Ten key quote from President
Obama’s State of the Union Address
Townhall – Guy Benson – 2/13/2013
President Obama rehashed
many familiar themes this evening, calling on Congress to act on a host of
issues -- and vowing to take unilateral executive action if they fail to
sufficiently address his priorities.
A few
passages were newsworthy: Obama denounced the looming sequester cuts,
voiced support for "modest" Medicare reforms, called for another
stimulus, resurrected cap and trade, pushed comprehensive immigration reform,
backed a national hike in the minimum wage, announced another major troop
draw-down in Afghanistan, and insisted that Congress allow up-or-down votes on
a series of gun control measures.
As is his habit, the
president was not
especially conciliatory in his remarks.
There are quite a few comments
for each item listed below.
Here are ten quotes from the
text of the address that merit further scrutiny:
- Sequester
- “Not one dime” to deficits
- Medicare reform and health care costs
- the return of the carbon tax
- Stimulus 3.0
- “What works” in education
- Rhetorical restraint on immigration reform
- Raising the minimum wage
- “Whatever we must”?
- Pressing vote on gun control measures
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