Subject: Re: Topper for New Hampshire
From: Dan Schwerin <[email-masked]>
To: Robby Mook <[email-masked]>
Cc: John Podesta <[email-masked]>, Jennifer Palmieri <[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]>, Ethan Gelber <[email-masked]>, Corey Ciorciari <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 19 Apr 2015 15:46:06 -0400

Based on Iowa experience, she'll use it as a guide but stay reasonably
close.

On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 3:42 PM, Robby Mook <[email-masked]> wrote:

> These are TPs that she will use as a guide or is she going to deliver this
> as written?
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> On Sun, Apr 19, 2015 at 2:53 PM, Dan Schwerin <
> [email-masked]> wrote:
>
>> 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?
>>
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>> *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.
>>
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