One guy named Jason has a little business mowing lawns. I seem to be the guy he comes to for help with equipment problems. Jason is crippled on his right side, neither his leg or arm on that side are very mobile or strong. He can understand what he hears but he can only say one word, or make just the one sound really. Of course, he can kind of change the emotion of that one sound a little bit, but that's all he's got. Using sign language he explained to me one day he had been shot in the face with a shotgun.
Jason clearly doesn't have much money. When he finally communicates his needs and understands the cost, he goes away for days apparently working to come up with the money. Whatever his circumstances, the why and how doesn't really matter much. It's pretty clear he's a hard and determined worker now. Of course according to Obama, he didn't build that business....
Then there's JB. I took the chance, something I rarely do, to ask him what he thought about Obama's "you didn't build that" line. Jb has his own property management business. He comes to us for all kinds of repairs and the word astute describes him pretty well. He's very well spoken and a hard worker who knows about employees and contracted labor and he does much of the work he has personally.
He's a firm believer in the American dream just like any one of us here at FR. Nevertheless he somehow managed to misinterpret or create on the spot an almost opposite take on Obama's words. A rough quote; "He meant it's all of us, the customers and taxpayers who help support the infrastructure of any successfully business."
Sorry, I kind of left it there. I'm just not into talking correctional politics with my customers. But that's just that. Pointing out the truth to a guy like JB isn't my job. That's a politicians job.