Posted on 07/14/2012 1:10:53 PM PDT by Hojczyk
The basic message here is that the President just wants to help. Times are tough and employers are having a hard time creating jobs. (::: cough ::: regulations ::: cough :::) But if you happen to be a business owner, the President wishes you the best. His help and good wishes, however, come with one small caveat… just remember that you didn’t build that business, so don’t get too cocky.
OBAMA
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.
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This might be the all-time awful Obama quote, outright mocking the hard work and intelligence of business people and job creators, saying they did NOT create their businesses.
This needs to be all over TV.
Just...wow.
He’d give government credit when a bear craps in the woods.
This might be the all-time awful Obama quote, outright mocking the hard work and intelligence of business people and job creators, saying they did NOT create their businesses.
This needs to be all over TV.
Just...wow.
Well, zero made the woods possible /s
Sure. Someone with genious, persistance, and ingenuity invented electricity and the telephone so al gore could invent the internet so someone would learn how to take their G-d given talent and turn it into a few bucks instead of going on welfare.
Must be a racket that G-d given talent thing. Might even fall under RICO.
Duh. genius.
He's calling himself an American Indian now?
Obama actually made this statement? Hard to believe that he is sooooooo stupid. Where is the Democrat party leadership? Why are they allowing this imbecile to represent them?
This is kinda like affirmative action for the rich!
Read it and think of the people you know who have a business. Imagine telling this to them:
If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.
- Barack Obama July 14, 2012
GOOD to see you, darling SE Mom!
The Marxist makes me sick!
So whenever someone sells a business the money should go to the government.
I went in the local library yesterday to send a fax. The leftist librarian had a poster of Elizabeth Warren on the wall, and a large selection of leftist anti-American books prominently displayed. My tax dollars at work. I plan to contact the library board, but I know it won’t do any good, and just label me a “trouble-maker”.
I posted the quote on FB to help spread the word of this man’s insanity.
The Kenyan Marxist was just echoing communist/socialist dogma that contends no individual is really important, it’s all about the collective. The concept of individual ambition and achievement is toxic to communists like Obama. This statement proves it.
Only those completely ignorant of success - those who have zero initiative - would believe this and Obama is hoping there are more of them every day.
My husband created two successful business with no help from anyone - including the government.
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