to our problems. government has to be lean and its efficient. we believe in individual initiatives, but we also believe in the words of abraham lincoln that government should do what the people what they cannot do better for themselves. . . [applause] if the other side gets the keys, they say they want to get a tax cut to the top 2% millionaires and billionaires. they do not have the money. the only way to pay for it is to borrow money from china. they want to cut education by 20%. think about this. we are in the 21st century where everybody knows that the country that educates their people the best is better. do you think china is cutting education by 20%? they are not playing for second place. neither does the united states of america. we play for first place. [applause] that is why harry reid and deana and shelly, that is why democrats in congress helped to take away tens of billions of dollars that were going in unwarranted subsidies to banks and shifted those to find c