The State of the Union

Last night, Obama gave his first State of the Union address. I have always been a supporter of Obama so I was very pleased that the speech that he gave was very powerful. The speech addressed all of our countries current issues, and provided an idea on how to solve each problem. Although i did not agree with every idea Obama suggested, many of them seemed like exactly what the nations needs to fix its respective problem. He would help fix the economy by drastically increasing the amount of U.S. exports. He said this would not only increase the country's wealth, but it would also open a large amount of jobs. Helping the economy recover seemed to me to be the main focus of this speech. Obama also said that in 2011, the government will freeze spending, this would help lower our national debt, which will in turn help the economy. Obama would also try to stop the cost of college, because he said that no American should spend their life in debt because they decided to go to college. He said that the best anti-poverty program he can provide for America is a world class education. There is a lot of truth behind those words, it is often the level of ones education that will often determine if they are employed or not. Obama did mention other issuses like health care, and the divided senate, but thoes all stood behind the economy.

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