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Line 1: − + − + + + + + − "Echoing the Republican candidate's recent criticism on the stump, the video hammers the president for suggesting this past Friday that business owners owe their success to government." [http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/19/romney-hammers-didnt-build-that-in-new-web-ad/?intcmp=related#ixzz24le0iWx7] + + + + + − Full quotation:+ − *"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.'''" (emphasis added)<ref>[http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/25/obamas-logic-a-system-that-allows-us-to-thrive-can-disallow-success/]</ref> − The Obama campaign said the president's phrase, "You didn't build that," referred only to his point that small businesses didn't build public infrastructure. +
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[[Barack Obama|President Obama]] told small businessmen not to take so much credit for their success, saying dismissives, "If you’ve got a business -- '''you didn’t build that'''. Somebody else made that happen."
On July 13, 2012, [[Barack Obama|President Obama]] told an audience at a fire station in Roanoke Virginia, "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.''' 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." (emphasis added)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/13/remarks-president-campaign-event-roanoke-virginia|title=Remarks by the President at a Campaign Event in Roanoke, Virginia|date=July 13, 2012|accessdate=August 25, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://dailycaller.com/2012/07/25/obamas-logic-a-system-that-allows-us-to-thrive-can-disallow-success/|title=Obama’s logic: a system that ‘allows’ us to thrive can disallow success|author=Steve Stanek|accessdate=August 25, 2012|date=July 25, 2012}}</ref>
[[Republican]]s say it shows how the president believes in a government-driven economy that fundamentally distrusts private enterprise. [http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2012/08/21/ryan-obamas-true-beliefs-revealed-when-he-drops-his-veil-0?intcmp=obnetwork#ixzz24c0eMKMB]
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[[Republican]]s say it shows how the president believes in a government-driven economy that fundamentally distrusts private enterprise.<ref>http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2012/08/21/ryan-obamas-true-beliefs-revealed-when-he-drops-his-veil-0?intcmp=obnetwork#ixzz24c0eMKMB<ref>
==Critique by the Romney campaign==
==Critique by the Romney campaign==
The Romney campaign posted a video that shows the president saying over and over, "If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that."<ref>{{cite web|url=href="http://www.mittromney.com/forms/private-sector-what-creates-jobs-not-government?utm_source=t.co&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=20120717_lb_petition-you-didn%27t-build-that_twitter"|title=Hard-Working Americans Are What Create Jobs, Not Government|accessdate=August 27, 2012}}</ref> The campaign website stated, "Comments like that are a slap in the face to the American Dream and reveal the President's naïve view that government, and not the hard work, talent, and initiative of people is the center of society and the economy. Clearly, this President doesn't understand how our economy works."
Fox News then reported, "Echoing the Republican candidate's recent criticism on the stump, the video hammers the president for suggesting this past Friday that business owners owe their success to government."<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/19/romney-hammers-didnt-build-that-in-new-web-ad/?intcmp=related#ixzz24le0iWx7 foxnews.com</ref> In a July 17 speech in Pennsylvania, Romney agreed "you really couldn’t have a business if you didn’t have those things" as described by Obama, including teachers and firefighters.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://factcheck.org/2012/07/you-didnt-build-that-uncut-and-unedited/|title='You Didn’t Build That,' Uncut and Unedited|date=July 24, 2012|accessdate=August 27, 2012|work=factcheck.org}}</ref>
==Response by the Obama campaign==
==Response by the Obama campaign==
The Obama campaign said the president's phrase, "You didn't build that," referred only to his point that small businesses didn't build public infrastructure.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barackobama.com/truth-team/fact-check-what-president-obama-actually-said-about-small-businesses/|title=Fact check: What President Obama actually said about small businesses|date=July 17, 2012|accessdate=August 27, 2012}}</ref> The Obama campaign also posted a clarifying video.<ref>http://thehill.com/video/campaign/239659-obama-ad-aims-to-set-romney-straight-over-you-didnt-build-that-remark</ref>
==Other reactions==
Crossroads America posted a video called "Build" which quoted small businesspeople as reacting negatively toward Obama's quote.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae9SjPEsRf0&feature=relmfu|title=American Crossroads: Build |date=July 24, 2012|accessdate=August 27, 2012}}</ref>
[[Scott Brown]] posted a two and a half minute video ad showing Obama's statement and similar statements by Elizabeth Warren and contrasted them with quotations from prior presidents.<ref>http://blip.tv/play/hIUWgv7VcQA.html?p=1</ref>
The Obama statement and the subsequent exchange with Mitt Romney drew satire from the ''Colbert Report'', which pointed out that Romney made essentially the same statement regarding the need for education and infrastructure to promote business success.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/416950/july-25-2012/mitt-romney-vs--barack-obama-on-small-business-owners|title=Mitt Romney vs. Barack Obama on Small Business Owners|date=July 25, 2012}}</ref>
Carl Gibson of the ''Huffington Post'', pointed out that the Republican National Convention's theme of "We built that" contradicts the fact that the convention's venue was constructed with taxpayer funding.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/carl-gibson/rnc-you-didnt-build-that_b_1830673.html|title=RNC: You Didn't Build That|date=August 26, 2012|accessdate=August 27, 2012|work=Huffington Post}}</ref>
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