The Struggle of the Middle

"Obama State Of The Union Address Highlights Battle For The Middle Class"
By: Michael McAuliff, Sabrina Siddiqui
Source: Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/21/obama-state-of-the-union-address-_n_6471266.html

    President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address seemed to call the middle class to battle and the Republicans were not happy about it. Obama mentioned the middle class at a minimum of seven times and "working" people at least nine as he called out his new proposals. The President mentioned new offers such as new child tax credits, raising the minimum wage, extending family leave and making college more affordable. Before Obama's speech was over, House Speaker John Boehner's office was directing responses, mentioning that "regulatory onslaught squeezes the very middle-class families he claims to be trying to help". This response shows that Obama seems to be doing more of the "people pleasing talk" then actually pleasing the people. He also threatened to veto what Republicans considered to be, jobs bills. The Republican Congress mentioned how hard it was to be in office for the past six years because they also felt it every day. Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers mentioned how disappointed she was by Obama's speech because she did not hear much on how they were going to be helping the middle class. She mentioned how his speech sounded like a "rosy picture of how things are" since he was not covering how these problems were going to get fixed. Most mentioned that the speech seemed like everything else: without a solution. It is especially going to be difficult for the middle class, so there must be a way to help them in order to get this country in order, considering a majority of this country is middle class.