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Posted on 08/13/2012 10:45:13 PM PDT by CitizenM
One month to the day after his infamous ‘you didn’t build that’ speech, President Obama’s description of wealthy people did not include “smart” or “hardworking,” as he instead ascribed their success to good luck.
“If you’re lucky enough, and fortunate enough, and been blessed enough to be in the other two percent, the top two percent, you still get a tax cut for your first $250,000 of income,” Obama said during a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. “All we’re saying is after that, maybe you can do a little bit more to help pay down this deficit and invest in things like education that help our economy grow.”
Obama avoided the cringe-inducing soundbite, but his remarks echoed the sense of his “you didn’t build that” speech in Virginia.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonexaminer.com ...
When Obama says things like, “If you’re lucky enough, and fortunate enough, and been blessed enough to be in the other two percent...” and “You didn’t build that...you had help....”, he is dropping his mask and showing everyone his true Marxist belief system.....that the government is the source of all success and good things, not individual freedom and perseverance, not free markets, not ingenuity.....instead, you are fortunate, lucky, had help, was shined upon by the all gracious government to have gotten what you have. People had better D@3* well wake up and realize we have a full blown commie Marxist running this country into the ground.
Your idiot friend doesn't realize that it would remove the 49% of freedloading moochers who pay no income taxes off the road and would leave it for the rest of us who hold up the world.
The story of Faust is such a popular classic there has to be some truth to it. The Oval Office probably has a hot line to Mephistopheles.
There. Fixed it. He's got some cheek, hasn't he? Runs the deficit through the stratosphere and then tells the rich it's their job to pay it.
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If Americans who were frugal enough to hold onto some of their money are considered ‘lucky’ why in hell are we saddled with this imbecilic Marxist as an excuse for a president?
Every Job Obamma has ever had was Given to Him.
He is Jealous of the Rich...because they are ALL Better than He will ever Be.
He is a Pissant Looser just like His Looser Father.
Easier to teach goats to surf than Obama how a lemonade stand works.
I read a recent article that said Obama wasn’t even elected as Prez of the HLR the top 2 vote getters were tied (neither named Barry)and he was a compromise candidate.
“I’ve had a liberal tell me that if you don’t want to pay taxes, you should be excluded from public accomodations including roads, police, fire protection, etc...”
I’ve seen a lot of “conservatives” say that whenever one DARES to criticize improprieties by a local police force or fire dept.
“Fine, see how fast they come to YOUR house when you need them” is the usual retort.
Of course, their friend or family member is usually a cop/firefighter, or they belong to the “benevolent” organization collecting money for them, but they don’t consider themselves liberal.
“Mensa stopped accepting SAT test results when the SAT tests and the SAT test results started being “race-normed”, “race-rigged” and “PC-adjusted” - Obama being (allegedly) born in 1961 would have been required to take tests administered by a MENSA approved psychiatrist.”
Respectfully, several years ago, I checked, and MENSA was accepting SAT scores, and that’s SINCE they’ve been re-rigged.
MENSA wants dues.
Below is the history of a small film distribution company I took over as manager when I left the Navy in 1987. No I didn't build it, but my Grandfather along with a man named Gilboy built it from the ground up. I just made it more profitable by demanding people actually work during company hours (no more drinking on the job) and added some incentives. Basic leadership I learned in the Navy.
In 1947 and before, there was street in Los Angeles that was well-known as Film Row on Vermont Ave. It was made up of very small warehousing operations owned by the movie studios where much of the new and old prints from studios were stored and shipped to the surrounding theater palaces in Southern California.
Paramount, MGM, Warners, United Artists, Universal, Disney, Columbia/Tri-Star, et al use to deal with all those prints and shipments on their movie lots and Film Row which took up space and manpower until they were offered an alternative by true entrepreneurs.
My Grandfather and Gilboy offered them a more cost effective means of dealing with the physical cans storage (warehousing), outgoing shipment to the theaters, and return and destruction of old prints. The studios saved money and time (which is also money) and my Grandfather created a business that employed people.
Those two men started their operation from the ground up with NO loans, pooled their own savings, and opened a central warehouse on Film Row to create Gilboy, Inc. Others around central hub cities took that lead and formed their companies with contracts with the Studios to provide the same services. It was a win for the Studios not having to deal with nor be distracted by the physical distribution of their product once the raw prints left the Technicolor and Deluxe labs and had to be physically mounted on film reals and trucked to the exhibitors (theaters). Think middlemen like Amazon with their fulfillment centers. Products are created, Amazon sells them as a middleman, consumers are the ultimate beneficiaries and all produce jobs.
Shortly thereafter, some 13 new distribution companies who had followed suit formed an organization called National Film Service (NFS). That created multitudes of small trucking entities. Some were owned by the NFS affiliate owners; some were independents. More jobs. BTW, all 13 distribution companies were privately owned and operated. As far as I know, no one borrowed money to start their individual companies. Could be wrong about that since it goes back to the late 40's.
NFS lasted some 50 years until the Carlson conglomerate that owned Technicolor slowly took our business by under-cutting our prices and we folded in 1997. Such is the case with free enterprise. I have no gripe with being beaten on price point, other than the fact that NFS had long ago become unionized under the IATSE (you see their logo at the end of every movie unless the production is out country) and Technicolor wasn't. An unfair advantage regarding labor expenses and follow through costs passed on to our customers, the Studios. Of course the Studios saw the advantage and left us.
Bottom line: When Obama says "you didn't do that", the above shows the perfect example of entrepreneurship and non-governmental assistance, and how a few men created something out of nothing, and created jobs for 50 years all across the Nation! Before 1997, if you ever went to a theater, it was the above guys who got those prints to you all the way back to 1947!
I won't even bother to expand on my own entrepreneurship regarding my print shop that I created from the ground up (including painting the walls and laying down kick panels and carpeting and more). Nor will I expand on my investment and semi-silent owner in a nightclub in Reno that used my own profits from Gilboy to create more jobs that lasted for years. It was called, "American Bandstand". Yes, as in Dick Clark being a partner.
Obama is the antithesis of free enterprise. I won't go into how ill-informed or non-committal he is to entrepreneurship, but suffice it to say if his regulations had been in place at those times above, many would have been without well-paying jobs.
Obama brags about being a "community organizer". Hell, I was the first "community organizer" for the first Free Republic activity back in 1998, called, "The March For Justice". So what? You direct people to do certain things and deal with some logistics and that's about it.
I'm certain that Obama never saw a balance sheet nor a profit&loss statement until he hit the WH. By his actions and Keynesian beliefs he still doesn't know how to read one, nor understand its implications. If he did, how could he run up TRILLIONS of debt?
So there you have an argument against, "they didn't build it". Google National Film Service and see what you see. Or try Gilboy, Inc. Sure there are still many in Hollywood that recognize those names, even if 15 years later. True entrepreneurs, all...with NO help from the Fedgov.
Last though and end rant...haha! This liberal/socialist fallacy of if not for Fedgov roads and infra-structure to give access to development is ass backwards. Look at the back page of any AAA magazine with its historical photographs and you will often see dirt roads leading up to a building or development. As a child, I remember dirt roads in and around our own suburban development in Gardena, CA. Once development happens, it provides the taxes for real streets and roads to be built or paved.
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Well that is kind of dumb.
They used to send out info that listed the cutoff years for accepting SAT test results.
The race-normed scoring in the 60s really signaled the failure of the American education system
There are always the higher threshhold groups that are much more selective -
If you are in the mid 180s and have a 99% on mental maturity it put you in a more select group
Who knows what their parties are like.
Locally the Tall groups seem to have the best parties -
On FNC a few minutes ago I saw that colleges/universities in CA and several other states have raised their tuition from 17% to 20% -
They say they had to “because government subsidies were down now”
Illegal aliens paying only $2800 (+/-) compared to honest native born or naturalized students paying over $8500 for the same course load
The government raises their subsidies - universities raised their tuitions fees
Now if government does not raise their subsidies - universities raise their tuitions fees anyway
Watch for Obama to promise total forgiveness for all college loans soon - he is panicking and desperate
The college load debt now is incredibly huge
“Everything should be free!”
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How interesting it was to read your story. You should send it to the Romney Campaign people. Obama is quick to use examples (often of things that are not true)...so maybe Romney could cite your success and how you, your father and so many like you are the ones who built America! Thank you for this. I am keeping this to show people who believe that crap about how it was always government assistance, government roads, etc. that built business.
Thank you. Feel free to edit and send it. It's ALL true and I can back it up with paper files that still exist in my garage.
Gilboy, Inc. existed without government help since 1947 and National Film Service was created from there, also without fedgov help. Ask any old-timer in the distribution department of any major studio. They will know of NFS and Gilboy.
What needs to be promoted by Romney is the countless small businesses that exist today in every strip mall in America. The numerous eateries, clothing boutiques, car shops, frame shops, furniture shops, etc., etc. Most are started on a "shoe-string" budget with the owners own money, and/or borrowed from relatives and friends. Very few borrow money from banks for those small shops.
However, even if an entrepreneur borrowed money from a bank, so what? He/she still took the risk without the Fedgov being involved.
Romney needs to bring this point home to everyone, including those who have jobs in those small shops!
What needs to be promoted by Romney is the countless small businesses that exist today in every strip mall in America. The numerous eateries, clothing boutiques, car shops, frame shops, furniture shops, etc., etc. Most are started on a "shoe-string" budget with the owners own money, and/or borrowed from relatives and friends. Very few borrow money from banks for those small shops.
However, even if an entrepreneur borrowed money from a bank, so what? He/she still took the risk without the Fedgov being involved.
Romney needs to bring this point home to everyone, including those who have jobs in those small shops!
Hi — Fascinated to read your article about the history of Gilboy. I’m currently researching and writing a book about the vanishing world of film collecting in the digital age including a chapter on the closing of Gilboy. Let me know if you’d be willing to do a phone interview about the history of Gilboy. Best, Dennis Bartok, e-mail: dennis.bartok@gmail.com.
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