Subject: Topper for New Hampshire
From: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
To: John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[email-masked]>, Robby Mook <[email-masked]>, Kristina Schake <[email-masked]>, Nick Merrill <[email-masked]>, Jake Sullivan <[email-masked]>, Huma Abedin <[email-masked]>, Josh Schwerin <[email-masked]>, Jesse Ferguson <[email-masked]>
Cc: Ethan Gelber <[email-masked]>, Corey Ciorciari <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 14:53:16 -0400

Here's what I'm thinking for NH topper.  Took some of her language from the
Fruit Company transcript, added in the bowling alley story and NH specific
stats. Thoughts?

*HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON*

*REMARKS AT WHITNEY BROTHERS*

*KEENE, NEW HAMPSHIRE*

*MONDAY, APRIL 20, 2015*

I’m delighted to be here at Whitney Brothers, a great family-owned and
operated small business in the classic New Hampshire tradition.  I just had
a chance to see some of the high-quality, high-skilled work here, marrying
new technology with 100 years of dedication and craftsmanship.

And of course I love that you’re designing furniture specifically for the
needs of our youngest children and their parents.  When I had Chelsea, a
crib was just a crib.  But today, as I’ve learned since my granddaughter
was born, so much more care and expertise goes into everything for our
babies.  So thank you for being pioneers in an area that’s so important to
every new family.

I wanted to come here on my first day in New Hampshire because small
businesses like Whitney Brothers are the backbone of this state’s economy
and a key to jumpstarting growth and innovation across our country.  [Small
businesses employ more than half of all of New Hampshire’s private sector
workers – and they create two out of every three new jobs in the state.]

When I was growing up, my father ran a small business in Chicago – and I
mean very small.  He printed fabric for draperies and then he went out and
sold them.  Sometimes he could hire a few day laborers to help, sometimes
my mom and my brothers and I pitched in.  But mostly he was doing
everything himself.  He was a real waste-not want-not, pay-as-you-go, no
complaining kind of guy.  So I learned early on just how tough it is to
make a business like this work.

I’m sure you all have your own stories and experiences about this.  When I
was in Iowa last week, a young man told me about what it was like trying to
buy the bowling alley where he had worked as a teenager.

He had experience, talent, a college degree, and a plan to build a great
business.  But he also had a lot of student debt.  Not because he was
irresponsible and living beyond his means.  Because he did was he was
supposed to do.  He got an education.  He invested in his own future.  But
all the banks saw was debt.  So it was a real struggle.

And that’s the opposite of what we want to see in this country – which is
more young people being able to start businesses, create jobs, and live
their dreams.

Here in New Hampshire and across our country, Americans have come back from
tough economic times.  Our economy and our country are in much better shape
because families did whatever it took to make it work.

Unemployment is down, and in most places homes are worth something real
again.  Americans are starting to think about the future again.  Going back
to school.  Changing jobs.  Starting a business.  Doing the right things to
get ahead.

But as that young man in Iowa experienced, all the breaks still seem to go
to those already at the top.  There’s something wrong when it’s so easy for
big corporations to get a tax break but so hard for small businesses to get
a loan.

America ranks 46th in the world in how hard it is to start a new business.
We should be number one.  It takes longer to start a business in the United
State than in France.

Now, New Hampshire is one of the best places in the country to start a
business.  You’ve got fewer onerous regulations that defy commonsense, like
excessive occupational licensing that keeps young people from entering new
fields.  And your terrific governor, Maggie Hassan, created a program to
help people who lost their jobs in the recession get back on their feet and
start new businesses.  That’s an idea we should be looking at expanding
across the country.

So I want to hear directly from all of you about your own experiences and
your own dreams -- about the obstacles and the successes that you’ve
encountered and what we can do to help more small businesses thrive.

I’m running for President because you and Americans everywhere need a
champion.  And I want to be that champion.  So you can do more than just
get by -- you can get ahead and stay ahead.  And starting a small business
seems less like a gamble and more like an opportunity.

I’m taking on four big fights:

First, we need to build an economy for tomorrow, instead of yesterday,
where being middle class means something again.  And that starts right here
with small businesses like Whitney Brothers, creating good jobs and helping
people get ahead.

Second, we need to strengthen our families and communities, because when
families are strong, America is strong.

Third, it’s time to fix our broken political system.  I want to get things
done, so I’ll work with anyone who has a good idea.  But I’ll also take on
the powerful forces trying to take us backwards.  We need to get rid of all
the unaccountable money, even if it takes a constitutional amendment.

Fourth, I’ll protect our country from the threats that we see, and the ones
that are on the horizon.

All four of these fights will put us up against some pretty powerful
opposition.  But I’ve spent my whole life fighting for children, for
families, standing up for America.  And I think people know... I don’t
quit.

For me, this really is about doing everything I can to make sure that every
child -- not just my grandchild, but every child -- has a chance to live up
to his or her God-given potential.  That’s what I was raised to believe by
my church and my family, and that’s what I’ll be fighting for in this
campaign.

I’m going to work my heart out to earn every vote -- starting with yours.

Thank you for helping me start this campaign here in New Hampshire.  Now,
I’m eager to hear from you how these challenges are impacting your lives
and your businesses, to share some of my ideas, to ask you some questions,
and to answer some of yours.