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We have increased oil production to the highest levels in 16 years.

Natural gas production is the highest it's been in decades.

We've also got to look to the future.

We've got potentially 600,000 jobs and 100 years worth of energy right beneath our feet with natural gas.

So where'd the increase come from?

I was in coal country.

I'll get America and North America energy independent.

We're going to bring that pipeline in from Canada.

How much did you cut them by?

I'm happy to answer the question.

Production on government land of oil is down 14 percent.

And production on gas --

And coal, coal production is not up; coal jobs are not up.

I don't think the American people believe that.

And we need to win that future.

And I intend to win it as President of the United States.

Why am I lowering taxes on the middle-class?

And I will not, under any circumstances increase taxes on the middle-class.

A recent study has shown the people in the middle-class will see $4,000.00 per year in higher taxes as a result of the spending and borrowing of this administration.

Actually it was a town hall, and I said I would cut taxes for middle- class families, and that's what I've done, by $3,600.00.

It will be good for our economy and it will be good for job creation.

I think that grows the economy.

I think what grows the economy is when we make sure small businesses are getting a tax credit for hiring veterans who fought for our country.

The top 5 percent will continue to pay 60 percent, as they do today.

We don't have to live like this.

Along with what he also wants to do in terms of eliminating the estate tax, along what he wants to do in terms of corporates, changes in the tax code, it costs about $5 trillion.

Well, Katherine, that's a great question.

And, you know, I was raised by a single mom who had to put herself through school while looking after two kids.

I was proud of the fact that after I staffed my Cabinet and my senior staff, that the University of New York in Albany did a survey of all 50 states, and concluded that mine had more women in senior leadership positions than any other state in America.

She said, I can't be here until 7 or 8 o'clock at night.

Let's have a flexible schedule so you can have hours that work for you.

In the -- in the last women have lost 580,000 jobs.

I mentioned 31/2 million women, more now in poverty than four years ago.

An economy that has 23 million people looking for work is not a strong economy.

Governor Romney not only opposed it, he suggested that in fact employers should be able to make the decision as to whether or not a woman gets contraception through her insurance coverage.

And I've got two daughters and I want to make sure that they have the same opportunities that anybody's sons have.

And I appreciate that question.

The time -- the time...

Let me come back and -- and answer your question.

President Bush and I are -- are different people and these are different times and that's why my five point plan is so different than what he would have done.

He was right, but then he put in place deficits twice that size for every one of his four years.

I know how to make that happen.

We were losing 800,000 jobs a month when I started.

Now, we've seen 30 consecutive -- 31 consecutive months of job growth; 5.2 million new jobs created.

We've brought twice as many cases against unfair trading practices than the previous administration and we've won every single one that's been decided.

Well, in fact we saved 1,000 jobs.

But the last point I want to make is this.

He said that by now we'd have unemployment at 5.4 percent.

The entire record is such that the unemployment has not been reduced in this country.

The unemployment, the number of people who are still looking for work, is still 23 million Americans.

Yeah, in the Reagan recession where unemployment hit 10.8 percent, between that period -- the end of that recession and the equivalent of time to today, Ronald Reagan's recovery created twice as many jobs as this president's recovery.

And that record shows he just hasn't been able to cut the deficit, to put in place reforms for Medicare and Social Security to preserve them, to get us the rising incomes we need.

Median income is down $4,300 a family and 23 million Americans out of work.

Thank you for your question.

But first of all, this is a nation of immigrants.

I want it to be streamlined.

I want it to be clearer.

We should make sure our legal system works.

There are 4 million people who are waiting in line to get here legally.

So I will not grant amnesty to those who have come here illegally.

I mean we're just a few miles away from Ellis Island.

Number two, we do have to deal with our border so we put more border patrol on the -- any time in history and the flow of undocumented works across the border is actually lower than it's been in 40 years.

He was asked this on Univision the other day.

Mr. President, I'm still speaking.

Mr. President, let me finish.

I do want to make sure that -- I do want to make sure that we just understand something.

And we want to encourage that.

Thank you Kerry for your question, it's an important one.

And today there's a memorial service for one of those that was lost in this tragedy.

Syria -- Syria's not just a tragedy of 30,000 civilians being killed by a military, but also a strategic -- strategically significant player for America.

Can you say that a little louder, Candy?

The ambassador of the United Nations went on the Sunday television shows and spoke about how --

I'm happy to have a longer conversation --

But -- but it'll -- it'll -- it'll be...

OK. We need to create jobs here.

And both Governor Romney and I agree actually that we should lower our corporate tax rate.

The way we're going to create jobs here is not just to change our tax code, but also to double our exports.

And we are on pace to double our exports, one of the commitments I made when I was president.

We can compete with anyone in the world as long as the playing field is level.

We will have to have people play on a fair basis, that's number one.

Thank you, and that's an opportunity for me, and I appreciate it.

I want 100 percent of the American people to have a bright and prosperous future.

I care about our kids.

I will get us on track to a balanced budget.

I believe that the free enterprise system is the greatest engine of prosperity the world's ever known.

And I want to fight for them.

Well, Alan (ph), thank you very much for the question.

And, in fact, we just found out that AIG, a company that got a bailout, just a week after they got help went on a $400,000 junket.

The middle-class need a rescue package.

And then long-term we've got to fix our health care system, we've got to fix our energy system that is putting such an enormous burden on families.

And, Alan (ph), thank you for your question.

You go to the heart of America's worries tonight.

It's our job to fix the problem.

Now, I have a plan to fix this problem and it has got to do with energy independence.

We have to keep Americans' taxes low.

Let's not raise taxes on anybody today.

We've got to have a package of reforms and it has got to lead to reform prosperity and peace in the world.

And we've got to give some trust and confidence back to America.

But I think the first criteria, Tom, would have to be somebody who immediately Americans identify with, immediately say, we can trust that individual.

She knows how to create jobs.