1. Amber Eddy
FYS 100-207
February 2, 2014
State of the Union Address
President Obama did give a great speech on January 28, 2014, but many people expected
him to be even more stern than he was already. Towards the beginning of his speech, Obama
discussed how he was willing to take control and help out the economy whether Congress was
going to help him or not. On the other hand, he also said he was willing to work with them as
much as possible as long as they cooperated with his vision. Although Obama has not been able
to fulfill all of his hopes and promises, he still continues to try and express how he will continue
on helping the economy. He has plans on helping the country by pressing towards paycheck
fairness, minimum wage, education, student loans, and job training. Obama explained how he
would handle each of these subjects and why these subjects needed to be handled in the first
place. He also discussed how he was going to fix the immigration reform by stating that these
immigrants come to America to study and fulfill their dreams and they contribute to our culture
for businesses to locate and create more jobs for our people. He also stated how he was going to
fix workplace policies giving women more opportunities, saying how women contribute to this
country just as much and their success means America succeeds. He wants to increase the
minimum wage so that people who work so hard and have jobs that consist of helping others
should not be living in poverty. He also stated that the strength of our citizens’ work ethic is
what determines our success in America. Obama also discusses a dear friend named Cory
Remsburg, a sergeant who in his tenth deployment got injured gravely by a roadside bomb. He

2. describes how Cory didn’t and still doesn’t give up and that he serves the country he loves. The
closing line of President Obama’s speech was “God bless you. God bless the United States of
America.”