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January 26, 2011

Public Citizen weighs in on last night's State of the Union address

Public Citizen president Robert Weissman watched President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address along with activists — well, almost. He live-tweeted during the speech, letting us know exactly how he weighed in on POTUS’ many talking points relating to Public Citizen issues. Here’s the collection (in descending order):

We do big things – inspiring. How practically do with budget freeze? How jumpstart economy? #sotu #p2
Obama shd protect patient rights. Epidemic of prevent med errors. Patients need safety and access to justice. http://bit.ly/eSn81o #sotu #p2
Terrible. Medmal lawsuit costs falling, not sig cost for system. Real cost is preventable med harm. http://bit.ly/eSn81o #sotu #p2
Tax on Wall St speculation would raise $150B. Will Obama mention? http://bit.ly/eaiKUp #sotu #p2
Dereg led to Great Recession. Wrong to accept idea that regs cost jobs. Are crucial for economic stability. http://huff.to/f7hWoD #sotu #p2
Why repeat corp deceit that public protections hurt business? http://bit.ly/geid1B #sotu #p2
Korea remains a Bush agreement. No real change from Obama. http://bit.ly/fYK8sH #sotu #p2
“Support” US jobs claim is misleading. Korea FTA will lead to net job loss, USG says. http://bit.ly/fYK8sH #sotu #p2
Crack down on corp loopholes could raise 100s billions for public purposes, not corp profits. C’mon pres. #sotu #p2
Strong Internet needs net neutrality. Monopolists will fail us all. FCC has fallen down on job. http://bit.ly/88ocT #sotu #p2
Educ great for kids, not answer for jobs. http://bit.ly/gsYi36 Need pub invest, above all in renew energy, more equality, more. #sotu #p2
All energy options not good. Nukes disproved. Clean coal a sham. http://bit.ly/i9ffSl Fracking too dangerous. http://bit.ly/gAHHCQ #sotu #p2
Clean energy is challenge of generations, Obama right. But nukes not clean or viable. http://bit.ly/cQQMmi #sotu #p2
Corp profits at record, but foreclosure unabated. Unemp near 10%. Will Obama take on? Tax cuts no solution.

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