President Obama gave his first State of the Union address Wednesday night.
Here's my take on what he had to say and I'm going to make it short.
Where is the leadership and the bold vision he promised?
Once again, IMO he was too focused on bipartisanship. He seemed to have something for everyone. Announcing only piddly initiatives with attempts to appease the middle class. Health care reform seems to have slipped way down on the priority list and deficit reduction will now come in the form of a spending freeze (except....we're not going to freeze the $250 billion we spend every year on the 2 senseless wars we're fighting). What effect will a spending freeze have on our multi-trillion dollar deficit, you ask? Well I'll tell you. Very little! Maybe it sounds good till you really put it in perspective. How about enacting some major legislation to really help Americans get back on course. Something similar to the huge bail outs you gave Wall Street. There didn't seem to be a problem with passing big bold legislation to rescue Wall Street. Those thankless pigs took our money and then reduced lending. They took our money and then recorded record profits. They took our money and then paid lobbyists to help derail health care. They took our money and then paid out gianormous bonuses.
Yeah, I'll have what they're having.
I'm Just Sayin
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