Article 31

Article title : 

Obama Speech Makes Pitch for Economic Fairness

Date Published : January 25, 2011

Date Accessed : January 25, 2011

The President of The United States of America, Barack Obama said that he wanted to create an economy in which the gap between the rich and the poor is less and their is equal economic growth opportunities for all. In the final State of the Union speech, Barack Obama stated how his economic policies were different from those of the Republicans in a time of uncertainty. The American citizens were not happy with the way Obama's administration had handled the economy. But Obama assured them that in the past 22 months the job availability has increased and he had a lot more plans for the future. The Republican rebuttal this claim by stating that the economy under Obama administration had gone worse. Obama again used his 2008 campaign policy stating that his policies were neither Republican nor Democrat, but American values. Obama also stated that he would look into financial institutions that due to illegal lending caused the country to go into economic depression. In the end Obama clearly stated that he would not led the United States of America become an economy weakened by bad debt, outsourcing and phony financial profit.

The Economy of the United States of America is in a very bad condition. Job availability is low and the real estate agencies are in a fix. USA is no longer a AAA country. The citizens are expecting more from the government but the government is out of ideas. The hurricane Irene that struck USA furthered damaged the economy. People have lost faith in the government. Thus with the coming elections people are ambivalent on whom to vote. The Republicans as well as the Democrats have a strong case. In such a situation even though President Obama has assured the citizens of the United States of America that the job availability as well as the economy are improving, people are apprehensive. The Republicans are using the fragile economy to mount attack after attack on the administration of Obama. News analysts have reclaimed that this election is going to be a very close one. Thus the rivals are leaving no stone unturned, wasting no opportunity to attack the opposition and trying all the methods possible to get people to vote for them. 

VOCABULARY

rebuttal

    a refutation or contradiction.

The debaters rebottled with such curiosity that the crowd witnessed one of the best debates of their lifetime.

outsource

contract (work) out or abroad

The businessmen began to outsource the deals to foreign companies that would produce the goods at a cheaper rate to increase their own profit.

apprehensive

anxious or fearful that something bad or unpleasant will happen

ORIGIN late Middle English ( sense 2): fromFrench appréhensif or medieval Latinapprehensivus, from Latin apprehendere‘seize, grasp’ (see apprehension) .

The priest was apprehensive of stepping out of the house on the day of the solar eclipse as he said he felt that it would lead to an accident.