Obama at SOU Asks You - "Do We Accept an Economy Where Only the Few will do Spectacularly Well?"

State of the Union Speech on Jan 20 2015 | President Obama

[dobbyman]

In the State of Union speech last night, Obama introduces the idea -

- "we should choose who do we want to be in the next 15 years..."

Shortly followed by Obama's Important Question to us all:

- "Do we accept an economy where only a FEW will do SPECTACULARLY WELL?"

But haven't most of us bought a LOTTERY Ticket and enjoy when there is a $100,000,000 Lottery Winner - hoping we win next time?

Haven't we always accepted:

- Professional Star Sport Players like Michael Jordan making $10,000,000 a year and more

- Movie Stars being Multi-millionaires

- Movie producers like Steven Spielberg - making 10s of millions of dollars

- Musical groups like the Beatles and Rolling Stones making 10s of millions of Dollars

- Lottery Winners - winning 100 Million Dollar lotteries

- Great Inventors like Steve Job, founder of Apple Corporation, rewarded with billion of dollars as we benefit from the Apple iPhone, iPads & iPods

- And like Bill Gates of Microsoft having billions as we benefit from the PC Microsoft Operating System

- Great Creators like Elon Musk, a multi-millionaire, as he created Pay Pal, Space X Corporation, Tesla Motors, & a Solar Power Company

- etc?.

- We in America and much of the western world HAS ALWAYS ACCEPTED that a FEW will do Spectacularly Well!

To President Obama - "YES WE DO ACCEPT!"

OBAMA seems to be one of the Few who could make such a "Spectacular" statement as that so carefully crafted for a State of the Union Address to the Nation ! - LOL

[reg45]

Any society that defines poverty as the lowest quintile of incomes will always have a twenty percent poverty level.

[GodAndCountryFirst]

“Allende said the same thing in Chile.”

But THAT situation was resolved definitively. Have we also reached a “Pinochet moment?” It’s an exciting idea to contemplate.

[GodAndCountryFirst]

Furthermore, I accept an economy where lots of people (deservedly so) FAIL spectacularly — without having the government intervene with “income support” or other kinds of charity that I pay for.

People have no incentive to work hard if they know the nanny state will make sure they eat no matter what happens.

[SkyPilot]

I thought Barry solved all this in 2009?

[SpaceBar]

We’ve got to keep fighting poverty until at least three-quarters of us are above average.

I actually LOL'd on that one.

[vpintheak]

Nah. Lets just accept the one where no one works and everyone lives off the tit of mother government. Yeah, that sounds WAY better.

[dobbyman]

Thank you for continuing to do it!

[grobdriver]

"Do we accept an economy where only a FEW will do SPECTACULARLY WELL?"

What few? Oh - you mean those of us who actually get up in the morning AND GO TO WORK?

[mjp]

Do we accept an economy where only a FEW will do SPECTACULARLY WELL?"

Libtards inflate the money supply to try to stimulate the economy, which leads to increased amount and rate of profit for the the rich, businessmen, and capitalists in the long run, and then they complain that the rich, businessmen, and capitalists are doing well. Just another case of libtard perversity of result.

[VideoDoctor]

Orr maybe a better question would be: “should we accept a system like the NFL or the NBA that has ONLY one champion?”>p?

Obozo is little more than a FOOL who is praised by those who have little or no insight

[nascarnation]

Talk about people doing spectacularly well....wait and see the take the Obamas get from POTUS pardons in Jan 2017.

[Wuli]

I will never achieve the greatness of many in the top of their fields, and so yes, I will never be their equal in the ways we all want to reward the best among us, and therefore yes we do accept a world where not everyone will do spectacularly well. Oh, but I also have no envy of anyone else and doing just as well as I can is always enough for me.

[dobbyman]

Nice summary of how most of us I think feel about our life and achievements compared to those Few who made Spectacular achievements.

your summary statement: “I will never achieve the greatness of many in the top of their fields, and so yes, I will never be their equal in the ways we all want to reward the best among us, and therefore yes we do accept a world where not everyone will do spectacularly well. Oh, but I also have no envy of anyone else and doing just as well as I can is always enough for me.”