Obama’s State of the Union address in 2012, natural gas production from shale was strongly supported. A few months later, a draft report was issued by the EPA claiming no proofs existed of fracking contaminating drinking water (Konschnik & Boling, 2014).
4. Policy options and evaluation criteria
a. Policy Options and Framework
Considering the challenges threatening to overwhelm fracking, discussions between federal, state and local stakeholders is crucial for the assessment of prospective policy alternatives which may be implemented by individual governmental levels. This discourse necessitates effective education of the masses… Continue Reading...
claims that President Trump made during his recent State of the Union address. One of those claims, of course, related to the tax cut package that was passed and how it was the “biggest” in the history of the country. The article’s authors, James Stewart, admits straight away that the current form and function of the economy is very strong. However, Stewart is also quick to point out that only a month has passed since the tax cut package passed and more than thirty years have passed since the Reagan tax cuts passed. When it comes to the… Continue Reading...
President Barack Obama promised to close Guantanamo Bay, a promise he reiterated during his 2014 State of the Union address (Gerstein, 2014). Speaking before a joint session of Congress, President Obama made his position about the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay absolutely clear:
With the Afghan war ending, this needs to be the year Congress lifts the remaining restrictions on detainee transfers and we close the prison at Guantanamo Bay – because we counter terrorism not just through intelligence and military action, but by remaining true to our Constitutional ideals, and setting an example for the rest of the world. (cited in Gerstein,… Continue Reading...
