As two American interns at the Forbes India office, we were tasked with analysing the Union Budget tabled by finance minister Arun Jaitley. During our time watching the 127-minute speech, we couldn’t help but think of our State of the Union (the US President’s address to a joint session of the Congress) back home.
Clearly you need a lesson in democratic systems. Presenting the budget is passed down from British parliamentary practice, not American. A more valid comparison is osbornes speech from March this year. Also the budget is one ratification away from being law. State of the union is just a bunch of recommendations to legislature. Most of them won\'t even come to fruition. The world need not operate as America does. Learn that quickly or you\'ll only help propagate the stereotype of the ignorant American.
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