"If you've got a business, you didn't build that."

[Flagg]

"If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j8Xh...layer_embedded

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/presid...se-made-happen

As a small business owner, I find this comment particularly disturbing.

It would appear the President is prepared to throw small businesses and their owners under the bus, instead of treating the small business community(owners and employees) the way it should be.......as the seed corn of the economy.

Eating your seed corn is a recipe for economic disaster.

[Sigaba]

Did you view the entire speech or read the entire transcript?

Is your business based in the United States?

Are you eligible to vote in the upcoming election?

[Dusty]

Originally Posted by Sigaba

Did you view the entire speech or read the entire transcript?

Is your business based in the United States?

Are you eligible to vote in the upcoming election?

I was and am; in my case, I can just go by the source-I don't have to open the link to know it's f.cked up.

[tonyz]

Originally Posted by Flagg

"If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6j8Xh...layer_embedded

I read Obama's remarks in VA - maybe I misread that shit - but they are something less than interesting even when read in their entirety.

IMO, the remarks by Obama, referenced in the OP, suggest that Obama visualizes this country as a collective - it takes a village.

But, I can see how a sympathizer might find comfort.

The balance of the speech, IMO, is nothing more than a rehashed campaign speech that we have heard time and time again. Nothing enlightening therein - despite the OBAMA defenders dripping panties - and accusatory style.

[stfesta]

I had a small business, I was able to hire one part time employee.

I was taxed out of existence.

The government made that happen.
sf

[alelks]

Hmmm,

Let's see.

I only have a high-school education.

I spent 20 years in the military (all in SF). I became a Program Manager for Lockheed Martin making over 85K per year in Fayetteville, NC while at the same time starting my own business which now has 17 years under it's belt.

You're DAMN right I did all that by myself. The only people I have to thank for it are my parents for raising me right and the soldiers who fought and/or fought and died so I could have the freedom to do it.

[Flagg]

Originally Posted by Sigaba

Did you view the entire speech or read the entire transcript?

Is your business based in the United States?

Are you eligible to vote in the upcoming election?

Yes

No(although my company has sold a shipload of US manufactured export goods to defray all that cheap junk coming in from China)

Yes

I DO realize it is JUST a soundbite.

I also realize that politicians go thru a fair bit of media training to try and avoid such soundbite catastrophes.

To me the President's comment seaqueway's nicely with his attack on the wealthy and his shift in aim towards the affluent and the upper middle class income levels.

I see a lot of media stories on political campaign contributors receiving stimulus, what has been done over the last 4 years to simply get out of the way of small business owners and prospective small business owners?