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President Obama did a good job last night in directing our attention to the future. We must take the steps as a country necessary to compete with China and other economic powers around the world. We must have the best-educated workforce or we will not be No. 1 on the world stage.

Also, he recommended some very positive steps in promoting job growth in the United States â€" lowering the corporate tax rate and streamlining our regulatory environment.

However, it is legitimate to ask: “Where is the rest?”

Specifically, the president appeared to reject virtually all of the major proposals his own deficit reduction commission made last December. The public is willing to give the president the benefit of the doubt on setting a bold path for the future, but ultimately they will look under the hood and ask what he’s really doing about deficit reduction.

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