I shook the President's hand today [View all]

[louis c]

I was at the Massachusetts AFL-CIO, Greater Boston Labor Council Annual Labor Day Breakfast today.

I was seated at table 12 in the third row. There were nearly 100 rows, so I had a great seat. At the end, I was at the rope line as the President was leaving and I shook his hand and thanked him for coming to Boston.

Boston Mayor Marty Walsh and U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke before the President arrived at the Park Plaza.

Senator Warren was by far the best speaker of the day.

Did you know that the top 25 hedge fund earners made more money last year than every kindergarten teacher in the United States, combined?

Did you know that from 1935 until 1980, the bottom 90% of wage earners gained 70% of all new income, but from 1980 until 2012 that same 90% received 0%? That's right, Senator Warren said. While for 45 years the top 10% got 30% of new income, in the next 32 years they got it all. 100%.

Amazing.

The President said that Brady should be happy he was in a union and also said that if he were starting out and wanted to get a job to raise his family, he would certainly join a union. That brought everyone to their feet.

Security wasn't too bad. I got there early (7:00 AM) and just got home (1:00 PM).

But, all in all, it was a Labor Day I will never forget.

Thank you for coming to Boston today, Mr. President.