President Obama's State of the Union Address this week surprised a lot of Americans as discussed in the article "Obama: 'Tonight We Turn the Page'" (Link to article). Beginning his speech, Obama started by saying that "the shadow of crisis has past, and the state of the union is strong." He stated that new plans such as a tax on wealthy Americans is necessary to keep the economy growing, since our economy is growing significantly according to him. He favors the middle-class and says "middle-class economics works." Of course, he was met with opposing views from the Republican party, especially from Mitt Romney. They see a "president in denial who hasn't learned anything from last year." "He is more interested in politics rather than in leadership" (Romney).
Since I still have yet to watch the State of the Union, I cannot say how the president's speech was. From what I have read, I disagree with Obama. The Union is not at its strongest point and we have a long way to go before we get there. Our nation is still in crisis; civil rights activists and conflicts have damaged society and we cannot get any better if nobody steps up and helps, and I think Obama should have to do this to calm the black communities. ISIS is also a scary thing that could impact our nation horribly in the near future. So from what I have read, I disagree with Obama's 2015 State of the Union.
I have not seen the State of the Union Address either but from reading some articles our president seemed to stretch some facts. He just is not very honest to the public and does in fact seem more interested in politics than leadership. Tax increase on the wealthy would only help depending on how our government decides to use our tax money.
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