e for ourselves， but that we also rise or fall as one nation； the fundamental belief that I am my brother s keeper； I am my sister s keeper.

That s the promise we need to keep. That s the change we need right now. So let me spell out exactly what that change would mean if I am President.

Change means a tax code that doesn t reward the lobbyists who wrote it， but the American workers and small businesses who deserve it.

Unlike John McCain， I will stop giving tax breaks to corporations that ship jobs overseas， and I will start giving them to companies that create good jobs right here in America.

I will eliminate capital gains taxes for the small businesses and the start？ups that will create the high？wage， high？tech jobs of tomorrow.

I will cut taxes cut taxes for 95% of all working families. Because in an economy like this， the last thing we should do is raise taxes on the middle？class.

And for the sake of our economy， our security， and the future of our planet， I will set a clear goal as President： in ten years， we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.

Washington s been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years， and John McCain has been there for twenty？six of them. In that time， he s said no to higher fuel？efficiency standards for cars， no to investments in renewable energy， no to renewable fuels. And today， we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office.

Now is the time to end this addiction， and t