2014 State of the Union Address

President Obama gave his annual State of the Union Address to the United States earlier this week. The mandatory speech is given by every president no matter what once a year to reassure the American citizens what the United States is going through and what there is to expect in the upcoming year. This year President Obama talked a lot the initiatives of the country and how we should, in a paraphrase, take the bull by the horns and get through our legislative and economic problems.

            Barack Obama even praised his ObamaCare health law and even said that even though the congressional Republicans do not like the new health care law they would pretty much have to live with it (Washington Post). Even though there has been major problems with this law he stands behind it and I completely get why he would do such a thing. This bill has been his entire presidency. There has not been any other significant idea or law passed that has had such a huge impact like his universal health care law, ObamaCare. I do not agree with the bill itself but at least he is somewhat confident that it will run its process and work in the long run. If he does not have confidence then who will?

            Obama also discussed how he will try to find ways to get around legislation to help American families and businesses (Washington Post). Even though this might seem like a good thing at first it does not solve the bigger problem that is at hand. America has a fragmented Congress and even if President Obama tries to get around this it will never work. Also, why doesn’t he try and fix these areas of our government instead of trying to go around it? If he can solve the problem in Congress, which I don’t think he can, it will help more than beating around the bush.

            The minor things he talked about was renewable power, Iran Nuclear restrictions and equal pay for women. He says that women and men should get paid equally to men. I completely agree. If a woman is doing the same job they should get rewarded the same amount as men do in that same area of work. Iran has been a threat for nuclear weapons in the Middle East and throughout the world. New restrictions could help relieve some of the stress from Iran, Israel, and the rest of that surrounding area. If we can somewhat control Iran then we should be able to take steps forward and control other parts of the Middle East as well.

            Even though President Obama promised all of these things to the America people it does not mean that they will become true. He has promised so many other things throughout his five years as President and not too many of them have come true. It seems like Barack Obama is becoming tired and the people not be the only one giving up on him but he might even be giving up on himself. Nobody will know until next year at the next speech and nobody will know if any of this will become true within this next year (I doubt they will).