President Obama addressed the nation Tuesday night, calling for unity within the government and the need for economic reforms to get the financial system back on track. “It’s not a bigger government we need, but a smarter government that sets priorities and invests in broad-based growth,” he said. He went on to describe what that smarter government would include: a federal minimum wage of $9 an hour, universal preschool education, cap-and-trade carbon regulation, immigration reform, and stricter gun control, among other things.
