State of the Union Adress

Obama's state of the union address addressed many things. He wants to cut the deficit, lower taxes, encourage innovation and entrepreneurship, become more energy efficient, and place more people in jobs. These ideas are certainly admirable and necessary for America’s growth.  One of his main topics was education and how we are falling behind the rest of the world.  He is right are scores keep getting lower and lower and that can't happen in a country that once had a outstanding education system.  This same issue was addressed in the movie waiting for superman. Another thing Obama stressed was the cutting of government spending and how we must cut things.  He gave a plan for what things needed to be cut and how they would help our country.  He wants to freeze government spending for the next few years hoping our economy will pick up. Of course, this will help America, but how does he plan to cut back on spending government money while supporting various costly projects? When you are doing something you always have to think about the downs to it to.  One thing that shocked me in Obamas speech was when he talked about gays being able to serve in the military.  The army generals were not happy about letting them serve in the military i remember looking at there faces and saying wow they are mad.  He did a good job not going into this too much because it was not as important as topics such as health care and education.  He gave the short and sweet version.  Obama also stressed the needs to create more jobs and the need to come together as one nation instead of fighting Democrats vs Republicans. I thought that was a good idea to make Democrats sit next to Republicans and Republicans sit next to Democrats.Obamas quote about the American dream really stood out to me.  “Sustaining the American dream has never been about standing in the past. It has required each generation to sacrifice, and struggle, and meet the demands of a new age.”  (Barak Obama)