奥巴马每周电视演讲2014年8月30日：总统祝福大家劳动节快乐(中英mp3+lrc)

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[00:00.58]Hi, everybody. 
[00:01.95]Whether you're firing up the grill, fired up for some college football, 
[00:05.91]or filling up the car for one last summer road-trip-Happy Labor Day weekend.
[00:11.13]We set aside Labor Day to honor the working men and women of America. 
[00:15.17]And this Labor Day, 
[00:16.51]we've got more to celebrate. 
[00:18.37]Over the past 53 months, our businesses have added nearly 10 million new jobs. 
[00:23.61]Last month, for the first time since 1997, 
[00:27.26]we created more than 200,000 jobs for six straight months. 
[00:32.21]And for the first time in over a decade, business leaders worldwide have declared,
[00:36.31]two years running, that the number one place to invest isn't China-it's America.
[00:42.31]So there are reasons to be optimistic about where we're headed. 
[00:45.27]And the decisions we make 
[00:46.57]now will determine whether or not we accelerate this progress
[00:50.10]-whether economic gains flow to a few at the top, 
[00:52.77]or whether a growing economy fuels rising incomes 
[00:56.24]and a thriving middle class.
[00:58.86]Think about it this Labor Day. 
[01:00.70]The things we often take for granted
[01:03.75]-Social Security and Medicare, 
[01:05.00]workplace safety laws and the right to organize for better pay and benefits, 
[01:09.50]even weekends-we didn't always have these things. 
[01:12.80]Workers and the unions who get their back had to fight for them. 
[01:17.39]And those fights built a stronger middle class.
[01:20.56]To build a stronger middle class in today's changing economy, 
[01:23.59]we've got to keep fighting. 
[01:25.38]We've got to fight for the right to affordable health insurance for everybody. 
[01:28.88]The right to fair pay, family leave, and workplace flexibility. 
[01:33.49]The right to a fair living wage.
[01:36.33]Let me focus on that last one for a minute. 
[01:38.60]In America, no one who works full-time 
[01:40.80]should ever have to raise a family in poverty. 
[01:43.75]A hard day's work deserves a fair day's pay. 
[01:46.69]And raising the minimum wage would be 
[01:48.72]one of the best ways to give a boost to working families. 
[01:52.49]It would help around 28 million Americans from all walks of life pay the bills, 
[01:56.90]provide for their kids, and spend that money at local businesses. 
[02:01.40]And that grows the economy for everyone.
[02:04.62]The bottom line is, America deserves a raise. 
[02:07.59]But until we've got a Congress that cares about raising working folks' wages, 
[02:12.36]it's up to the rest of us to make it happen. 
[02:14.68]And in the year and a half since I first asked Congress to raise the minimum wage, 
[02:17.96]Americans of all walks of life are doing just that.
[02:21.70]Thirteen states and D.C. have done their part by raising their minimum wages. 
[02:26.48]Four more states have minimum wage initiatives on the ballot this November. 
[02:30.84]And the states where the minimum wage has gone up this year 
[02:33.57]have experienced higher job growth than the states that haven't. 
[02:37.50]Business leaders at companies like The Gap are doing their part. 
[02:40.40]They're raising base wages for tens of thousands of workers because they know it's good for business.
[02:45.27]Mayors across the country are doing their part. 
[02:47.76]Mayor Emanuel in Chicago and Mayor Garcetti in L.A. 
[02:50.98]are working to lift their cities' wages over time to at least thirteen dollars an hour.
[02:56.77]I've tried to do my part by requiring companies that get contracts with the federal government 
[03:01.46]to pay their workers a fair wage of ten dollars and ten cents an hour.
[03:05.20]And earlier this month, 
[03:06.66]the president of Kentucky State University set a great example by giving himself 
[03:10.97]a 90,000 pay cut, 
[03:13.43]so that he could give raises 
[03:16.00]to his lowest-paid employees. 
[03:18.79]His sacrifice will give more of his workers 
[03:21.49]and their families a little extra money 
[03:22.84]to help make ends meet.
[03:24.63]That's how America built the greatest middle class the world has ever known. 
[03:27.99]Not by making sure a fortunate few at the top are doing well, but 
[03:31.77]by making sure that everyone who's willing to work hard 
[03:33.33]and play by the rules can get ahead. 
[03:35.89]That's the bedrock this country is built on. 
[03:38.11]Hard work.Responsibility.Sacrifice. 
[03:41.19]And looking out for one another as one united American family.
[03:45.34]Let's keep that in mind this Labor Day, and every day. 
[03:48.73]Have a great weekend, everybody.

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奥巴马每周电视演讲2014年8月30日：总统祝福大家劳动节快乐(中英mp3+lrc)