the us government is americas leading lowwage employer with a stroke of the pen the president can have a dramatic effect on the lives of millions of workers leveraging not only the 1 trillion in spending on federal contracts but setting an example that will accelerate similar action at the state and local level more than the minimum obamas next executive action the second target of the un millennium development goals mdgs agreed upon in 2000 by world leaders and set to expire next year is to ensure that by 2015 children everywhere boys and girls alike will be able to complete a full course of primary schooling so how far are we now when going to school does not mean learning