President Obama made the first State of the Union speech of his second term last Tuesday. And there was lots of news coverage and analysis.
"We can’t just cut our way to prosperity," the president said in Washington.
Also, as the New York Times noted, there was no new stimulus plan, no mission to Mars, no ambitious plan to address the hangover from the housing market crash.
Here's a sample of news coverage of the president's speech:
- In an Age of Spending Cuts, Making the Case for Government -- New York Times
- In State of the Union address, Obama lays out his second-term agenda -- Washington Post
- Obama seeks to reignite economic agenda in speech -- Los Angeles Times
- Full text -- Wall Street Journal, via White House.
-- What did you think of the president's State of the Union address? What do you expect of his second term? Share your thoughts in the comments below.
All that sounds good except him embracing the same sex unions! That's what turned my dislike against him!
We complain about big oil turning record profits year after year, yet continue to give them a free pass to raise prices (thus profit), while their lobby continues to buy off politicians to ensure alternative energy growth is stifled. We complain about big healthcare raising rates, but do nothing about the fact the drugs they prescribe are "encouraged" by salesmen, that the health industry spending is just as dysfunctional as military spending and the health care lobby will ensure this continues. Big finance gets a slap on the wrist over the fraud and abuse as an industry, while they continue to manipulate rates, stocks and growth to their favor, and reap profit off gaming the system into their favor. And forget about civil rights... The biggest lobby in the country is the religious lobby, who by God will make sure we all repent and follow dogma established thousands of years, as they steer government policy, as a "non-profit"... To me, the second you cross the line into political manipulation, you become financially invested, thus for profit..
...and right on target.