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The fact is that our business is fundamentally really strong. We have a platform and a depth that no one in the tech industry has. This means we have competitors at every layer.

Building businesses takes tremendous stamina, and success isn't achieved without it.

If we're not creating an educated and skilled workforce, there is just no conceivable way that were going to be economically competitive.

All of our competitors around the world, every country is investing more in infrastructure as a percentage of their GDP than we are. And down the road our children and grandchildren will have to compete with that more and more.

Second, we have to make the most of the strengths we have, the amenities that many of our competitors cannot replicate. But again, those advantages won't mean much if we don't do a great job with the basics of our business.

Business has to have a seat at the table. Infrastructure isn't going to be built properly if business doesn't have a seat at the table. A school is not going to happen if businesses don't work with schools about what kind of jobs they really need.

Low-wage jobs have gone offshore. We need to innovate to stay competitive.

We can only create good jobs if we make smarter investments in infrastructure and do more to support small businesses, not stiff them.

No economy can succeed without a high-quality workforce, particularly in an age of globalization and technical change.

A lot of these industries are having difficulty finding reliable workers with the skills they require.