Here's another example. Today, we are the only advanced country on Earth that doesn't guarantee paid sick leave or paid maternity leave to our workers. Forty-three million workers have no paid sick leave -- 43 million. Think about that. And that forces too many parents to make the gut-wrenching choice between a paycheck and a sick kid at home. So I'll be taking new action to help states adopt paid leave laws of their own. And since paid sick leave won where it was on the ballot last November, let's put it to a vote right here in Washington. Send me a bill that gives every worker in America the opportunity to earn seven days of paid sick leave. It's the right thing to do. It's the right thing to do.

当然，最能帮助家庭维持生计的就是提高工资。这就是为什么本届国会仍需通过一项法律，以确保男女同工同酬。的确，现在是2015年了。是时候了。我们仍需确保雇员能得到加班费。对本届国会中那些仍然拒绝提高最低工资的人，我要说：如果你真的相信你能全职工作，同时在年收入低于一万五千美元的情况下支撑一个家庭，那么就请试一试。如果你做不到，就请投票赞成提高工作最辛苦的大量美国人的工资。

Of course, nothing helps families make ends meet like higher wages. That's why this Congress still needs to pass a law that makes sure a woman is paid the same as a man for doing the same work. It's 2015. （Laughter.） It's time. We still need to make sure employees get the overtime they've earned. And to everyone in this Congress who still refuses to raise the minimum wage, I say this: If you truly believe you could work full-time and support a family on less than $15,000 a year, try it. If not, vote to give millions of the hardest-working people in America a raise.

当然，这些想法不会使所有人富有，或者缓解所有困难，这不是政府的工作。为了给工薪家庭一个公平的机会，我们需要更多的雇主不要只看到下个季度的收入报表，他们应当意识到投资于自己的员工符合美国的长远利益。我们仍需要强化而非弱化工会的法律，给美国工人发言权。

Now, these ideas won't make everybody rich, won't relieve every hardship. That's not the job of government. To give working families a fair shot, we still need more employers to see beyond next quarter's earnings and recognize that investing in their workforce is in their company's long-term interest. We still need laws that strengthen rather than weaken unions, and give American workers a voice.

托儿、带薪病假、同工同酬、降低房贷、更高的最低工资，这些想法将使数百万家庭发生有意义的变化。这是一个事实。这是人们将我们所有人，共和党人和民主党人送到华盛顿来的目的。

But you know, things like childcare and sick leave and equal pay; things like lower mortgage premiums and a higher minimum wage -- these ideas will make a meaningful difference in the lives of millions of families. That's a fact. And that's what all of us, Republicans and Democrats alike, were sent here to do.

第二，为了确保美国人能够在未来不断提高工资，我们需要进一步帮助美国人提高技能。20世纪是美国腾飞的世纪，因为我们取消了高中学费，将一代士兵送入大学，并培养了世界上最优秀的劳动力。但在21世纪，在这个比以往更加重视知识的世纪，我们需要更加努力。

Second, to make sure folks keep earning higher wages down the road, we have to do more to help Americans upgrade their skills. America thrived in the 20th century because we made high school free, sent a generation of GIs to college, trained the best workforce in the world. We were ahead of the curve. But other countries caught on. And in a 21st century economy that rewards knowledge like never before, we need to up our game. We need to do more.
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