State of the Union Address

Obama has made it clear that he will be using executive power to bypass congress if they won't work with him. To me this seems to be the opposite of what our country was meant to do. We have a system of checks and balances for a reason though executive power may be the only way he can get things done. Bush had to do the same thing. One thing that looks promising for Obama working with congress is immigration reform. Obama claims that America is in it's best position it's ever been. He acknowledges that there is an argument over the size of our federal government and that it has caused too much friction. Because of this important argument we can't get anywhere. I'm starting to get pissed off over the excessive clapping. They won't let him finish a sentence and they clap for 30 seconds at a time. Obama is talking a lot about having more things made in the US. I am liking this part of his speech and hoping he backs it up. Obama says we have reduced our carbon foot print by more than any other nation this year. Obama claims our immigration system is broken and needs to be reformed to make America more attractive for businesses to start and fill jobs. I like how he is talking of making high quality pre-k more available. This will help low income families to pay for early education since it will be free and the children living in bad environments to stay away from their bad environment a little more. I hate the fact he plans on raising the minimum wage to $10.10 an hour with executive order. I don't want to pay $15 for my McDonald's meal then go work at my office job where I get paid the same as the guy to flipped the burger I ate. Obama pointed out some of the benefits of Obamacare but did not address the obvious flaws and problems it has had thus far. He mentioned gun violence for a brief moment but did not expand on his plans. He just said it is bad. He babbled on about terrorism though I don't think that's really a heightened issue right now. He closed it well. That's a basic summary of the State of the union Address.

This was from 2013 but the picture would look pretty much the same this year with different tie colors. It was just what I could find.
Pictured left to right: Biden, Obama, Boehner

I also watched the republican response from Cathy McMorris Rodgers. She did well in speaking. I agree with most of what she said. Goodnight.