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IF ROADS, BRIDGES, AND TEACHERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR SUCESSFUL BUSINESSES...ARE THEY ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FAILED ONES???!!!

damnyoumaggot 2012/08/06 14:59:13
yep...those dastardly bridges....
nah...Bush did it
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Get out your solar powered, Solyndra calculators and try out some ObamaMath.

Mr. Obama has told us that sucessful businesses are built by the collective not the individual. That everyone had help along the way and thats what built your business. Not that you are smarter or you work harder than anyone else. Bridges, roads, teachers and the internet (all claimed under the mantle of Gov'ment by Mr. Obama) is what gave you your sucess...So is this a two way street, Sir? What about the failures in life, in business? Are you and you Gov'ment internet, road, bridges, teacher responsible for that as well? Or do you only want credit for positive outcomes and no blame for negative ones....?


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  • ☆astac☆ 2012/08/06 15:15:24
    yep...those dastardly bridges....
    ☆astac☆
    +19
    Funny watching the progressives try to get away from what obama said. It is like he let the cat out of the bag, and he voiced what we knew all along. The progressive left is against individuals succeeding in life.

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  • Brian 2012/08/07 14:12:09
    yep...those dastardly bridges....
    Brian
    +3
    That would stand to reason, can't take the good without the bad right?, It would also mean that the "Horribile" President in the form of GW Bush is also a product of the same road,bridges and teachers, so is this then a case of getting exactly what you paid for. If so, then this proves once again that anytime the Government gets involved in our lives they screw things up.
  • Warren - Novus Ordo Seclorum 2012/08/07 14:07:29
    nah...Bush did it
    Warren - Novus Ordo Seclorum
    There is a difference between enabling success and causing success. You can lead a conservative to knowledge but you cant make him think.
  • damnyou... Warren ... 2012/08/07 18:51:39
    damnyoumaggot
    +3
    Clever post...but you didn't post it...Someone else made that happen....
  • Warren ... damnyou... 2012/08/07 19:40:20
    Warren - Novus Ordo Seclorum
    Absolutely. Without a functioning internet I could never have posted it. I did not build the internet, and my name is not Al Gore.
  • Mrs. maggot 2012/08/07 13:27:31
    damnyoumaggotman! We meet again....
    Mrs. maggot
    +2
    This is a very thought provoking article, thank you for doing the post!
  • damnyou... Mrs. ma... 2012/08/07 18:52:09
    damnyoumaggot
    +2
    the Underdog was for you...
  • santa6642 2012/08/07 12:34:38
    damnyoumaggotman! We meet again....
    santa6642
    +1
    The dreamer built the business not teachers , roads or bridges, they pladed a very small part if a part at all.
  • Scott santa6642 2012/08/07 16:05:26
    Scott
    +1
    Hmmm.... they played a necessary part. Try building your business in the middle of the woods with no roads, no way of shipping supplies in or product out and no easy way to get customers to find you. And that's not even counting things like low interest government small business loans which most small businesses take advantage of to get started.
  • John Boy Scott 2012/08/07 16:28:40
    John Boy
    +1
    What pays for all of those things you mentioned ? Taxpayer money which is payed to the government from people working for businesses !
  • Scott John Boy 2012/08/07 17:14:11
    Scott
    Yep. The economy is very like an ecosystem--it all goes round and round. The animals eat the plants then die and fertilize the soil which in turn feeds the plants ... the businesses pay taxes which in turn pays for roads and bridges which allow the businesses to even exist. And that's not even mentioning low interest Gov. loans that allow the majority of small businesses to get started in the first place. Neither can exist without the other.
  • reaper 2012/08/07 08:28:31
    damnyoumaggotman! We meet again....
    reaper
    I would say they help lead the way for a business to be successful and expand. that is, if the product or service you offer is worthy enough for someone to buy. if not, keep trying, something will come through. it just depends on how good it is.
  • The Birdman 2012/08/07 07:44:21
    yep...those dastardly bridges....
    The Birdman
    +3
    That's the Marxist way! Success is shared, failure is doled out to enemies of the state!
  • pheonix 2012/08/07 05:37:11
    damnyoumaggotman! We meet again....
    pheonix
    +2
    teachers just give ou the info you choose what to do with it
  • Michaelene pheonix 2012/08/07 15:59:14
    Michaelene
    +1
    Teachers are supposed to teach you how to learn, not just dole out information. Sadly there are not enough good teachers who do just that.
  • Mike W 2012/08/07 05:32:37
    nah...Bush did it
    Mike W
    +3
    Just ask Obama, Look at how successful Solyndra was..... oo , wait a minute
    Obama Solyndra
  • urwutuis 2012/08/07 04:26:46
    yep...those dastardly bridges....
    urwutuis
    It's definitely the bridges. I think the roads and teachers are just patsies but they gotta blame somebody.

    Actually what he said was you didn't do it alone which carries a slightly different message than built by the collective.
    Why is garbage like this made into an issue?
    Apparently there aren't enough real problems.
  • CLIFF YARBROUGH 2012/08/07 03:41:07
    damnyoumaggotman! We meet again....
    CLIFF YARBROUGH
    Obama vs Romney

    Last Updated: 8/6

    State Pollster Poll Date Obama Romney
    National Rasmussen Tracking 8/3-8/5 47% 45%
    North Carolina Rasmussen Reports 8/1-8/1 44% 49%?
    Indiana Rasmussen Reports 7/31-8/1 35% 51%?
    Michigan EPIC MRA 7/24-7/31 48% 42%
    Missouri Rasmussen Reports 7/30-7/30 44% 50%?
    Ohio CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac 7/24-7/30 50% 44%
    Florida CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac 7/24-7/30 51% 45%
    Pennsylvania CBS/NYT/Quinnipiac 7/24-7/30 53% 42%
    Connecticut PPP 7/26-7/29 51% 43%
    Florida PPP 7/26-7/29 48% 47%
    New Jersey Fairleigh Dickinson 7/23-7/29 49% 36%
    National Pew Research 7/16-7/26 51% 41%
    Wisconsin Rasmussen Reports 7/25-7/25 49% 46%
  • Iseeyou 2012/08/07 03:17:57
  • WhereIsAmerica? ~PWCM~JLA 2012/08/07 02:48:06
    damnyoumaggotman! We meet again....
    WhereIsAmerica? ~PWCM~JLA
    +1
    Neither is true.
  • evangelism_vision 2012/08/07 02:35:13
    yep...those dastardly bridges....
    evangelism_vision
    +3
    WE CALL THAT TURNING THE TABLES BACK ON THE LEFT!

    Good post!
  • evangel... evangel... 2012/08/07 02:50:33
  • damnyou... evangel... 2012/08/07 18:55:12
    damnyoumaggot
    +1
    Thank you!
  • evangel... damnyou... 2012/08/07 21:38:35
    evangelism_vision
    +2
    No problem
  • Rusty Shackleford 2012/08/07 01:23:34
    nah...Bush did it
    Rusty Shackleford
    +2
    Blame Bush, spend more.
  • Gracie - Proud Conservative 2012/08/07 01:23:25
    yep...those dastardly bridges....
    Gracie - Proud Conservative
    +4
    They must be on dirt roads, you just can't succeed on a dirt road!
  • SmittenKitten 2012/08/07 00:21:13
  • lark 2012/08/06 23:54:20
    nah...Bush did it
    lark
    +2
    That is what they say all of the time
  • Yankee Traveler 2012/08/06 23:28:13
    yep...those dastardly bridges....
    Yankee Traveler
    +2
    Place credit where credit is due
  • Soundstorm 2012/08/06 23:24:11 (edited)
    yep...those dastardly bridges....
    Soundstorm
    +5
    I went online to look up one of my old elementary schools from way back when I was growing up on the South Side of Chicago. The accompanying comments tell of an apathetic teaching staff, teachers who come in drunk and brag to the kids about it and a general breakdown in standards. Yes Obama, your crew built it alright.
  • Nancy~PWCM~JLA~POTL 2012/08/06 23:17:49
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    Nancy~PWCM~JLA~POTL
    +5
    Can barely open a damn lemonaide stand without a gzillion regulations and permits and EPA and FDA the list is endless etc...Hardly worth even wanting to try anymore. That is what the government is after. Bigger government to run us all out of biz and that will give the people less control over earnings and less in the end of any day to ever hope to get to sucessful enterprising. They can barely deliver my mail so do I want their healthcare?

    Why don't they have it? Let all 545 congress, house of Reps president be the test monkey for Obamacare first and give say 5 years and see how they like it before they introduce it. Of course they will opt out and prefer the penalty because they are overpaid and can afford to do so. Their lives are uneffected by any of their proposals
  • WankerBait 2012/08/06 22:48:29
    nah...Bush did it
    WankerBait
    +2
    Crappy or greedy management. poor production practices, and products no one wants are generally the reasons business fails. Just ask Bush, he failed allot...
  • konalimu WankerBait 2012/08/06 23:22:48
    konalimu
    +2
    Tell us, how many business have you built?
  • ☆Ed☆ WankerBait 2012/08/07 02:47:17
    ☆Ed☆
    +2
    LOL, and yet Bush STILL did LESS damage to this nation in 8 years than your messiah has accomplished in 3 1/2!!!
  • captainquiggle 2012/08/06 22:35:33 (edited)
    yep...those dastardly bridges....
    captainquiggle
    +1
    The idea that everyone's not understanding is that people don't live in a vacuum. We all work together to make successful industry.



    When industry falls apart, it's in part due to the lack of a cohesive unit working together in all segments of industry, including those not controlled by the corporation itself.



    That's just simple logic. What's so hard or bad about understanding that? I'm not sure.



    Somehow people are upset that they have to thank others that help them along the way and can't be seen as working alone against all odds. But, that's just something mature people do anyway.



    Grow up, people.
  • Kevin V... captain... 2012/08/06 23:44:37
    Kevin Verdone
    +1
    Thank you!
  • marylou5 captain... 2012/08/09 15:59:43
    marylou5
    +1
    Businesses succeed and fail for many reasons.. from product not needed, poorly manufactured or not wanted, to poor management, to government regulation, to forced unionism, etc etc etc.

    Think about this scenario....when you went to a doctor in the past, there were many nurses, and medical personnel looking after your needs, and one receptionist/secretary running the office.

    Now, look around...there are dozens of paper pushers in the office and one or two medical personell attending to your needs. What's wrong with this picture?

    That is due to all the government/insurance regulation necessary to process the paper and get paid. Your time with the MD is limited. He has to see twice as many patients to break even to pay for all the paper pushing. Who and what gets short changed?

    That's a small business teetering on the edge because Medicare, Medicaid requires it but does nothing to make your health care better or pay their bills in a timely fashion!

    Apply that to all the government regulations imposed on industry/business and you'll understand why businesses fail and are reluctant to expand!
    Is that progress?
  • captain... marylou5 2012/08/09 16:19:48
    captainquiggle
    Yes, businesses succeed and fail for many reasons; neither of them would happen in a vacuum. It is the community that decides there's need for a product or not, etc. Government regulation ensures your business has a fighting chance by making sure monopolies don't exist, etc..

    Your example doesn't really fit with any hospitals or doctor's offices I've been to. I'm not sure what you're talking about. Your argument about why doctors see so many patients was never pressed to me by all the doctors I used to hang out with a couple of years ago, either.

    Your complaints about Medicaid and Medicare don't address the issue as to why it's needed in the first place and what function it really serves. You cite tertiary impact upon small businesses (that I'm not even sure exist) as a reason to shut down both programs? Or as a reason to cut costs on small businesses? I'm not sure.

    If businesses fail and are reluctant to expand, why are companies showing RECORD profits in these last couple of years?

    I think the money they're making is definitely progress, if one was to decide based solely on the amount of money they made. I don't see how anyone could argue that wasn't progress. If you're making more money than you've ever made before, how could you call that failure?

    Government regulation is ...



    Yes, businesses succeed and fail for many reasons; neither of them would happen in a vacuum. It is the community that decides there's need for a product or not, etc. Government regulation ensures your business has a fighting chance by making sure monopolies don't exist, etc..

    Your example doesn't really fit with any hospitals or doctor's offices I've been to. I'm not sure what you're talking about. Your argument about why doctors see so many patients was never pressed to me by all the doctors I used to hang out with a couple of years ago, either.

    Your complaints about Medicaid and Medicare don't address the issue as to why it's needed in the first place and what function it really serves. You cite tertiary impact upon small businesses (that I'm not even sure exist) as a reason to shut down both programs? Or as a reason to cut costs on small businesses? I'm not sure.

    If businesses fail and are reluctant to expand, why are companies showing RECORD profits in these last couple of years?

    I think the money they're making is definitely progress, if one was to decide based solely on the amount of money they made. I don't see how anyone could argue that wasn't progress. If you're making more money than you've ever made before, how could you call that failure?

    Government regulation is needed and protects companies from operating in a world where there is no competition in the market. Government offering health care to citizens that are too old to work anymore isn't a horrible thing for anyone involved. Streamlining processes in order to make more money isn't a detriment incurred by the government.

    Government issues may be seen as a burden at times, and some could blame the government for their failure as well as their success and I'm sure both would be right on some level. But that's because government does affect the world in which we all live in.

    So, I'm not sure what's so hard to get about that? And, why is it wrong to point out?
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  • Icono1 2012/08/06 22:01:15
    nah...Bush did it
    Icono1
    +2
    Isn't it? Or have I been lied to again by the Progressive neo Marxists.

    Does this mean that the Proletarians paradise is being put on hold until they find a reason for it not existing other than the obvious lack of interest by the proletarians? Can they blame Bush for this also?
    Damn you maggot I knew this would lead to an unplanned contraction in Liberal Logic that will cause a rift in the space time continuum of Karl Space.
  • Dogman 2012/08/06 21:04:34
  • damnyou... Dogman 2012/08/07 18:57:43 (edited)
    damnyoumaggot
    So them avoid mine in the future.

    seriously,
    maggot

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