President Barack Obama delivers his State of the Union address to a joint session of the U.S. Congress. (Photo by Scott J. Ferrell/Congressional Quarterly/Getty Images)

(theGrio) President Obama is scheduled to discuss his recuperated plan to create jobs this week as the unemployment dilemma continues to plague economic progress.

It’s important to note that personal income and Social Security taxes account for 82 percent of government revenue, which goes a long way in explaining budget deficits and catastrophic debt projections.

Truth be told, there’s very little the White House can do to reduce the unemployment rate in a short period of time. The government may have created the predecessor to the Internet in the 1960s through DARPA, but it took several decades before the private sector capitalized on this new technology. The stimulus package prevented layoffs at the state and local level, although it only delayed the inevitable.

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When the president speaks to the American public, he should bear in mind that consumer spending represents 70 percent of GDP and only a thriving middle class has the ability to immediately pollinate the economy. He must also acknowledge that whatever plan he advocates will be dismissed by a Congress that gets bought and sold like stock. To expect reasonable discourse on this matter would be an exercise in futility.

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