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Gasoline prices that have fueled optimism but which are unrelated to any white house policy. Mr. Obama is also tonight going big on tax hikes. Proposing more than 300 billion dollars in new taxes. Hes still pushing taxpayerpaid Community College for all and looking for fast track trade promotion and negotiating authority from congress. And the president has already threatened to veto seven prospective bills in the Republicanled Congress. The Republican Leadership dismissed tonights speech as another campaign event, a speech loaded with proposals they declare to be nonstarters. I think any president in this situation has a choice he can sort of act like hes still running for office or he can focus on the things that we have a chance to reach an agreement on. Obviously, thats what i hope well hear tonight ....
Who we want to be over the next 15 years and for decades to come. Will we accept an economy will only a few of us do spectacularly well . Or will we commit ourselves to an economy that generates rising incomes and chances for everyone who marks the effort . The list of economic proposals alone was long. Everything from tax reform to new tax cred ises to help for klemp. He also added calls for new trade deals and new medical initiatives to help cure diseases like cancer and diabetes and greater Internet Access for everyone. One place where he did not signal much change was in the fight with americas enemies. We will continue to hunt down terrorists and dismantle their networks and we reserve the right to act unilaterally as we have done relentlessly since i took office to take off terrorists who pose a threat to us and our allies. Another big part of the president s address was calling for new cooperation with the republicancontro ....