The American Jobs Act and the 'pursuit of happiness'

Washington, DC – President Barack Obama spoke before a joint session of Congress tonight and unveiled his ‘American Jobs Act’.  As unemployment remains stagnant at 9.1 percent with no new jobs reported in August, many wonder if the President’s plan will get people back to work and reinvigorate the American Dream.

‘Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness‘ is one of the most famous phrases in the United States Declaration of Independence and considered by some as part of one of the most well crafted, influential sentences in the history of the English language.  According to the U.S. Declaration of Independence, the ‘pursuit of happiness’ is an essential human right and yet so few people in the nation right now have access to the basics needed to accomplish this aim.

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