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Jul. 23rd, 2012 @ 10:59 am (no subject)
There are those who argue that President Obama was talking about the roads and infrastructure when he told American entrepreneurs "you didn't build that."

Well, aside from the fact that it's evident from context that was NOT what he was talking about, the pretentiousness of that claim is as obnoxious as the first. If I built a business, I paid taxes. I paid fees. I paid fines. I paid for licenses. I paid through the nose--- for what? For that very infrastructure you (not the president) are trying to talk about, apologist. What's more, I paid the lion's share of it all--- because Obamalama and his Democrat Ding Dongs see me as they have always seen productive members of society: as a bottomless piggy bank.

I paid for the roads, and lighting, and police and fire departments, and all that "infrastructure" that you like to talk about, and that you think justifies rifling yet again through my pockets for loose change, you miserable thief. You paid for nothing. You took the money I paid you and wasted it on free bread and circuses.
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From:kire_duhai
Date: July 23rd, 2012 06:12 pm (UTC)
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Once again you hit the heart of the matter.

No matter HOW you try to spin what he said, there is no way to rationalize it. It always boils down to "You're more productive, so you owe society more", despite logic telling us that if anything, the reverse is true.

There isn't a way to interpret his words well; the only thing befuddling the MSM is that people are upset - because they honestly don't see what's wrong with them. The President perfectly and succinctly summed up his entire worldview on economics and moral philosophy, and he made it quite clear.

A pox on those too cowardly to rob us themselves, who rely on government officials to collect their highwayman's tolls and protection fees, and on the gangsters in Washington who are their masters.

-Kire Du'Hai
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From:nefaria
Date: July 24th, 2012 02:29 am (UTC)
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Drives me crazy that someone working full-time at minimum wage has a lower standard of living than someone who's not working at all, because the unemployed get big government checks that disappear when you get a job. How can you climb your way out of poverty when someone sawed through the rungs like that?
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From:kire_duhai
Date: July 24th, 2012 07:11 am (UTC)
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To reach the rungs, the government tells you to jump.

...To which the expected response is "How high?"

-Kire Du'Hai
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From:gothelittle
Date: July 24th, 2012 02:13 pm (UTC)
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Back in feudal societies, lower castes or conquered lands would pay tribute. The upper class didn't have to do much for themselves... they were paid their living by the people who labored in the fields.

Obama keeps blasting the rich and the producers in society, but if we're going to lapse back into the world of class envy and division, who among us best fits that description?