State of The Union -- TFOTM

Thoughtfully considering my personal assessment of the State of the Union, after listening to President Obama and the Republican response, I went looking for The Facts of The Matter.  Could I find facts, numbers, and data supporting what I believe?  We are doing better.

A fact is, the average annual unemployment rate this January is 8.5%.   The rate reported last year, same time, was 9.4%.  The State of the Union, the condition of our nation in this important aspect is better.  I firmly believe men and women who want to work should have work.  In fact, let’s get a National Job Drive up and running.

There I go, fantasizing.  Why would I suggest our political leaders do something innovative, now? They’re solidly into another election campaign season and it’s going to stay rough – for you and me. We’ll have two and a half political parties jousting amongst themselves constantly.  The objective: to insure they do nothing that enables the other to actually contribute good for the benefit of the majority. There will be candidate promises, declarations, fact twisting, words, and more words from one end of the country to the other.  At the same time, ‘ain’t mucha nothin’ gonna be accomplished in Washington.