The thing I got out of the speech is what BTK said about his repeating "You got to pass this right away" over and over (was he trying for the Pavlovian effect?). I guess he means like ObamaCare; "don't try to analyze this, just pass it"

He went on about Social Security. Really?; why did he cut $500 Billion from it then?

He never addressed the Free Market Economy. He made little mention about the myriad regulations strangling business growth in this country. He took credit for some small steps toward reform, but then went into his rhetoric about not making Americans choose jobs over safety. Straw man issue; those are not the regulations strangling business. The feds have imposed new regulations and rules making it hard to do business in this country. Everything from guitars to health care to the internet and dozens more.

He mentioned the cost offsets for this program but didn't provide them. He's calling for new federal spending. Yeah, that's worked real well so far, hasn't it.

There's more, but finally the President never mentioned energy exploration as any kind of solution to our nation's troubles. Focusing on this could reduce energy costs, provide jobs and generate hundreds of billions of dollars. What did he do instead? He focused on "tax loopholes" of the energy companies. Good grief!!