Posted on 09/02/2012 11:18:05 AM PDT by ColdOne
CarMax co-founder and former CEO Austin Ligon, who will be a featured speaker at the Democratic National Convention, says he and his company's 17,000 employees aren't responsible for his billion dollar company, the government is:
As President Obama has said, I didn't do it alone. I succeeded because we had a committed team of CarMax associates working round the clock to build our business. We found ready capital from healthy and flexible capital markets that allowed us to grow. We benefited from an effective national transportation infrastructure that let us move products from one market to another, and we had cooperation and assistance from federal, state, and local governments in providing clear rules of the road that let us plan and grow our business.
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Okayyyy. You stole it like Obama and the rest of the government. Give it back if you are inclined to that view point.
Also ask him what he thinks about gun laws and whether he’d like his gun taken away.
I agree, you can’t change people’s minds by insulting them or beating them over the head with a stick. They will just dig in and double down. Reason takes a little time.
Truth is like sunlight. Both are good for you, but too much at once hurts.
Funny, Car Max was on our list of places to go to get a car for my wife....not now, let the committed Democommie eat his inventory.
I think I see why he’s a “former CEO.”
He knows that if he ran GE the way he has chaired the Jobs Council he would be a goner.
No way he’d let one of his business leaders get away with “ I guess they weren’t as shovel ready as we thought”
If the federal government were publically traded, who would invest?
No one.
I’d suggest we ask this question.
If the federal govt is so good then why don’t we all switch our 401K’s into
it as our primary investment.
Sure would give a good feeling planning for, or living in retirement wouldn’t
it Joey Plugs, or Barry O....
All good points.
I’ll work on him, but he’s Pakistani from England, so...
It says he was the former CEO. He may not even be with the company anymore.
Same here. :(
Quote from CarMax co-founder Austin Ligon: “We benefited from an effective national transportation infrastructure that let us move products from one market to another, and we had cooperation and assistance from federal, state, and local governments in providing clear rules of the road that let us plan and grow our business.”
Quote from Jeff Sinegal, former CEO and co-founder of Costco: “We benefited from an effective national transportation infrastructure that let us move products from one market to another, and we had cooperation and assistance from federal, state, and local governments in providing clear rules of the road that let us plan and grow our business.”
Interesting how by coincidence they happened to write the exact same paragraph, word for word. /s/
They didn’t write that...someone else made that happen. Like someone from the WH and their lame talking points. How messed up is that? I’m glad Sinegal is no longer associated with Costco, because I love that place. It would be difficult, but I would boycott Costco. CarMax? Never been, never will.
Ok, I goofed on the quotes. Here’s what Sinegal said:
“Thanks to a strong nationwide transportation system and infrastructure, we’ve opened warehouses across the country and around the world.”
So, not word for word (I copied incorrectly, but close enough, right? Like when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
Still looks like talking points to me.
Bkmrk
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