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'''"You didn't build that"''' is an [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama]] quote that, for his opponents, sums up his vendetta against the free enterprise system:

'''"You didn't build that"''' is an [[Barack Hussein Obama|Obama]] quote for the 2012 campaign that for Obama expresses the need for public infrastructure and, for his opponents, sums up his vendetta against the free enterprise system.

:“What [President Obama] said was not a gaffe,” Mr. Romney said. “It was not a slip of the tongue. What he said was his philosophy. He said that if you have a business, you didn’t build it, someone else did that.”<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/4/you-didnt-build-that-was-gops-spark-plug/#ixzz25dE1fY43 ‘You didn’t build that’ was GOP’s spark plug - Washington Times]</ref>

On July 13, 2012, 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>

On July 13, 2012, 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.<ref>http://politics.blogs.foxnews.com/2012/08/21/ryan-obamas-true-beliefs-revealed-when-he-drops-his-veil-0?intcmp=obnetwork#ixzz24c0eMKMB</ref>

[[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> Mitt Romney later highlighted the quote:

:“What [President Obama] said was not a gaffe,” Mr. Romney said. “It was not a slip of the tongue. What he said was his philosophy. He said that if you have a business, you didn’t build it, someone else did that.”<ref>[http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/sep/4/you-didnt-build-that-was-gops-spark-plug/#ixzz25dE1fY43 ‘You didn’t build that’ was GOP’s spark plug - Washington Times]</ref>

==Critique by the Romney campaign==

==Critique by the Romney campaign==