Propangda 2011? [are they lying to us?!?!]

Propaganda [prop-uh-gan-duh] noun:information, ideas, or rumors deliberately spread widely to help or harm a person, group, movement, institution, nation, etc.
Examples of such propaganda were clearly exhibited in President Barack Obama's State of the Union Address presented on January 25.  Obama used the word "invest" multiple times within his speech. Each time, he was listing out more and more things that the government (which isn't having the best time financially right now) should spend money on. Obama replaced "spend" with "invest" simply to deceive the viewers and audience into believing that what ever the money is being used for is not a waste and for the most part, will turn out to be a beneficial investment. You see? Obama states "...and in a few weeks, I will be sending a budget to Congress that helps us meet that goal.  We’ll invest in biomedical research, information technology, and especially clean energy technology...an investment that will strengthen our security, protect our planet, and create countless new jobs for our people." Obama continues to say that "Countries in Europe and Russia invest more in their roads and railways than we do.  China is building faster trains and newer airports.  Meanwhile, when our own engineers graded our nation’s infrastructure, they gave us a 'D'...We’ll put more Americans to work repairing crumbling roads and bridges.  We’ll make sure this is fully paid for, attract private investment, and pick projects based [on] what’s best for the economy, not politicians" IS this all completely necessary? Obama gives the impression that our country has a gazillion dollars laying around to "invest" and people probably believe it too. I personally have nothing against Barack Obama. I was just told to find an example of propaganda, right?

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