Obama woos workers

By David M. Brown

In a fiery speech billed as the closing argument of his presidential campaign, Democrat Barack Obama pledged to represent the needs and values of middle-class Americans and unite the nation at a time of a severe economic crisis. "Pittsburgh, I've got two words for you: One week," Obama said Monday. The Mellon Arena crowd of about 15,800 roared when he added: "We are one week away from bringing change to America." "The choice in this election isn't between tax cuts and no tax cuts," Obama said. "It's about whether you believe we should only reward wealth, or whether we should also reward the work and workers who create it." Obama again pitched his tax plan promising to "give a tax break to 95 percent of Americans who work every day and get taxes taken out of their paychecks every week."

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