Obama to business owners: "You didn't build that." [W:417]

apdst said:

Tell that to all those oilfield service companies in South Louisiana that are losing their asses because of the drilling ban.

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Arbo said:

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kamikaze483 said:

At a campaign stop in Roanoke, VA, Obama takes a shot at entreprenuers and small business owners, suggesting that they are not responsible for the success of their own businesses.

IMO, blatant comments such as these show the disrespect that Obama has for ingenuity, resourcefulness, and hard work. I do not think comments such as these will benefit him among independent and other swing voters.

Also, I find it interesting that no other major news outlet other than Fox News picked up this story. Interesting, but not surprising.

Quoting Obama,




Obama to business owners: 'You didn't build that' | Fox News

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rocket88 said:

So if we just waited, businesses would build it themselves, right? Because they're usually about throwing around money and profits.

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AdamT said:

Yep, I'm sure they would have all gotten together and pooled their resources -- maybe even agreeing to some kind of assessment on profits, and formed a group to collect the assessments, and other groups to contract out the work and oversee the construction, and then perhaps they'd have agreed to additional assessments to pay for maintenance and expansion.... Hmm, I think that's what we call government and taxes.

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Thunder said:

I love the OP, cause it shows how dishonest and low Fox News will go to attack Obama.

They literally have to pull one sentence out of a three paragraph speech...in order to attack him.

Their hatred for Obama is sick.

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apdst said:

Not nearly as sick as the Obamabots falling for everything he says.....

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Bronson said:

Have you ever tried to start your own business?

Certainly doesn't sound like it

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Thunder said:

why do you attack EVERYONE who disagrees with you?

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apdst said:

Libbos hate business. Of course they're not goimg to participate.

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apdst said:

Awwww, poor babies! I'm not attacking anyone.

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Thunder said:

we love large-scale middle-class employers, meanwhile you guys think its fine & dandy to ship these obs overseas for slave-like wages & working conditions.

you can't claim to support American jobs while at the same time saying its ok to ship them to China.

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apdst said:

And screw tje small business owner. Fimally someone wo is honest about it. Thanks Thunder!

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Bronson said:

At this point I wouldn't be surprised if Obama demanded we all start making steel out of all our junk as a "National Effort to Revive the Economy" like Mao did in the 60s...

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Thunder said:

"Libbos" and "Obamabots"?

sure you are, and you know it. you prefer to attack people than try to come up with an intelligent argument.

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Thunder said:

ignorant hyperbole is great when you got nuthin' else, huh?

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apdst said:

I can't form an intelligent argument?...

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Arbo said:

Well, it certainly works for you.

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apdst said:

Consumers don't frequent a business just to be nice. They have a demand for a good, or service and that business owner meets that demand.

Consumers don't spend money for the hell of it.

Employees don't work for free.

Banks want their money back, with interest.

And, those businesses did just as much to pay for all that infrastructure as anyone else.

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solletica said:

:lol: even without such a ban, the oil cos. that engage in offshore drilling would never be in business if they were legally obligated to fully compensate every single business/individual affected by their spills,

and in a truly free-enterprise (deregulated) system, they would.

But the GOP has fortunately worked furiously to enact bills that shield companies from the liabilities of their spills, forcing taxpayers to pay for them instead. Hence, those offshore drilling cos., and all related businesses (including those that service the rigs) are only in business because the federal government has regulated the system in their favor.

Which means, your business only exists because of (the aforementioned) federal regulation forcing taxpayers to pick up the costs from spills, i. e. because the government has enacted laws that interfere with the market to tilt the playing field in your favor. So thank the feds for your livelihood, and stop bitching.

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apdst said:

What are you even talkinh about? My business FAILED because of government regulation? I'm supposed thank the government for putting me out of business? What screwed up world do you live in?

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solletica said:

You wouldn't have had any business at all ever if it weren't for the government interfering in the market to shield offshore drillers from spill liability.

So thank the government for your livelihood, and quit complaining.

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