State of the Union Address

Fairness. Surely, the world is a fair place right? I beg to differ. No matter where you go, there will always be inequity. However, there are some that are attempting to maintain that equity. Mr. Barack Obama is one of those few individuals. In his address, Obama discussed several topics that he thought needed change. Five of them are income, education, job reform, energy sources, and the environment.

Income- applying new rules to Wall St. to make sure a crisis never happens again; reduce the deficit by 2 trillion dollars. 2005, the housing market was wrecked.

Education-teachers, stopping tuition for college; higher education can’t be a luxury – it’s an economic imperative that every family in America should be able to afford. High school students required to attend school until they graduate.

Job Reform- innovators, no regulation for entrepreneurs, new jobs opened by opening own developmental sources, reducing/eliminating outsourcing jobs

Energy Sources- Natural gas in the U.S. that could run the country for 100 years. Opening 75% of offshore oil and gas resources, Navy bought enough energy that could power a quarter of American homes for a year. 100 billion dollars worth of taxes lowered for businesses that invest in alternative forms of energy or being

Environment- safer, healthier regulations (ex: making trucks and cars safer for social and environmental)

I believe that if Obama can ensure everything that he's listed, he has a good chance of being re-elected. As interesting as the Address was, I love how they have to clap every two sentences. I know that we have to be respectful of the president, but to clap at every little thing is a bit much in my opinion. I also think that this was a good way for Obama to jump start the notion of "re-elect me". He brushed over it enough and backed it up solidly with things he would do to make the nation better. He was also trying to appeal to both sides and I think that people would be fools to not support Obama because he is attempting to equal out both sides. Will this affect the election? You decide