9:00pm | President Obama covered a wide range of topics in his annual State of the Union address, which was carried with a live reader discussion on this special lbpost.com page.
Dozens of readers participated in a live chat during the hour-long address on our special coverage page. Thanks to all who joined in the fun!
President Obama focused much of the heart of his speech on creating new job growth and strengthening small businesses with new tax cuts for companies that invest in new technologies and hire domestically. He also stressed the importance of pursuing clean energies and proposed an immediate government spending freeze.
The President also touched on several issues of equal rights, such as the elimination of the existing policy that prevents gay Americans from serving in the military, and stressing that women should be paid equal wages for doing the same work as men.
A screenshot of the lbpost.com live coverage and discussion, via readers’ Facebook accounts