This morning, Barack kicked off day six of the "Road to Change" by addressing the Pennsylvania Statewide AFL-CIO Convention in Philadelphia. He spoke about his commitment to fighting for working men and women across America and his strong support for organized labor.He said:
For far too long, through both Democratic and Republican administrations, the system has been rigged against everyday Americans by the lobbyists that Wall Street uses to get its way.Think about it. The top mortgage lenders spend $185 million lobbying Congress, and we wonder why Washington looked the other way when they were tricking families into buying homes they couldn’t afford. Drug and insurance companies spend $1 billion on lobbying, and we’re surprised that our health care premiums, and co-pays, and the cost of prescription drugs goes up year after year after year. The big oil companies play the same game, and we wonder how they’re making record profits at a time when you’re paying close to $4 a gallon for gas....It's time to take on the special interests so that our economy works for working Americans. You've got to have somebody in Washington who thinks about our workers....I’ve been fighting for working families ever since I moved to Chicago more than two decades ago to work as a community organizer, giving job training to the jobless and hope to the hopeless when the local steel plants closed. And the reason I’m standing here today is because I don’t want to wake up one morning many years from now and see that nothing has changed because the system is still being rigged against America’s families....In this country, of all countries, healthcare should be available to everyone. We're ready to play some offense for organized labor. It's time we had a President who didn't choke saying the word union. It's time we had a Democratic nominee who didn't just talk about unions during the primary. A president who strengthens our unions by letting them do what they do best, organize our workers. It's time we passed the Employee Free Choice Act.
For far too long, through both Democratic and Republican administrations, the system has been rigged against everyday Americans by the lobbyists that Wall Street uses to get its way.
Think about it. The top mortgage lenders spend $185 million lobbying Congress, and we wonder why Washington looked the other way when they were tricking families into buying homes they couldn’t afford. Drug and insurance companies spend $1 billion on lobbying, and we’re surprised that our health care premiums, and co-pays, and the cost of prescription drugs goes up year after year after year. The big oil companies play the same game, and we wonder how they’re making record profits at a time when you’re paying close to $4 a gallon for gas.
...It's time to take on the special interests so that our economy works for working Americans. You've got to have somebody in Washington who thinks about our workers....I’ve been fighting for working families ever since I moved to Chicago more than two decades ago to work as a community organizer, giving job training to the jobless and hope to the hopeless when the local steel plants closed. And the reason I’m standing here today is because I don’t want to wake up one morning many years from now and see that nothing has changed because the system is still being rigged against America’s families....In this country, of all countries, healthcare should be available to everyone. We're ready to play some offense for organized labor. It's time we had a President who didn't choke saying the word union. It's time we had a Democratic nominee who didn't just talk about unions during the primary. A president who strengthens our unions by letting them do what they do best, organize our workers. It's time we passed the Employee Free Choice Act.
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