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CarMax Co-Founder: Obama Is Right, I Didn't Build It
breitbart.com ^ | 9/2/12 | Wynton Hall

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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KEYWORDS: business; carmax; democrats; government; obama; youdidntbuildit
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To: ColdOne

Okayyyy. You stole it like Obama and the rest of the government. Give it back if you are inclined to that view point.


161 posted on 09/03/2012 3:56:25 AM PDT by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: exit82; moovova

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.


162 posted on 09/03/2012 7:08:52 AM PDT by generally (Don't be stupid. We have politicians for that.)
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To: Bryanw92

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.


163 posted on 09/03/2012 7:38:04 AM PDT by Mouton (Voting is an opiate of the electorate. Nothing changes no matter who wins..)
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To: Future Snake Eater

I think I see why he’s a “former CEO.”


And why J. Immeldt should also be one.

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”


164 posted on 09/03/2012 7:40:17 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: rwt60

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....


165 posted on 09/03/2012 7:45:11 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: generally; exit82

All good points.

I’ll work on him, but he’s Pakistani from England, so...


166 posted on 09/03/2012 9:01:33 AM PDT by moovova (Hope-ium...Time to kick the habit.)
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To: generally
Also ask him what he thinks about gun laws and whether he’d like his gun taken away.
Well, given that used car dealers are consider the slimy underbelly of the auto business, I would bet Car(L)Ma(R)x all in for a repeal of the 2nd amendment.
167 posted on 09/03/2012 9:07:12 AM PDT by Impala64ssa (You call me an islamophobe like it's a bad thing.)
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To: bigbob
If I were a shareholder I’d fire his ass for this remark.

It says he was the former CEO. He may not even be with the company anymore.

168 posted on 09/03/2012 11:05:22 AM PDT by hattend (Firearms and ammunition...the only growing industries under the Obama regime.)
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To: Mouton

Same here. :(


169 posted on 09/03/2012 12:12:04 PM PDT by Bryanw92 (Sic semper tyrannis)
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To: ColdOne

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.


170 posted on 09/03/2012 12:14:04 PM PDT by castowell (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: castowell

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.


171 posted on 09/03/2012 12:18:56 PM PDT by castowell (I am Andrew Breitbart!)
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To: vg0va3

Bkmrk


172 posted on 09/03/2012 1:37:56 PM PDT by DrewsMum
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