President Obama will call for Congress to embrace middle class economics in a State of the Union address that credits his policies with helping the nation to turn the page from recession and war. At this moment with a growing economy, shrinking deficits, bustling industry, and booming energy production we have risen from recession freer to write our own future than any other nation on Earth, Obama will argue, according to excerpts released ahead of his speech. Its now up to us to choose who we want to be. Will we accept an economy where only a few of us do spectacularly well? Obama will ask. Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who makes the effort?” And hell advocate a smarter kind of American leadership on foreign policy, reliant on coalition building and diplomacy over war. Obama will argue the approach is making a difference, including in the battle against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. Instead of getting dragged into another ground war in the Middle East, we are leading a broad coalition, including Arab nations, to degrade and ultimately destroy this terrorist group, Obama will argue. “In fact, at every moment of economic change throughout our history, this country has taken bold action to adapt to new circumstances, and to make sure everyone gets a fair shot, Obama said. We set up worker protections, Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid to protect ourselves from the harshest adversity. We gave our citizens schools and colleges, infrastructure and the internet – tools they needed to go as far as their effort will take them.
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 00:03:16 +0000
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