"so my message is simple. it is time to stop rewarding businesses that ship jobs overseas, and start rewarding companies that create jobs right here in america. send me these tax reforms, and i will sign them right away."—president obama, 2012 state of the union address in this quote, the president is asking the american people to convince their state legislatures to reduce taxes on imports american people to start new businesses that operate only within the country congress to change tax policies that favor employing people in other countries congress to send funds to foreign businesses to them move into the nation