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You didn’t build that: Obama says wealthy are ‘lucky,’...
The Washington Examiner ^ | 8/15/12 | Joel Gerhke

Posted on 08/13/2012 10:45:13 PM PDT by CitizenM

One month to the day after his infamous ‘you didn’t build that’ speech, President Obama’s description of wealthy people did not include “smart” or “hardworking,” as he instead ascribed their success to good luck.

“If you’re lucky enough, and fortunate enough, and been blessed enough to be in the other two percent, the top two percent, you still get a tax cut for your first $250,000 of income,” Obama said during a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. “All we’re saying is after that, maybe you can do a little bit more to help pay down this deficit and invest in things like education that help our economy grow.”

Obama avoided the cringe-inducing soundbite, but his remarks echoed the sense of his “you didn’t build that” speech in Virginia.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012election; antiamericanism; bhofascism; bhosocialism; democrats; didntbuild; elections; lucky; marxism; nakedmarxist; nobama2012; obama; obamatruthfile; redistribution; socialistdemocrats; speech; spreadthewealth; stealthewealth; taxes; youdidntbuildthat
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To: CitizenM
Throughout history, poverty is the normal condition of man. Advances which permit this norm to be exceeded- here and there, now and then- are the work of an extremely small minority, frequently despised, often condemned, and almost always opposed by all right-thinking people. Whenever this tiny minority is kept from creating, or (as sometimes happens) is driven out of a society, the people then slip back into abject poverty. This is known as "bad luck." -- Robert A. Heinlein
41 posted on 08/14/2012 5:21:25 AM PDT by Haiku Guy ("The problem with Internet Quotes is that you never know if they are real" -- Abraham Lincoln)
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To: CitizenM

What the #$%@ is he talking about? Not being taxed on your first $250,000? He has never filed out a tax return in his life.


42 posted on 08/14/2012 5:47:53 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: CitizenM

What the #$%@ is he talking about? Not being taxed on your first $250,000? He has never filed out a tax return in his life.


43 posted on 08/14/2012 5:47:53 AM PDT by crusty old prospector
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To: CitizenM; oyez

Projection.

The reason he can’t stay away from this topic is because he was lucky and never worked and never earned anything and never built anything. He has no idea where businesses and products come from. He assumes that everyone else who has achieved something got it the same way he did: by having it handed to them on a silver platter.


44 posted on 08/14/2012 5:56:59 AM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: crusty old prospector

My dad always told me, “you make your luck.” In other words, hard work, trusting in God, and using your talents to the best of your ability will open doors of opportunity you never thought were available.


45 posted on 08/14/2012 6:01:06 AM PDT by reegs
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To: CitizenM
Although I've never owned a business and have never managed an entire business (I've managed part of one) I've attained a fair degree of "comfort" but never "wealth" (both words defined in *American*,rather than *worldwide*,terms).I achieved it through 60 hour work weeks..double shifts,night shifts,weekends,Christmas,Thanksgiving,July 4th.I also achieved it through self denial and delayed gratification.I never benefited from a nickel of government money (unless you classify Army pay as a "benefit").

Yes,Osama,many,many others helped you (and your pals and supporters) get to wherever you are but don't you dare tell me that *I* didn't achieve *my* "American dream all by myself!!!!

46 posted on 08/14/2012 6:01:16 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (The Word Is Out,Harry Reid's Into Child Porn.Release All Your Photos,Harry!)
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To: CitizenM

Nothing new here. Clinton did much the same when he referred successful people to “The winners of lifes lottery”

were it not for thrir hatred, envy and nastiness those on the Left would have nothing at all.


47 posted on 08/14/2012 6:04:11 AM PDT by beenaround
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To: CitizenM

There is no such thing as luck...in business or in any other sector of life.

Life is what one makes of it.

-Rex


48 posted on 08/14/2012 6:10:23 AM PDT by RexBeach (Mr. Obama Can't Count.)
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To: Williams

Fred Smith of Federal Express must be one of the luckiest people on the planet. This is using Zero’s definition of luck. Fred S just happened to put together one of the most dominant businesses EVER.


49 posted on 08/14/2012 6:18:07 AM PDT by NCC-1701 (The LEFT's intolerance of the RIGHT is intolerable.)
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To: CitizenM

You know, if I’m David Axelrod, I’m going to Barry and telling him to ****ing ZIP IT.


50 posted on 08/14/2012 6:25:22 AM PDT by Lazamataz (I love the Universe, and it loves me.)
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To: EBH

I think few of us would dispute that luck is a factor. But the difference between Zippy and most hard-working Americans (aside from being American and working hard) is that we don’t think that luck is the primary factor.

Most of us realize that you can work your tail off digging ditches and you will not get rich. You need to direct that work toward something with a payoff, or hire others to do it, or find a way to do it faster or cheaper than the next guy.

Hard work.
Intelligence.
Luck.

You need at least 2. But hard work is the one that you have the most control over and that is what makes it so important.


51 posted on 08/14/2012 6:28:43 AM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: oyez

The prince of this world is behind him...

The word “Luck” comes from the word “Lucifer”...


52 posted on 08/14/2012 6:29:20 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working fors)
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To: Chode

I’ve had a liberal tell me that if you don’t want to pay taxes, you should be excluded from public accomodations including roads, police, fire protection, etc...

Yeah, sure... what about those who contribute nothing, and haven’t for generations, but simply sit on their asses and take from the “public accomodations”?


53 posted on 08/14/2012 6:31:28 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working fors)
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To: SailormanCGA72
My son, at 24 years old, went to work for his uncle at a small HVAC, plumbing, and electrical company in Miami. The business was only a couple of years old and floundering.

Within a year my son had the company on it's feet and turning a small profit.

Within 2 years he expanded the business to include commercial work specifically restaurants.

Within 5 years he had turned it into a national project management company for chain restaurants doing equipment installation, HVAC, electrical work, etc.

Today his multimillion dollar company has four offices and about 300 employees. His uncle is comfortably retired, another uncle and my younger son are working for him.

His success was not due to luck. It was due to hard work, sacrifice, having an idea and pursuing it, and a lot of sleepless nights.

Knowing all that my son has been through and is still going through establishing and running this business it makes me furious when Obama says thing like this.

My son has used his hard work and determination for good. He has created jobs, treated people and companies fairly, and offers a good service to other companies.

Everything Obama has done and wants to do is out of hate and used for destruction.

54 posted on 08/14/2012 6:31:53 AM PDT by Amntn
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To: generally

We’ll agree to disagree... on which is priority, but for me it has been about intelligence.

Two ditch diggers digging in a ditch one gets out and the other one is left...why?


55 posted on 08/14/2012 6:34:26 AM PDT by EBH (Obama took away your American Dreams and replaced them with "Dreams from My (his) Father".)
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To: CitizenM
Obama: ... a new vision for the US in which "prosperity is shared."

==

[Interpretation: You didn't build that, but we want a share of the wealth you earned from that. You didn't build that, but YOU OWE US anyway.]
56 posted on 08/14/2012 6:37:51 AM PDT by TomGuy
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To: MrB

Cool...totally agree with your liberal friend!!!

That would take 47% of the idiots off the road.

I am down with that! ;-0


57 posted on 08/14/2012 6:38:31 AM PDT by EBH (Obama took away your American Dreams and replaced them with "Dreams from My (his) Father".)
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To: CitizenM

“...Obama really doesn’t understand the correlation between hard work and achieving success...”

He’s LIFELONG LEECH/PARASITE/MARXIST; never worked a day in his pathetic, false life. Never sacrificed, never gambled on success, never made a strategic plan, never made payroll, never..., never..., never..., never... I could go on and on.

0BUMMER’S a lifelong L-O-S-E-R!

How could 52% of America have been so damned stupid to put this lowlife POS in office? Dear God, what have we done to our beloved Republic? He’s destroying America!

Can we ever get it back?


58 posted on 08/14/2012 6:39:22 AM PDT by Carriage Hill (Harry Reid [PERVERT-NV] has Vickie-the-goat in lingerie & stiletto heels, tied-up in his office.)
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To: CitizenM

Obama would consider me “wealthy” although I am not. I am successful, however. It was all luck. That 7 years of post graduate education just fell into my lap out of the blue one day. And the 14 hour days I work, the nights, holidays and weekends spent at the job have nothing to do with success....I just got lucky and this great company started sending me paychecks to sit around and do nothing. I’m so glad this didn’t take any effort on my part....

Oh, and since I got “lucky” the government helps itself to half of my income. Good thing I didn’t have to work for it, or I might be pretty upset at that. /s


59 posted on 08/14/2012 6:44:04 AM PDT by Mom MD (T he country needs Obamacare like Nancy Pelosi needs a Halloween mask)
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To: oyez
Is he comparing those of us who are not the top 2%. Unlucky, unfortunate, and not blessed? How depressing is that?
60 posted on 08/14/2012 6:46:12 AM PDT by wmap
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