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Obama to call for "fair" economy in State of Union address
Jan 24, 2012, 23:21 GMT
Washington - US President Barack Obama is to focus Tuesday in his State of the Union address on the importance of an economy that provides opportunity for all Americans to get ahead and where everyone contributes their fair share.
'We can either settle for a country where a shrinking number of people do really well, while a growing number of Americans barely get by,' Obama said in excerpts released by the White House ahead of the speech.
'Or we can restore an economy where everyone gets a fair shot, everyone does their fair share, and everyone plays by the same set of rules. What's at stake are not Democratic values or Republican values, but American values. We have to reclaim them.'
Against the backdrop of looming presidential and legislative elections, Obama will give his third State of the Union address at 9 pm Tuesday (0200 GMT Wednesday) at the US Capitol to a chamber packed with lawmakers and invited guests.
He is to lay out an economic 'blueprint' focussing on US manufacturing, energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values.
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