What point was Obama making when he said 'If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen' ?
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President Barack Obama addressed supporters in Roanoke, Virginia on Saturday afternoon and took a shot at the business community. President Obama dismissed any credit business owners give themselves for their success:
There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t -- look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something -- there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. (Applause.)
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business -- you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.
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Mrs. maggot 2012/07/16 12:13:21Other Thoughts!
+24Ok Mr. Obama, just exactly who was it that got up before sunrise to cook from scratch several varieties of soup each day. Who was it that hand crafted each and every specialty sandwich and salad? Who washed those dishes ran the cash register and mopped the floors? My little "mom and pop" was very successful and with the exception of my one employee who worked as a waitress from 8am to 2pm and my mom who handled the register through the lunch rush, I seem to have different ideas about small business than you do...
True-customers DO keep the doors open, BUT without constantly working and PAYING all of the bills, it wouldn't exist.
So until 1 single customer is responsible for my gas, electric, mortgage, 5 kinds of insurance, shop equipment, supplies, and other fees, don't think that they alone are responsible for any businesses success.
It is the working without a salary, selling lower than anyone, taking very little profit and working tirelessly that BUILDS a business.
And NO, the FEd does Nothing except harm businesses.
IMHO you crypt arent getting it !!!!
Long gone are the days when I could attribute everything to myself.
lots of S/H users put these felonious countires of origin !
in the states we have an entirely different business aspects ....
I wasn't outright disagreeing with Lanikai on their main points, just their conclusion.
If I were you I would look up the definition of felonious. A better and simpler word would be 'misleading'.
pure semantics !
or you using a brittish definition ?
It is not necessary for anyone in this country to go without basic human needs, without constantly keeping everyone down with rents, taxes, bank fees, etc., while excessively subsidizing corporations.
In fact, we'd probably do much better as a whole if we had the wisdom to restructure our economy so that people had their basic needs met.
But the powers that be, the huge corporations, have most of us thinking that the current system is necessary, in one way or another.
Time to can his ass.
If you're a success it's because you had parents who supported you and raised you with a 'can do' outlook; you had teachers who taught you how to do math, how to present your product, maybe a science or shop teacher who trained you to build things or figure things out. If you produce a product, you're supported by the people that drive trucks carrying your products; those trucks drive on roads built by many other persons. We are, as a nation, inter-dependent on each other.
Yes, we do have to make our own way and make our own success but when you think about it, we all rely on someone else to do their job well so that we can do our job well.
He wasn't slamming people who succeed. He was just point out that when we succeed, we should never forget all the people who provided the stepping stones that we used to reach our success.
Obama shows that he believes no one can accomplish anything on their own without his precious government; he shows his contempt for the middle class and the small business owner.
That sound you hear is silence—as millions of small business owners and entrepreneurs were left speechless this weekend from President Obama’s latest insult.
The slap in the face to hard-working Americans conveyed Obama’s belief that it takes a village—a heavily subsidized village—to create that venture you’re profiting from:
"Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business—you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen."
Obama pushed his policy goals of infrastructure (aka stimulus) spending and “government research” as part of a collectivist utopia “doing things together.” It’s simply stunning that he would tell Americans, “If you’ve got a business—you didn’t build that.”
After all, could individuals be resourceful and hard-working enough to create whole new enterprises? Obama said:
"Look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always ...
Obama shows that he believes no one can accomplish anything on their own without his precious government; he shows his contempt for the middle class and the small business owner.
That sound you hear is silence—as millions of small business owners and entrepreneurs were left speechless this weekend from President Obama’s latest insult.
The slap in the face to hard-working Americans conveyed Obama’s belief that it takes a village—a heavily subsidized village—to create that venture you’re profiting from:
"Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business—you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen."
Obama pushed his policy goals of infrastructure (aka stimulus) spending and “government research” as part of a collectivist utopia “doing things together.” It’s simply stunning that he would tell Americans, “If you’ve got a business—you didn’t build that.”
After all, could individuals be resourceful and hard-working enough to create whole new enterprises? Obama said:
"Look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart."
It is this view of successful businesses—essentially, “You owe us”—that drives Obama’s continued attacks on the country’s job creators in the form of tax hikes and regulations.
If you're a success it's because you had parents who supported you and raised you with a 'can do' outlook; you had teachers who taught you how to do math, how to present your product, maybe a science or shop teacher who trained you to build things or figure things out. If you produce a product, you're supported by the people that drive trucks carrying your products; those trucks drive on roads built by many other persons. We are, as a nation, inter-dependent on each other.
Yes, we do have to make our own way and make our own success but when you think about it, we all rely on someone else to do their job well so that we can do our job well.
He wasn't slamming people who succeed. He was just pointing out that when we succeed, we should never forget all the people who provided the stepping stones that we used to reach our success.
destroy the US from within ,,small business ,, medium size businesses ,, and therefore will choke out all them ...and any that fight to survive owe the govt . higher taxes ...!
therefore this will make more dependence on the govt ....IE . socialistic regime !
see what good that did GM ...and GE was encouraged to move off shore ,,,,and call centers for all the tech .firms encouraged to move to thailand / phillipines etc for cheaper labor ..
ya have to demand to speak to some one in the states for tech support for century link ..sony , ma bell ...etc .
Obama, "You built it, now we're entitled to it." Sure it will destroy more jobs, force more businesses to outsource and push us further into a second economic crisis, but Liberals will get their entitlements. That is until we run out of money.
The new American dream is to qualify for welfare. That is what Obama means.