The future of America’s rural economy--> Hillary's speech in Iowa today

Hillary will follow through on her words to the best of her ability. That I know.




https://medium.com/@HillaryClinton/the-future-of-america-s-rural-economy-5176e6201777

The future of America’s rural economy



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....................I have set two big goals for our clean energy future:

Half a billion solar panels within four years and enough energy production from renewables to power every home in America within 10 years. That will create jobs, it will grow our economy — it will especially grow the rural economy, and it will help us meet the challenge of climate change — which poses an acute threat to everyone, but particularly the livelihood of farm communities through droughts and other extreme weather. But it’s only going to be possible if rural states like Iowa lead the way. Already you’re producing roughly a third of your total electricity from renewables, especially wind and biofuels. If Iowa can do it — I say this all over the country — so can the rest of the America.

We need to strengthen the Renewable Fuel Standard so that it drives the development of advanced biofuels and expands the overall contribution that renewable fuels make to our national fuel supply.

And we should also double our investment in loan guarantee programs that help rural communities build the processing plants and convert agriculture and landfill waste into useful products. Projects like that are already supporting millions of good jobs, and with the right incentives, they can create even more.

As we were going through the machine shop and meeting some of the young people, Tom told me one of those Vilsack facts — everybody who knows him knows he has a head full of really interesting facts. Every wind turbine requires 8,800 parts. Just making the parts, like we saw in the classroom, would employ a lot of people. In fact President Denson told me he got 135 calls from businesses in the area wanting to hire tool-and-die makers..................................



................In small towns and big cities; young, old, black, white, Latino; our country should work for you and every American… for the struggling, the striving, and the successful… for the farmer who’s up before dawn and never quits… for the migrant worker who labors in the shadow of deportation… for the engineer building a wind turbine to power our future… for the young person who wants to stay in town and keep the family business going. For everyone who’s ever been knocked down, but refused to be knocked out. That’s the America that we are going to build together, and it will include rural America.

That is my pledge to all of you. Thank you very much.



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