How Can We Make Our Politics Reflect What's Best In The United States?

Obama believes that the government plays a central role in helping everyone to deal with critical challenges. This is because its effects are far reaching and having an adverse impact on middle class Americans. Moreover, there is less opportunity for young adults who go to college and earn degrees. Yet, they are finding a job market that is unwilling to hire them. To deal with the issues, the President believes that Washington should have a stimulus program that is focused on: improving job growth, reducing taxes on the middle class, encouraging small businesses to innovate, supporting state / local governments and discourages outsourcing. (Killough, 2012)

In his speech, “Remarks by the President in a National Address to America’s Schoolchildren,” Obama effectively argues his claim, that kids should go to school and try very hard to succeed to schoolchildren around the U.S. He effectively argues his claim because he uses supporting details and stories of students that have undergone tough situations, but still overcame those obstacles to succeed and school. Also, he is trying to tell kids that they should do well in school to get a good job and make a difference. He also uses rhetorical appeals to help with the supporting details. One of supporting evidence that he brought up was that if someone wants to become something such as a doctor, or lawyer you will need a good education to do

The purpose of The State of the Union address speech is really for congress about the Presidents opinion and judgment on the country’s problems. The president addresses major pinpoints on what is really making the economy unsatisfactory. The speech is also for the audience to inform us what type of changes is being made, and to see if Changes that have been made. If congress does not show any effort about making the changes, the President can take matters into his/or her hands and override congress approval. (Article II, Sec. 3 U.S Constitution) states that “The President shall from time to time give to congress information of the State of the union and recommend to their Consideration such measures as he shall

When first speaking, President Clinton spoke about the agent of change and how the United States should make change an ally and not an enemy. When referencing the presidency, Bill Clinton saw his stance as the lead facilitator in America’s desire to change. If anything were to change Americans needed to be more competitive in the century ahead, and, as president, he saw an opportunity to lead in a new direction of innovation, economic exuberance, and cultural progressiveness. President Clinton spoke about the strength of the American economy, but he also spoke on the roots of all that can be deemed “wrong” with the country. When he speaks of the failures of modern American business, inequality, and divisions amongst the citizens of the United States, this can be seen as the definition of the obstacles he wants to tackle as president. The biggest theme displayed in the earlier part of Clinton’s speech about his presidency was his desire of being a president for everyone. With the constant use of inclusive words

It is the President job to give a speech to congress on the “State of the Union.”The President can give a speech to Congress on the “State of the Union,” and recommend laws that should be passes”Aricle 2 section 3 .The president has to give a speech to congress because if the president don’t give speech to the congress then we would’ve never have laws .It’s important that the president needs to give a speech to the congress cause if he don’t we will never have a safe state .If the president don’t give a speech the people would’ve never vote for that president . The presidents main job is too protect our rights,

Whereas in the past, the average CEO made about 20 to 30 times the income of the average worker, today’s CEO now makes 273 times more.” This statement is explaining CEO’s now make more than they did in the past, and that the ten percent that took up one-third of the government’s income, now takes up half of their income. This adds to Obama’s claim about the average American being frustrated with the current economy today. Reclaiming the American Dream is very, very far from the government claiming it back. Every American has the right to be frustrated with the economy that the government has created today because of current war with ISIS, low profit percentage, and that our economy today, wasn’t as healthy as it was before. The government should make millionaires pay for taxes because they have millions that could pay 20 American debts. So, mainly the economy isn’t very good in comparison to

An Obama ad campaign stated 47 million do not contain healthcare insurance. Obama’s plan solves this problem with a national healthcare system. He will make comparable rates as Americans in Congress. Small businesses will get tax credits to cover 50% of the cost of insuring their employees. Obama will make sure that healthcare insurance work for Americans, and small businesses, not drug companies. The national healthcare system will defiantly change the system for the better.

In Obama’s speech, it says that students must take responsibility for their own success in school, no matter what obstacles they face. Obama claims this will benefit not only the students themselves but also their whole country. Obama's perspective seems to be that hard work is patriotic.

Furthermore Barack Obama wants the U.S. to be educated. Obama wants the U.S. to be the smartest country in the world. In order for that to happen there needs to be better education and the schools need to be in locations that will benefit the people who cannot afford to go to school. For example Obama is planning to evaluate the education of 7,000 colleges. Obama is doing this because he thinks that some colleges may be cheating their students by not giving them the full knowledge of the certain course.

President Obama’s next issue in the State of the Union Address was the need for education reform. President Obama talked about the need to improve the quality of education. Republican and Democratic governors throughout the country introduced a plan last year called Race to the Top; to summarize it states “If you show us the most innovative plans to improve teacher quality and student achievement, we'll show you the money.” The President supported Race to the Top by giving an example of a high school in Colorado rated to be one of the worst in the state; after the first year the school went through rectification ninety-seven percent of the seniors graduated.

He notes that renewal of attention to progress is necessary—that we must end the war “responsibly” to confront new threats to our nation and/or be aware of new opportunities. He then moves to particular national goals, which he feels he can and will accomplish—“Our rapidly growing international AIDS programs have demonstrated that increased foreign assistance can make a real difference. As part of this new funding, I will capitalize a $2 billion Global Education Fund that will bring the world together in eliminating the global education deficit, much as the 9/11 Commission proposed. We cannot hope to shape a world where opportunity outweighs danger unless we ensure that every child everywhere is taught to build and not to destroy.” Notice that Obama closes that argument by referring back to a general principle. This is one of the great (and unfortunately rare in politics) things about Obama. He speaks so eloquently, but instead of sounding like a drone that has been fed speeches to spit out, there is weight to his words; he knows he has a stake in what he speaks about, and he works hard to get the audience to feel like they have a stake as well.

Obama utilizes multiple personifications to characterize the nation of the United States, enhancing the importance of national unity. He declares that in a “generous America,” one does not need to be rich to achieve their goal (1). By characterizing the nation as generous, he diminishes the necessity of wealth as a factor for success. Instead, he builds up on his stance that the country should provide for the citizens to an extent that they can obtain the required education to reach their goal, without having to compromise as a

Two points from the speech by President Barack Obama that resonated with me are first, when he states, "...-if you quit on school - you're not just quitting on yourself, you're quitting on your country". This statement puts a great deal of pressure on myself because I want to make the world a better place and accomplish something before I die. I do not want to be a useless worker while everyone is pushing for success. Moreover, it brings to realization all the consequences if I fail school such as failing my parents, my family, and my country. A second point from the speech is "No one's written your destiny for you. Here in America, you write you own destiny. You make your own future". This point has emphasized for me why parents came to this

In his statement "real opportunity requires every American to get the education and training they need to land a good-paying job," President Obama emphasizes the paramount affect that job training and education has on the American economy. President Obama 's speech reflects a belief that for American citizens to continue to have opportunities, they must be trained for those opportunities. They must be trained for the

On December 4, 2013, President Barack Obama addressed the nation, focusing on income inequality and economic mobility. President Obama claimed that “The combined trends of the increased inequality and decreasing mobility pose a fundamental threat to the American Dream, our way of life, and what we stand for around the globe (The White House, 2013b).” President Obama also stated that “this is the defining challenge of our time (The White House, 2013).” The “challenge” he was referring to the ability of the economy to work for all working Americans. Currently, with the income distribution inequality facing the United States, one could argue that the economy is not functioning for everyone. President Obama feels that in order to decrease the income inequality and improve mobility, the government must step in and put policies in place. Without government intervention and implementing policies, including a raise in minimum wage, the United States will not be able to achieve and acceptable distribution of income or an acceptable incentive for productivity.