This was one of the most Orwellian speeches I've read, and I didn't know where to start. I thought the climate change section was the most Orwellian of all. I'll let zerohedge outline the rest of the speech:
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-20/everything-awesome-sotu-post-mortem-its-not-governments-job-make-everybody-rich
Submitted by Tyler Durden on 01/20/2015 22:11 -0500
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2015-01-20/everything-awesome-sotu-post-mortem-its-not-governments-job-make-everybody-rich
'Everything Is Awesome' SOTU Post-Mortem: "It's Not Government's Job To Make Everybody Rich"
The only thing we did not get from tonight's State of The Union speech was a "Mission Accomplished" flag... oddly some of the 6,493 words (the lowest word-count of his Presidency) were not entirely 'factual'...
Don't Forget... EVERYTHING IS AWESOME!
"Make A New America"
The Atlantic has an excellent interactive chart for diving into the details of SOTUs...
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Some color...
"The shadow of crisis has passed" - so why are Treasury yields at record lows and why does The Fed have ZIRP and keep threatening QE on every 5% drop in stocks?
"the stock market has doubled"
"our economy is growing and creating jobs at the fastest pace since 1999"
"Wages are finally starting to rise again." - well hope is...
"These ideas won’t make everybody rich, or relieve every hardship. That’s not the job of government." - indeed only the 'already rich' get rich...
"The best scientists in the world are all telling us that our activities are changing the climate"
"Middle Class Economics" - How's that working out?
"Cost of community college for all will be zero"- yeah that didn't work out so well did it...
"As Americans, we cherish our civil liberties?" - not so much Germans... or North Koreans
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"Russia is isolated, with its economy in tatters."
And finally... "That’s a better politics. That’s how we start rebuilding trust. That’s how we move this country forward. That’s what the American people want. That’s what they deserve."
