up our sleeves, if we were determined not to quit, then we could come back stronger than before.
If we allow that tax cut to expire -- if we refuse to act -- middle-class families will get hit with a tax increase at the worst possible time.
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Recently, more than half a million jobless claims were filed, the highest in 18 years--and if we do not act swiftly and boldly, most experts now believe that we could lose millions of jobs next year.
But it is the reason, frankly, why if we do have to act, we should do so with a clear conscience.
That's why we sing, even if it's just in the shower. (Laughter.) It's why we act, even if we never get past the school auditorium.
But it is not a singular priority, it is one of a host of priorities that he believes we can act on if we work together.
If we fail to act, our youth without skills may increasingly weaken our societies.
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And we knew that if we failed to act, then things were only going to get much worse.
If we fail to act, youth without skills will increasingly shape our societies.
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Let me end by reviewing the scale of the peril that we are facing if we fail to act.
The CBO estimates this could climb to 200 percent by 2040 if we do not act decisively to prevent it.
Businesses that would see their costs rise if we do not act will save money now, and they will save money in the future.
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If we do not act, they will continue to do this.
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There are no arguments that can avoid the basic truth that if we fail to act, it will have devastating consequences for our jobs and our economy.
The second issue is that if we continue to act in a socially uninformed and uninspired manner, some of our new social enterprises may suffer the same fate that took down so many e-businesses at the beginning of this century.
Now we are inclined to act as if we always understood and approved of a world instilled with new innovation.
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