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Posted on July 23, 2012 , Updated on July 24, 2012
Mitt Romney and his allies have attacked President Barack Obama often out of context for saying, If youve got a business you didnt build that. Somebody else made that happen.
American Crossroads posted a 60-second Web video called Build that shows small-business owners reacting to Obamas you didnt build that comment.
The Romney campaign replays Obama saying if youve got a business, you didnt build that five times in a 15-second video as part of a petition drive. It also uses the quote in an email fundraising appeal.
Sen. Scott Brown of Massachusetts posted a two-and-a-half-minute Web video that juxtaposes the presidents remarks against statements made by other presidents on the importance of free enterprise.
Theres no question Obama inartfully phrased those two sentences, but its clear from the context what the president was talking about. He spoke of government including government-funded education, infrastructure and research assisting businesses to make what he called this unbelievable American system that we have.
In summary, he said: The point is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together.
In Context
Obama made his remarks at a July 13 campaign appearance in Virginia. The president was speaking against Romneys proposal to retain the Bush-era tax cuts and cut federal tax rates an additional 20 percent across the board for all taxpayers.
Heres what he said:
Obama, July 13: There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me because they want to give something back. They know they didnt look, if youve been successful, you didnt get there on your own. You didnt get there on your own. Im always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there. (Applause.)
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If youve got a business you didnt build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didnt get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.
The point is, is that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we dont do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a hard way to organize fighting fires.
So we say to ourselves, ever since the founding of this country, you know what, there are some things we do better together. Thats how we funded the GI Bill. Thats how we created the middle class. Thats how we built the Golden Gate Bridge or the Hoover Dam. Thats how we invented the Internet. Thats how we sent a man to the moon. We rise or fall together as one nation and as one people, and thats the reason Im running for President because I still believe in that idea. Youre not on your own, were in this together.
FactCheck.org : You Didnt Build That, Uncut and Unedited
Obamas comments were not entirely new. The president frequently talks about this NOT covered on Fox etc...
More of your dividing, blaming others, crying, twisting and whining. Funny how your hate and bitterness is coming out.