3: Togetherness
Greater Together Strengthening the American Community Protecting Rights and Freedoms Ensuring Safety and Quality of Life Other Information:
As Americans, we are bound together by more than nationality or geography. We are bound by a shared set of ideals and values
rooted in the notion that we are greater together; that our collective efforts produce something better than the sum of our
individual actions; and that together, rather than divided, we can overcome the greatest challenges that come our way. The
path to restoring middle class security is through the basic values that made our country great. We are a nation that says
anyone can make it if you try—no matter who you are, where you come from, or what you look like. We know that America is strongest
when everybody has a seat at the table and when the same rules apply to everyone, from Main Street to Wall Street. Republicans
like Mitt Romney want to turn back the clock on the progress we've made, telling people whom they can marry, restricting women's
access to birth control coverage, and going back to the same economic policies that benefited the wealthy but crashed our
economy. Their narrow vision is of an America where everyone is left to fend for themselves and the powerful can write their
own rules. Ours is a vision of a big, compassionate America where everyone who works hard has the chance to get ahead—not
just those already at the very top. It's a vision that says everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and
everyone engages in fair play. It's a vision that says we prosper when we realize that we are all in it together and stand
united as a nation without dividing or excluding people.
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