I propose a new prosperity initiative that reflects the spirit of Lincoln's reforms, a plan to remove obstacles on the road to the middle class. You see, instead of helping people cope with their need, we will help them move beyond it. We must provide a family health credit that covers 90 percent of the cost of basic health policy for low-income families. We must make it possible for more people to become homeowners in this great land, to own a part of the American dream. I believe in private property so strongly I want everybody to have some.
Education helps the young.
Empowerment lifts the able. Government can spend money, but it cannot put hope in someone's heart or a sense of purpose in someone's life. This is done by caring communities, by churches and charities that serve their neighbors because they love their god. Every day they prove that our worst problems are not hopeless or endless. Every day they perform miracles of renewal.