In a campaign-style speech to a friendly union audience of about 6,000, Obama also castigated Republicans who are in "lockstep opposition to everything we do."
"Sometimes when I talk about this stuff with folks from the other side of the aisle, they ask, 'Why are you stirring up class resentments?'" Obama said working families aren't looking for yachts, private planes, mansions or exotic vacations, but fair wages, affordable heath care and retirement security.
"Maybe take a vacation every once in a while. Maybe go to Wisconsin Dells. They're not looking for anything fancy," he said.
"I want an economy where your hard work pays off — with higher wages, and higher incomes, and fair pay for women, and workplace flexibility for parents, and affordable health insurance, and decent retirement benefits," Obama said. "I'm not asking for the moon. I just want a good deal for American workers."
Obama's Labor Day speech sets the tone for a midterm election in which every member of the House, one-third of the Senate and 36 governors will be elected. With foreign policy issues increasingly demanding his attention, Obama used his Labor Day speech to make an economic argument that Democrats present the best option for working and middle-class families.
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