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President Obama State Of The Union 2013 Reaffirms Economy Is Priority

2/12/2013

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On February 12, 2013, at the House Chamber, to a joint session of the 114th Congress, President Obama gave his Annual State of The Union Address.  

The president said that America is rebounding from the Recession and that the State of Union is stronger.   After a decade of war, our brave troops our returning home. The economy is growing with private corporations adding 6 million new jobs. American car Manufacturer Ford is selling more cars than they have in 5 years,  housing is improving with home buyers up 50 percent, the stock market is rebounding, and America is dependent on less foreign oil than it has in over 20 years.  Though we are heading in the right direction, President Obama said that we must do more. He  laid out his focus for the fiscal year. 

Immigration Reform

Reduce the deficit by an addition 1.5 trillion dollars to total 4 trillion.  The deficit has been reduced 2.5 trillion dollars by cutting spending and raising taxes on the top 1 percent wealthiest Americans. 

We must reduce the Deficit. But Deficit reduction alone is not an economic plan. “A growing economy that creates good middle class jobs, that must be the north star that guides our efforts.  Every day we should ask ourselves three questions as a nation. How do we attract more jobs to our shores, how do we equip our people w the skills they need to get those jobs and how do we make sure that hard work leads to a decent living?”  

“It is responsibility of the Government to improve this union. Governments must work on the benefit for the many not the few. The responsibility of this union remains the task for us all.”

Invest in the Middle Class .   “It is our unfinished task to restore the basic bargain that built this county.”  You can get ahead if you work hard.  There must be opportunity for everyone child.  The President called for congress to work together and stop manufacturing crises. Americans want the nations interest put before the interest of individual parties,  and that reasonable compromise is a must .  He urged Congress to put together a bipartisan market based solution on climate change.  Last year wind energy added nearly half of all new power capacity In America. 

Generate more clean energy

Invest in research and technology for natural gas for cleaner power and energy independence

Invest in Medical Research and Development for such things like Alzheimers

Fix it First Program which will partnership with private companies  to rebuild America.  This will create jobs to repair bridges across the country , upgrade Americas ports, pipelines and schools.  

Invest in housing by helping homeowners who want to refinance their homes

Invest in schools that work with colleges and employers to create classes that focus on science, technology, engineering and math

Increase minimum wage to $9.00 an hour

The President stated that his plan for Medicaid and Medicare savings are the same as Reforms by the Bipartisan Simpson Bowls Committee.

Reduce tax payer subsidies to prescription drug companies but don’t touch social security.  “Government should not make promises we cannot keep.  But we must keep promises that we have already made.”

Tax and Entitlement Reform.  Get rid of tax loopholes and deductions for the wealthy. Penalize businesses who take jobs overseas. Reward businesses that keep jobs in America.  

“American Jobs Act. Congress passed half of the President’s Proposal in 2011 but urged them to pass  it in it’s entirety.  Independent Economist have agreed that this proposal will create 1 million new jobs.  The American Jobs Act will not increase deficit. It does not require any additional funding.

Make America a magnet for new jobs in manufacturing.  America has added 500,000 new jobs in  manufacturing  jobs in the last 3 years.

Caterpillar the world's leading manufacturer of construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, industrial gas turbines and diesel-electric locomotives is bringing jobs back from Japan

Ford is bringing back jobs from Mexico

Apple will start making Mac Products in America again.  

America produces more Natural Gas than ever before.  

Dangerous Carbon Pollution has fallen in 4 years.

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Marco Rubio Gives Republican Response To The State Of The Union

2/12/2013

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41-year-old Cuban-American Florida Senator Marco Rubio said that was he honored to respond to President Barack Obama’s State of the Union Address on behalf of fellow republicans. 

Rubio congratulated the president on his second term and said that he was  especially honored to be addressing  the brave men and women serving in the armed forces and diplomatic posts around the world. “You may be thousands of miles away, but you are always in our prayers.”  The Senator talked about his parents.  His mom was a maid and cashier, and his dad a bartender. 

He spoke about being a child of immigrant parents who he said achieved their dream of becoming middle-class by hard work and perseverance. His accomplishments are a testament to that.  “I didn’t inherit any money from them. But I inherited something far better: the real opportunity to accomplish my dreams. This opportunity -- to make it to the middle class or beyond no matter where you start out in life -- it isn’t bestowed on us from Washington. It comes from a vibrant free economy where people can risk their own money to open a business, and when they succeed, they hire more people, who in turn invest or spend the money they make, helping others start a business and create jobs.”

Rubio accused the president of attacking anyone who doesn’t agree with him. “So, Mr. President, I don’t oppose your plans because I want to protect the rich. I oppose your plans because I want to protect my neighbors, hard-working middle-class Americans who don’t need us to come up with a plan to grow the government. They need a plan to grow the middle class.”

He stated that more government is not the answer to help Americans get ahead.  More Government will not inspire new ideas, opportunities, businesses  or private sector jobs. But rather create uncertainty which will ultimately hold you back.

He believes that bigger Government hurts the middle class.  More Government breeds complicated rules that negatively impacts small businesses. Rubio stated when employer’s taxes are increases they pass that cost onto their employees.  They cut hours, lower wages, eliminate benefits, and sometimes even downsizing.  

Senator Rubio stated that all government is not bad and does have a place. “It plays a crucial part in keeping us safe, enforcing rules, and providing some security against the risks of modern life.”

Rubio said that the republican plan to help the economy is a far better one than that of the President.  Republican plan: Invest in solar and wind energy stating that “God also blessed us with -- America with abundant coal, oil, and natural gas,” and that lowering the corporate tax rate will encourage companies to bring jobs back to America from overseas. Encourage local school districts to offer more vocational and career training, and advanced placement courses, and Give parents the opportunity to send their children to the school of their choice.

Overall Senator Rubio got high marks from fellow republicans regarding his rebuttal to the President’s State of the Union address.  And Twitter and the Internet was on fire with jokes about the Senator being so thirsty during his remarks, that he reached for a bottle of spring water.  Taking a sip all while keeping eye contact with the camera.

Rubio obviously has a sense of humor, he commented via twitter 

"Picked up over 13,000 new followers on #twitter since last night!," his official Twitter account tweeted Wednesday afternoon. "I’m going to start drinking #water in the middle of all of my speeches!"

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American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012

2/1/2013

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On January 1, 2013, the American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 was passed. During his campaign, President Obama repeatedly said that if elected to a second term, his first order of business would be to return fairness to the middle class by permanently lowering taxes.  He believes this will help to grow the economy.  He achieved his goal. The Senate passed the bill by a bipartisan majority .  
 
The agreement will benefit 114 million American families. It expands the Child Tax Credit, the Earned Income Tax Credit, the new American Opportunity Tax Credit, and the Marriage Penalty Relief. These credits will remain in effect for five years. If this was not passed a family of four would have seen a $2,000 plus tax increase. It also extends for one year emergency unemployment benefits to 2 million american people.  It also ensures that Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security will be preserved.

The deal also ensures that America will continue to invest in education, clean energy and manufacturing by giving businesses an immediate write off of 50 percent of capital investments, extending the Production Tax Credit and the Research Experimentation Tax Credit.  It postpones the Sequester for two months, which will give Congress more time to work on a plan to prevent automatic spending cuts.

The wealthy have not had a tax increase in 20 years. People making  more than $250,000 tax rate will increase.  This new agreement cuts the deficit by $737 billion 

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