[Vision2020] What was your favorite part of the SOTU?

[Bev Bafus]

I enjoyed the entire speech - the President made some very good points.  But
I'll have to say my all time favorite section is:

We live and do business in the information age, but the last major
reorganization of the government happened in the age of black and white TV.
There are twelve different agencies that deal with exports. There are at
least five different entities that deal with housing policy. Then there's my
favorite example: the Interior Department is in charge of salmon while
they're in fresh water, but the Commerce Department handles them in when
they're in saltwater. And I hear it gets even more complicated once they're
smoked.

It was priceless to see both the Vice-President and the Speaker of the House
laughing.



Bev

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  Here's mine:

    "Now, I've heard rumors that a few of you have some concerns about the
new health care law. So let me be the first to say that anything can be
improved. If you have ideas about how to improve this law by making care
better or more affordable, I am eager to work with you. We can start right
now by correcting a flaw in the legislation that has placed an unnecessary
bookkeeping burden on small businesses.

    What I'm not willing to do is go back to the days when insurance
companies could deny someone coverage because of a pre-existing condition.
I'm not willing to tell James Howard, a brain cancer patient from Texas,
that his treatment might not be covered. I'm not willing to tell Jim Houser,
a small business owner from Oregon, that he has to go back to paying $5,000
more to cover his employees. As we speak, this law is making prescription
drugs cheaper for seniors and giving uninsured students a chance to stay on
their parents' coverage. So instead of re-fighting the battles of the last
two years, let's fix what needs fixing and move forward"

  Here's a link to the transcript:
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/State_of_the_Union/state-of-the-union-2011-fu
ll-transcript/story?id=12759395&page=1

  -Reggie

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