Knowledge is still powerful (that is if you use it)!
Dear Sisters,
What matters? Getting all the information you can and more on what the government is doing that could impact your living. Don't just get it; use it.
Want more on what President Obama's State of the Union speech contains that if implemented could change or impact your life?
Here's a summary of other updates in the text of the US President's Speech. Given LiveSisterLive has a global audience, if you are outside the US, also pay attention to what's happening. We are in a global world where one country's intiatives often are also occuring in other countries.
Equal Pay for You. The President talked about getting more serious about equal pay laws that impact women and the pay they receive for work.
Education & Resources for Your Finances: The President commented, we need to make sure consumers and middle-class families have the information they need to make financial decisions. Message for us is that we need to stay informed about what decisions are being made of will be made.
Help to Pay for Yours or Your Child’s Education: In college? Here’s what the President said that could impact the costs you pay: Instead, let's take that money and give families a $10,000 tax credit for four years of college and increase Pell Grants. And let's tell another one million students that when they graduate, they will be required to pay only 10 percent of their income on student loans, and all of their debt will be forgiven after 20 years -- and forgiven after 10 years if they choose a career in public service, because in the United States of America, no one should go broke because they chose to go to college
Tax Credits for You: Look at what the President say you may get: That's why we're nearly doubling the child care tax credit, and making it easier to save for retirement by giving access to every worker a retirement account and expanding the tax credit for those who start a nest egg. That's why we're working to lift the value of a family's single largest investment -- their home.
Refinancing Assistance for Your Home: The President stated this year, we will step up refinancing so that homeowners can move into more affordable mortgages. And it is precisely to relieve the burden on middle-class families that we still need health insurance reform.
Look at your home mortgage situation, if you own a home, so that you can determine if it’s time to rethink what you’re paying can change your payments
Programs to Improve Your Children’s health: Weight problems are not just an adult issue. The President announced that First Lady Michelle Obama will launch a national movement to tackle the epidemic of childhood obesity and make kids healthier.
Don’t ignore your children’s health problems, given it can affect so many areas of their life the quality of life they will live as they move into adulthood.
Improved Civil Rights for You: The President talked of expanded efforts to stop and penalize hate crimes and other related violations. He also talked about other civil rights protections.
Health Care for You: The President reemphasized the work underway to ensure heath care is available to all.
Remember, knowledge is only as powerful as you use it!
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