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Obama Insults Small Business Owners
15 Jul 2012 18:28 #1
by otisptoadwater
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
Obama Insults Small Business Owners was created by otisptoadwater
By Todd Starnes
President Obama insulted small business owners during a campaign stop in Roanoke, Va. on Saturday.
“If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that,” Obama told the crowd. “Somebody else made that happen.”
President Obama said successful Americans did not become successful on their own — they had help.
“If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own,” he said. “You didn’t get there on your own.”
“The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together,” he said. “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.”
“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help,” he said. “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.”
Read more: http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/obama-insults-small-business-owners.html
President Obama insulted small business owners during a campaign stop in Roanoke, Va. on Saturday.
“If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that,” Obama told the crowd. “Somebody else made that happen.”
President Obama said successful Americans did not become successful on their own — they had help.
“If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own,” he said. “You didn’t get there on your own.”
“The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together,” he said. “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.”
“If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help,” he said. “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.”
Read more: http://radio.foxnews.com/toddstarnes/top-stories/obama-insults-small-business-owners.html
I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you.
"Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the Government take care of him; better take a closer look at the American Indian." - Henry Ford
Corruptissima re publica plurimae leges; When the Republic is at its most corrupt the laws are most numerous. - Publius Cornelius Tacitus
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15 Jul 2012 19:29 #8
by ScienceChic
I operate a small business, but I couldn't have built it myself, no way, no how. It took the work of many individuals (those who came up with the concept, those who built the forum, those who first joined as volunteers, those first members who jumped in and populated it with posts, the businesses who took a chance on a fledgling business, etc), and to continue requires the support of many more. I can work my ass off, but unless I continue to have good tech support, posters who continue to enjoy participating here, great volunteers, and Business Partners to help support my efforts to serve the community, this site and this business dies. Period. We are all interconnected, as I told the group of non-profits that met last week, and the Pleasant Park Grange group, whom were kind enough to invite me to speak to them yesterday. A community is made up of individuals, businesses, and non-profits - we all need each other, rely on each others services and goods, and we all support one another; individuals by patronizing a business, giving money or time and effort to a non-profit, non-profits by helping community members in need and using local businesses services and goods to do so, and businesses by providing a product or service that the customers rely upon, and by also donating money and time and effort to non-profits. It's the circle of life.
"Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
Replied by ScienceChic on topic Obama Insults Small Business Owners
See, I disagree with this one point, because as STDS said, no business operates in a vacuum. (And no, I don't wholeheartedly support Obama)otisptoadwater wrote: Individuals build and operate their own small businesses; being told they didn't get there on their own is nothing less than an insult to individuals who took the risk and succeeded or failed on their own.
I operate a small business, but I couldn't have built it myself, no way, no how. It took the work of many individuals (those who came up with the concept, those who built the forum, those who first joined as volunteers, those first members who jumped in and populated it with posts, the businesses who took a chance on a fledgling business, etc), and to continue requires the support of many more. I can work my ass off, but unless I continue to have good tech support, posters who continue to enjoy participating here, great volunteers, and Business Partners to help support my efforts to serve the community, this site and this business dies. Period. We are all interconnected, as I told the group of non-profits that met last week, and the Pleasant Park Grange group, whom were kind enough to invite me to speak to them yesterday. A community is made up of individuals, businesses, and non-profits - we all need each other, rely on each others services and goods, and we all support one another; individuals by patronizing a business, giving money or time and effort to a non-profit, non-profits by helping community members in need and using local businesses services and goods to do so, and businesses by providing a product or service that the customers rely upon, and by also donating money and time and effort to non-profits. It's the circle of life. "Now, more than ever, the illusions of division threaten our very existence. We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another as if we were one single tribe.” -King T'Challa, Black Panther
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it. ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is. ~Winston Churchill
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