Economic fairness was the theme for tonight’s State of The Union Address. Here are just a few key points from the speech:
- President Obama: Our oldest alliances in Europe and Asia are stronger than ever. Our ties to the Americas are deeper.
- If you make more than $1 million a year, you should not pay less than 30% in taxes’ – President Obama
- The most immediate priority is stopping a tax hike on 160 million working Americans while the recovery is still fragile.
- President Obama proposes generating clean energy to power 3 million homes on public lands.
- If you’re a business that wants to outsource jobs, you shouldn’t get a tax deduction for doing it.
- President Obama to call on states to raise dropout age to 18.
- President Obama is for women rights to equal pay for equal work.
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Today General Motors is back on top as the world’s number 1 automaker.
- Train 2 million Americans that will lead directly to a job.
- Hold Wall Street accountable, so a crisis like this never happens again.