[Portcall24]

Wow...nicely done.

“It is certainly true that, in modern times, the government has gotten itself involved in the infrastructure business.” But always with a vig. You send me a dollar and I’ll send you back 75 cents.

[July4]

I surely am amazed to find out that my spouse, my kids, and I didn't build our business. Damn. All those 70-hour, 6-day weeks for nothing. What were we thinking? Wonder why we saved every cent we could spare and sold our house so that we'd have capital to start our business? Why did we work so hard, and sleep and play so little? Our business has been a long-term success, until Obama.

[Girlene]

Good article, jaz. I didn’t know that about the Golden Gate bridge.....fascinating.

[jda]

There was an identifiable, culturally distinguishable American People long before there was a Revolutionary War, a Constitution, or a central government. The American People, by their industry and ingenuity, didn’t just build successful businesses… they built the most successful nation in history — and all, somehow, without HUD, Fannie, Freddie, the EPA, OSHA… {or, for that matter, Obama}

Oh so true. Yes, our system of roads, bridges, Internet, and other infrastructure have undeniably helped, but they are obviously not the underlying reason. Other countries have all the infrastructure the Community Organizer-in-Chief says are the only reason successful Americans got that way. But, those countries don't have the ingenuity, creativity or economy that defines America.

And, who really built our infrastructure? Certainly NOT the government, with its regulations and bureaucracy! It was the successful individuals and companies who paid taxes to fund those services, and it was the private companies and their employees who did the physical building. Furthermore, the fact is that much more could have been done had the grossly inefficient government not been involved.

The bottom line is that our Chief Socialist thinks successful Americans should be willing to pay more taxes, and unsuccessful free-loaders should demand that they do so. As a somewhat successful American, I don't mind paying taxes and volutarily giving over 10% of my gross income to our church and the needy, but I do object to footing the bill for those our government has allowed to think they are somehow entitled to what I have.

So, my fellow Americans, glory (not gloat) in the fact that we still live in a country where individual effort and success are admired and celebrated by most, despite what the socialists think. But, we must be diligent in our efforts to preserve this and other freedoms that are threatened.

[Portcall24]

Marvin Powers Blood is my 3rd great grandfather. He was born Jan. 8, 1793 Windsor, Vermont and died October 1859, Benngington, Edwards Co., Illinois. He was a soldier of the War of 1812. He was a Major in the Militia. His son, Sylvester Henry remembered and told of playing with his father’s epaulettes. The family was in New York when they packed up all their belongings onto a boat and floated down the Ohio River to where it met the Wabash. Near the confluence they started a sawmill to provide lumber for the community of Grayville, IL. Please Mr. President explain to me how they didn’t earn the benefits of the life they built for themselves and their family. And tell me how it was the government and others that were taking the risks for a better life for themselves and their descendants.