You may have heard that just the other day our President, Barack Hussein Obama, was caught saying these words; "If you've got a business, you didn't build that, somebody else made that happen.” Proof(!) that he is some foreigner socialist who despises success and needs to learn how to be an American (per the Romney campaign).
It's true. He said those exact words. He also said a bunch of other words that you may not have heard that contain the context of those exact words. Here are some of those other words:
"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.”
Now there were a lot more words both before and after that further enrich the context, but from just that bit the President's meaning was clear. America's greatness isn't all about "me and mine." It's more about "us and ours." Everything we have as a nation we built together. Some even gave their lives so that together we might be free to prosper.
We the people. A more perfect union. One People. We mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes and our sacred Honor. All men are created equal. Common defense. General welfare. To ourselves and our posterity. All of these words appear in our founding documents. From these words it is just as clear that our founding fathers imagined that together we could build a great nation.
President Obama has never discouraged or denigrated success, or successful people, in any way. He does believe successful people, including himself, should give back their share to the system that allowed them to prosper. A system built on the blood, sweat and tears of generations of Americans.
These aren't socialist ideas. They're American ideas. This cult of selfishness that pervades today's political discourse must end if our union is going to survive. We didn't get where we are today by just looking out for ourselves. What a preposterous notion.
Listen to the President's full remarks here:
http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/Roano/start/3144/stop/3977
-- Conservatives also donate more time and give more blood." Liberals have all these high ideals as long as someone else is actually paying. Liberals harp about how things SHOULD be while conservatives actually make it happen. When was the last time you gave blood? http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/conservatives_more_liberal_giv.html
http://dacula.patch.com/blog_posts/the-sunday-liberal-reader-july-22
Here, two bros. who have the most at stake funded their own study. They picked scientists who were skeptics/deniers. But these were honest scientists. http://nydn.us/LIcpnf So the next step is "yes, climate change is real, and caused by man, but really should we not discuss what to do instead of rushing off and overreacting?"
Yes, like repealing ObamaCare thrity three times. Because, once is not enough, and thirty seven times? Why that is just silly. What exactly is the point? We get it. You want to repeal it. It will not be possible with this Congress and this President.
And as if any further evidence was needed that FOX has shed all pretense of being an objective news source and become a 24/7 mouthpiece for the Romney campaign, they are now using little girls to attack the President: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/24/fox-and-friends-lemonade-stand_n_1697665.html
Parents are the key to successful Americans, not teachers, not the government. Teachers should not be burdened with raising a child, parents should. Teachers should only be asked to enrich minds. Work ethic should come from home, not expected to be taught in school. Are there crappy parents, heck yes. Why, because the government has taken the burden of being good parents off the public's back. There are no consequences for being a crappy parent. Any two idiots with a penis and a vulva can create life, that, my friends, is the problem.
This guy is a huge lib. What do you expect him to say? Policy wonk in DC = he drinks lots of liberal kool-aid. Start using more "respected" sources.
Your whole Mormon argument is absurd. What is the name of your business, so I may avoid it?