GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – Fairness was the big word in the annual State of the Union address delivered by US President Barack Obama, who focused on keeping the American Dream alive. The speech serves as a reply to Republican candidates campaigning for the November 2012 presidential election and it provides the Democrats’ agenda for the year ahead. “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. 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,” said the president in the speech widely viewed on television Tuesday night (ed. note: viewing figures are not yet available, but Bloomberg has analyzed trends for these speeches).
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News story, GenevaLunch, 25 January 2012.
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