2014 State of the Union

President Obama: Analysis of the 2014 State of the Union Address-Job Security and Future
The State of the Union is an annual address the President of the United States delivers to a joint session of the United States Congress, and it’s now broadcasted on live television. It fulfills Article II; Section 3 of the U.S. Constitution—requiring the President to periodically give Congress information on the "State of the Union" and recommend any measures that he believes is necessary and expedient. The first State of the Union address was delivered by President George Washington on January 8, 1790, in New York City. The most recent address was delivered by President Barrack Obama on January 28, 2014, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives. Mr. Obama talks about various topics that America currently needs to focus on: improving American health care, enacting immigration reform, a smarter national security approach, moving America on from war, calling for Congress to allow more room for U.S. Diplomats to maneuverer and education improvements for American job in tomorrow’s economy. Jobs consequently affect everyone and these people need to be aware of what the president has in store for their current situation and stability. In his speech, Mr. Obama specifically focuses on jobs, job security and job improvements.
President Obama begins this aspect of his State of the Union address by calling all business leaders, labor leaders, faith leaders and law enforcement leaders—to repair the failing immigration system. He acknowledges how Democrats and Republicans, respectively, have already initiated the process to repair the immigration system and acknowledges that members of the House have intentions to follow suit of their Senate counterparts. According to Mr. Obama, independent economists have stated that our economy will improve expeditiously and will shrink the U.S. deficit by $1 trillion over the course of the next two decades. Obama says that immigrants play a vital role in the United States’ economy and growth; saying, “When people come here to fulfill their dreams -- to study, invent, contribute to our culture -- they make our country a more attractive place for businesses to locate and create jobs for everybody.” (Barrack Obama. State of the Union. Washington, D.C. January 28, 2014) President Obama stresses the importance of have a plan in place by the end of 2014.
However, Mr. Obama doesn’t just focus on immigrants realizing the “American Dream.” He has a vision for all Americans to have the necessary skills to fill jobs. He talks about an inspiring woman, named Andra Rush; who had a vision to be an entrepreneur of her own auto parts manufacturing plant. She made a faithful call to the American Job Center, and received the workers that she needed to establish her company. Today, her company, Detroit Manufacturing Systems, has a workforce of 700 strong. Obama says this is the standard of “how it should be” for every American. President Obama made public that he called on Vice President Biden to lead America into a new, reformed training system. Vice President Biden is to ensure that every American has the opportunity to receive the necessary skills and training for a successful career. Mr. Obama gives Congress challenge—to concentrate on funding for proven programs.
Mr. Obama publically displays his pleasure to Congress for letting unemployment insurance expire for an astounding 1.6 million people. He is convinced that if Americans had these benefits, they will be more readily to seek and gain employment. He tells of a letter a woman wrote to him and pleaded her case for unemployment insurance. She states that she’s never been dependent on government assistance, pays her taxes, and cares for her family and in time— confident that she’ll find a job. Obama demands that Congress to give hardworking Americans, like her, a fighting chance. He says he’s been asking C.E.O.s to give unemployed workers a fair chance for employment at their respective companies. He pleads with all business leaders to join him in the fight to end unemployment.
Training children for “tomorrow’s workforce” is an essential part of the President’s speech. He believes that every child should be guaranteed access to a world-class education. He gives an inspirational story of a young immigrant boy, named Estiven Rodriguez. Estiven didn’t speak any English at the age of 9 when he moved to New York City. Obama praises Estiven because he not only shown perseverance through the language barrier, but he led his classmates on a journey to mail their college applications, having the love and support from parents and neighbors. Mr. Obama says proudly that Estiven is starting college in the fall. He proclaims that his administration, along with various government leaders, have already reformed how accessible student loans are readably available for aspiring college students. Obama states that all states should have a high standard in sending their children to college to pursue a successful career. He believes it is essential for schools to provide a more challenging curriculum to their students and demands for parents to be more supportive for teachers—to help teachers find the most effective way to challenge their students to use their innermost thinking and problem solving. Obama stresses the importance it is to begin challenging children in the very beginning; by establishing high-quality pre-K guidelines. President Obama vows for the children to get quality pre-K then need. He reiterates his pledge that he guarantees high-speed internet access to 99% of the nation’s schools. He states proudly that over 15,000 schools and 20 million students will have that access over the next two years, without raising the national deficit. President Obama vows to help Americans, whom seem trapped by their delinquent student loan payments, to lower the monthly payment to 10% of their income.
Mr. Obama makes a pledge to help American minorities and women obtain and maintain employment. He stresses how vital these Americans play a key role in the economy. Mr. Obama admits that it’s embarrassing that women only make 77 cents for every dollar a man makes. He believes that both groups of people should have a fair shot to live the “American Dream” and not be discriminated against and calls for the rest of their counterparts to be unbiased. The president makes a proclamation that everyone should agree, despite their success, that no one should be subjected to raise a family in poverty. The pleas with employers to raise their wages—so families can strive and succeed. He then shifts his focus and calls for every mayor, governor and state legislator to no wait for Congress to initiate a move to raise the federal minimum wage. He praises corporations, as in Costco, who pay the employees high wages, and in turn see higher productivity and lower turnover ratio. Obama then claims that if an American is a federal contractor, they should not live in poverty, and vowed to hold an executive order to raise their wage to at least $10.10 per hour. President Obama proclaims he has a vision—for every American to strengthen their credit, reward their hard work and for them to have a strong, stable pension plan.
This moves President Obama into the conclusion of his promises to Americans for tomorrow’s economy and workforce. He promises to help Americans save for retirement. He admits that most workers don’t have a pension plan and says that Social Security does little to relieve the stress for the elderly. He calls on the Treasury to create a new, innovative way to start their independent retirement savings—MyRA—which is a new savings bond that encourages people to build a foundation, with no risk of losing what’s put in. He again calls on Congress to help him give fair tax breaks to everyone and to offer every American access to an automatic IRA. He concludes this portion of his speech by again making a vow that he wants to avoid another housing crisis and keep the dream alive for future Americans.
President Barrack Obama has a broad, well-placed plan in effect. He stresses the importance of how vital each and every American plays a key role in the development of tomorrow’s economy. He wants to start from the beginning and train every American at an early age so than America can thrive among world powers. He wants to do everything in his power to ensure that every American, regardless of race or sex, to have a fair shot at a successful future. Most importantly, he wants to ensure that every American should have the opportunity to earn a fair income during their working days and building for their future—American’s future.