Tuesday February 12th was the night President Obama made his State of the Union address, as required by the Constitution of the United States Article II Section 3, Clause 1. It states the president, "shall from time to time give to the Congress information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge necessary and expedient."
On Tuesday evening, President Obama spoke on ways to remedy and grow the economy, broaden education and slow the progression of climate change. While all of these issues deserve attention, the majority of the President's speech was focused on ways to expand and improve the middle class. President Obama proposed several ideas on how to do this ranging from health care reform, to nationwide preschool programs which would foster education equality for all no matter your financial circumstance. Also mentioned was the idea of making America a technological and innovative hub, bringing back manufacturing jobs from overseas; things that will provide jobs for middle class Americans. Another idea presented was to raise the federal minimum wage to $9.00 an hour. Currently the federal minimum wage is $7.25 an hour with several states having set their wages higher than that.
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