Our (My) Daily Challenge - Numbers
Excerpt from President Obama's speech in Roanoke , Virginia on July 13, 2012
"...There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me, because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t -look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something – there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.
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...."
I don't want top start an argument but the owner of this business got no government handout, worked 16 hours a day, risked his whole financial future and health getting his business off the ground. The only government officials involved were the ones he had to pay for permits to to get started. It should be mandatory that all our officials work in the "real world" for a while before they go making comments like this.
Sorry for the diatribe but politicians really anger me when they make ridiculous comments like this. To be fair the stupid comments come from both parties. It's just easy for me to pick on this one because the government did make my job happen...you see... I am a tax accountant and without the government my job would be unnecessary.
Our (My) Daily Challenge - Numbers
Excerpt from President Obama's speech in Roanoke , Virginia on July 13, 2012
"...There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me, because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t -look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something – there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.
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...."
I don't want top start an argument but the owner of this business got no government handout, worked 16 hours a day, risked his whole financial future and health getting his business off the ground. The only government officials involved were the ones he had to pay for permits to to get started. It should be mandatory that all our officials work in the "real world" for a while before they go making comments like this.
Sorry for the diatribe but politicians really anger me when they make ridiculous comments like this. To be fair the stupid comments come from both parties. It's just easy for me to pick on this one because the government did make my job happen...you see... I am a tax accountant and without the government my job would be unnecessary.