乔·拜登总统在费城工会人群前发表讲话庆祝劳动节。
拜登说，他是历史上最亲工会的总统，他在费城劳联-产联主办的三州劳动节游行上发表了讲话，费城劳联-产联由代表15万工人的100多个地方工会组成。
在那里，他宣扬创造就业和其他经济举措，同时在可能的2024年连任竞选信息预览中抨击前总统唐纳德·特朗普的记录。
“拜登经济学是美国蓝领阶层的蓝图，”拜登说，指的是他自下而上建立经济的庞大经济愿景。
“我对这个国家的计划是让经济为像你这样的人服务，因为当它为像你这样的人服务时，它就为所有人服务，”拜登告诉观众，并补充说:“它正在发挥作用。”
2023年9月4日，在费城金属板工人地方工会第19届年会上，乔·拜登总统发表讲话，庆祝劳动节，并向工人和工会表示敬意。
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民调显示，尽管经济指标良好，但拜登一直难以说服选民相信他对经济的处理。最新的新闻工作报告上周五公布的数据显示，美国8月份就业和工资增长放缓，但保持稳定。
总统周一鼓吹新冠肺炎疫情的经济复苏，包括创造了1350万个就业岗位，低于4%的历史低失业率和冷却的通货膨胀。
“你不会从你听到的所有负面消息中知道，”拜登说，称之为“美国历史上最伟大的就业创造时期之一。”
“就在不久前，还有2000万人失业，但你没有放弃，”他说。“费城没有放弃。美国没有放弃。”
为了与寻求驱逐他的共和党领跑者形成对比，拜登在演讲中多次批评特朗普——尽管从未提到他的名字。
“上一个在这里的人，他从公园大道看世界，”拜登说。“我在宾夕法尼亚州斯克兰顿看着它。我在特拉华州的克莱蒙特看着它。”
他还将自己的工作记录与特朗普进行了比较。
“就在不久前，我们还在这个国家失去工作。事实上，在我之前任职的人只是历史上两位总统之一...他卸任时，美国的就业岗位比当选时还少。”
在基础设施方面，拜登吹捧全国范围内增加了80万个制造业就业岗位，并通过了一项1.2万亿美元的两党联立法律，以升级过时的道路、桥梁、交通系统等。拜登说，数百万美元已经流向宾夕法尼亚州，这是2024年的一个关键战场州，用于更新罗斯福大道，地区机场等。
“伟大的房地产建筑商，上一个家伙，他什么都没建，”拜登在另一次抨击特朗普时说。"在我的前任的领导下，基础设施周成了一句妙语."
拜登在演讲的开头还谈到了困扰他竞选连任的另一个关键问题:他的年龄。
选民和候选人提出关切关于拜登的年龄。A美联社的新民意调查发现77%的公众认为拜登(去年80岁)太老了，不适合连任。只有大约一半的美国成年人对77岁的特朗普说同样的话。
“我告诉你，有人说，‘那个拜登，他老了，’”拜登周一说。"猜猜看，随着年龄的增长，唯一能带来的是一点点智慧."
“我干这行的时间比任何人都长，你猜怎么着，我会在你的帮助下继续干下去，”他说。
Biden swipes at Trump's job record in Labor Day speech
President Joe Biden celebrated Labor Day with remarks in front of a union crowd in Philadelphia.
Biden, who says he's the most pro-union president in history, spoke at the Tri-State Labor Day Parade hosted by the Philadelphia AFL-CIO, which is comprised of more than 100 local unions representing 150,000 workers.
There, he touted job creation and other economic initiatives while hammering former President Donald Trump's record in a likely preview of his 2024 reelection message.
"Bidenomics is a blue collar blueprint for America," Biden said, referencing his sprawling economic vision to build the economy from the bottom up.
"My plan for the country is to make the economy work for people like you, because when it works for people like you, it works for everybody," Biden told the audience, adding: "It's working."
Biden has struggled to convince voters on his handling of the economy, polls have shown, despite positive economic indicators. The latestjobs report, released last Friday, showed U.S. hiring and wage increases slowed in August but remained steady.
The president on Monday trumpeted the economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, including 13.5 million jobs created, a historically low unemployment rate of below 4% and cooling inflation.
"You wouldn't know from all the negative news you hear," Biden said, calling it "one of the greatest job creation periods in American history."
"It wasn't that long ago that 20 million people were out of work, but you didn't give up," he said. "Philadelphia didn't give up. America didn't give up."
Seeking to a draw a contrast with the Republican front-runner looking to oust him, Biden criticized Trump several times throughout his speech -- though never mentioned him by name.
"The last guy who was here, he looked at the world from Park Avenue," Biden said. "I look at it from Scranton, Pennsylvania. I look at it from Claymont, Delaware."
He compared his jobs record to Trump's as well.
"It wasn't that long ago we were losing jobs in this country. In fact, the guy who held his job before me was just one of two presidents in history ... who left office with fewer jobs in America than when he got elected to office."
On infrastructure, Biden touted 800,000 manufacturing jobs added nationwide and the passage of a massive $1.2 trillion bipartisan law to upgrade outdated roads, bridges, transit systems and more. Biden said million of dollars has gone to Pennsylvania, a key 2024 battleground state, for updates to Roosevelt Boulevard, area airports and more.
"The great real estate builder, the last guy, he didn't build a damn thing," Biden said in another swipe at Trump. "Under my predecessor, infrastructure week became a punch line."
Biden at the top of his speech also addressed another key issue plaguing his reelection bid: his age.
Voters and candidates haveraised concernsabout Biden's age. Anew poll from the Associated Pressfound 77% of the public said Biden (who turned 80 last year) is too old to serve another term. Only about half of U.S. adults said the same about Trump, who is 77.
"I'll tell you what, someone said, 'That Biden, he's getting old,'" Biden said on Monday. "Well guess what, the only thing that comes with age is a little bit of wisdom."
"I've been doing this longer than anybody and, guess what, I'm gonna continue to do with your help," he said.
