The most important message, I guess I would tell you, though, is what I tell my daughters, which is that America remains a country where if you work hard and you don't give up and you are persistent, you can succeed.
Or will we be a place where if you work hard, you can get ahead no matter who you are or how you started out?
Or will we be a place where if you work hard, you can get ahead, no matter who you are, no matter how you started out?
This week, I spent some time traveling across Iowa talking with folks about rebuilding an economy where if you work hard, you and your family can get ahead.
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Today, the Department of Labor is working to restore the basic bargain that built our country: that no matter what you look like or where you come from, if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead.
For some of you, soccer has always been fun, will always be fun, but sometimes, when you start growing, you get to the point where you really have to work hard.
That basic idea that if you work hard, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, no matter what the circumstances of your birth, if you work hard you can do well enough to raise a family and own a home, send your own kids to college, put a little bit away for retirement.
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At meal's end you may be offered a tour of the kitchen, where you can see the hard work that goes into such gastronomic genius.
This is a town where he and so many of you grew up with a faith in an America where hard work matters.
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And that kind of economic growth, where everybody has opportunity -- if you work hard, you can succeed -- that's what gets a nation moving rapidly when it comes to develop.
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Our goal is to build an economy where hard work and responsibility are rewarded -- where you can find a good job, make a good wage, own your own home, maybe start a business, send your kids to college.
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You remind me that this country is all about folks who work hard and where responsibility pays off, an America where anybody who puts in the effort and plays by the rules can get ahead.
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It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country -- the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, or who you love.
It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this country - the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities, you can get ahead, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, or who you love.
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