President Obama gave his fifth state of the union speech. Here are some quick takeaways.. // President gave credit to entrepreneurs for creating jobs. 8 million jobs added in the last 4 years. // President laid out a plan to connect 1500 schools and 20,000,000 students to high speed broadband internet over the next 2 years - with the support of the FCC/ ConnectED // President announced a plan to create six new high-tech hubs across the country. // President strongly supported a patent reform to allow businesses to stay focused on innovation, not costly, needless litigation. // President stressed the importance of fighting climate change, and moving toward a future with more renewable energy, including solar power. // President announced the creation of a new retirement-savings plan called myRA that will be available through employers, but backed by the U.S. government. // President stressed the importance of several social reforms, including fixing broken immigration system and supporting equal pay for men and woman for doing the same work.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 08:12:22 +0000
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