Difference between revisions of "You didn't build that"
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| − | President Obama told | + | President Obama told small businessmen not to take so much credit for their success, saying, "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> |
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| − | *The Obama campaign said the president's phrase, "You didn't build that," referred to his point that small businesses didn't build public infrastructure but Republicans say it shows how the president believes in a government-driven economy that fundamentally distrusts private enterprise. | + | *The Obama campaign said the president's phrase, "You didn't build that," referred to his point that small businesses didn't build public infrastructure but Republicans 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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Revision as of 17:04, August 27, 2012
President Obama told small businessmen not to take so much credit for their success, saying, "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)[1]
- The Obama campaign said the president's phrase, "You didn't build that," referred to his point that small businesses didn't build public infrastructure but Republicans say it shows how the president believes in a government-driven economy that fundamentally distrusts private enterprise. [2]