Obama wasn't saying "business owners didn't build their businesses".
he was saying that we ALL, together, pitched in to build roads & bridges.
we ALL pitched in with either tax dollars, management & design of the project, or the actual labor.
And this is how stupid his comment was. It shows his utter ignorance for what makes a successful business successful.
Let me put it in terms you might understand. Roads and bridges do not make a company or small business successful. If they did, every single business would be successful, because there is a road in front of virtually every business in America. My business doesn't succeed simply because there is a road outside, or a bridge nearby, and it doesn't succeed because we have a government that builds new roads and bridges. Does it contribute at all? Sure, but it's miniscule, and I mean miniscule. Because of the internet, I don't need the government built roads near as much as I used to. But of course, Obama tries to give most of the credit to the government for the invention of the internet too. One liberal even claims he invented the internet.....cough cough
What Obama's comment revealed, is his fundamental philosophy behind "collectivism". It diminishes the philosophy of rugged individualism, entreprenuership, free market capitalism. Ya know, the things that literally built America and made it the greatest nation in the history of the world.
Like I've said so many times before, YOU don't listen to the man's words, OR, you agree with him philosophically. Either you don't understand his philosophy, OR, you 100% agree with it. It's the Socialistic philosophy of "collectivism". Listen to some of his speeches, read his books. He doesn't hide his philosophy. In "Audacity of Hope", he talks extensively about "collective salvation". You know what that means? It means he believes HE isn't saved, until we are ALL saved. Collectively. How many times have you heard him use the terminology "shared sacrifice"???? That's a "collective" philosophy. Everyone shares sacrifice. Of course, everyone but government. These are very strong Socialist philosophies, and they go against the philosophy of "individual responsibility", "individual acheivment", "individual entreprenuership", "individual freedom", "individualism" in general.
His philosophy seeks to diminish the very best, to make them no more important than anyone else. Which explains his comment, "if you have a business, you didn't build that. Someone else made that happen". He is diminishing the individual acheivements of the business owner, and equating them with some random person that paid $150 in property taxes that went to help pay for the road outside. It's absolutely an insult to people who have risked much, and worked hard to build something. He doesn't know the meaning of building something. And you can try to explain his comments away all you like. It's the context of his statement that is insulting, not just the comment itself. I understand Obama, you dont. OR, you agree with him wholeheartedly, and are afraid to admit it. Either way, I still understand his philosophies. I've studied him, I've read his books, I've watched him speak, I've read his speeches over again, and most importantly, I just listen to him talk. He isn't from the same mold I'm from, or most Americans are from. The mold that honors our individuality, rewards our individual successes, and holds up individuality as the key component to success.
Do you even have a clue what I'm saying?????