Proof that, in fact, "you didn't build that"

[Remodeling Maidiac]

And you say you hold fast to 90% of your conservative beliefs. Lolololololololol

I don't see how ANYONE could ever not consider you a fraud.

Yep, I do. Let me list some. A few Tea Party folks may wanna take note and remember them as well:

Humility: Realizing that no single person is responsible for all their success, that we are all helped by many others along our way in life, and any success should be taken with a humble nod to those who helped.

Gratitude: Of realizing we all need help along the way, and being appreciative to those who helped. Our teachers, cops, soldiers, coworkers, the employees we hire. Our families. Realizing that an arrogant attitude is not a conservative value.

Honesty: Being true to what one believes. And not be scared or too proud to admit we all, at one point, needed some help.

Charity: Realizing that charity is good. It's good for individual people. And...charity is a great help for society. Also realizing that SOME causes, some societal needs, will NEVER be funded by charity because volunteerism never works if there is no emotion involved. Which is why our Founding Fathers enabled the country to have a functioning tax system, a collective pot that society chips into, and a few trusted, elected representitives will use that pot to fund those societal needs.

Respect for Authority: This once was a bedrock of the right wing, and a major part of why I was part of it. Having respect for the military, for the police, for teachers, etc. Now, they are all labeled in an umbrella of evil, greedy government workers that need to be slashed down to size.

I could go on and on and on.

And I truly believe 90% of my conservative values remain. It is the right wing ideology that changed, not me.

My other 10% that aligns more with the left tends to be about weed, gay marriage and animal rights. That too has not changed.

Fail

Major fail

Those are everyday human values. To say they are exclusive to the right is a complete joke

 

[Chris]

Republicans are idiots.

They tore everything down in 2008.

Obama is rebuilding it.

 

[Shelzin]

It's quite simple proof too. We hear from the rich that people should stop whining "and go start a business". Thats the answer to everything these days...."go start a business".

Well, what if the utopia occurred, and EVERY single person in America did just that?

What if every single one of our 300,000,000 people started their own business today? The question is......with 300,000,000 businesses, and thus 300mil owners, WHO WOULD DO THE WORK????

Would we have 300,000,000 SUCCESSFUL businesses that were owned and operated by a single person? What kind of products or services could possibly be offered by that many 1 man businesses?

How many of that 300,000,000 would succeed with ONLY 1 EMPLOYEE....that being the owner.

It'd argue less than 1%.

Proof that, if you own a successful business, you ALONE did not build that.

I don't understand why you care enough to bother to explain to ... Willing idiots. I mean this is so stupid you have to be a willing idiot to take it as what they are.

Just as you have to be a willing idiot, to take "I like to fire people" as it has with some on the other side.

Have fun with that... Retarded tribal monkeys.

 

[SniperFire]

wow, this was a guy that was "convseervative'? LOLOLOLOLOL...I've refrained from calling you a fake or a kook, but this crap is rediculous, it's not EASY to start and run a business...therefore most people dont do it. It's much EASIER to collect a paycheck.

One must be an EXTREME kook freeloader to postulate that people who start up businesses don't work.

LOL

 

[Politico]

Bucs is conservative? Bahahahaha!

 

[The Rabbi]

1- Most dont start one because they dont have/cant get the money to do it. Banks arent loaning. Wages aren't rising.

2- If 90% of businesses fail........then why are we being told that the government "Should be run like a business". That would obviously be a disaster.

No. Most dont want to start businesses because they do not want to take the risks associated with it.
Running government like a business (which I think is a stupid meme anyway) has nothing to do with success or failure. Would you want a government run as efficiently as Microsoft? As innovative as Apple? It would sure be an improvement.

 

[Mac1958]

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I read the original post through three times, and it's just so bizarre that I don't know how to respond. I can, however, say this: Now that we know that business owners don't work as hard as they think they do, I think it's clear that the following things many of them did to get their business up and running were nothing more than a figment of their imagination:

• Putting every dollar they have on the line
• Surviving on credit cards during the lean times, just to buy food
• Working seven days a week, far more than eight hours a day
• Sleepless nights spent thinking and worrying about getting it off the ground
• Sleepless nights spent wondering how the bills were going to be paid
• Sleepless nights spent wondering if that loan is going to be approved
• Writing paychecks for crappy employees while you're buying food on credit cards
• Working through, and paying for, the tangle of various government regulations
• Fighting tooth and nail with tough competition every freaking day
• Having the business's reputation damaged by lousy employees
• Having the business's reputation damaged by untruthful competition
• Having the business's reputation damaged by misunderstandings
• Having the business's reputation damaged by dishonest clients
• Getting the business up to a point where they can even considering hiring help
• Taking the huge risk of hiring that first employee, let alone dozens or hundreds
• Managing employees who find every reason not to work, and hide that fact
• Managing employees whose lives are so filled with drama it's a miracle they show up to work
• Managing employees who don't even bother to show up to work
• Managing employees who lie with impunity straight to your face
• Managing employees who hate you because they think you're "rich"
• Managing employees who spread their bad attitude like a cancer
• Managing employees who are there just to learn the business and become your competition
• Managing employees who are there for medical benefits long enough to use them, then leave
• Managing employees who steal your clients to start their business
• Overcoming mistakes that all business owners are going to make
• Being owner, janitor, sales manager, plumber, customer service and everything else in the early days/months/years

Partial list.

But guess what?

Business owners don't want your thanks, or your sympathy, or your profound respect, or your awe. They would just appreciate it if you would not ignorantly mock them for their efforts. Even better if the President of the United States didn't mock them, also out of pure ignorance. That's it. That's all.

Everything else is bullshit.

But I'm told business owners don't work as hard as they think they do, so I guess all of the above is a figment of MY imagination, too.

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[editec]

Who said "You did not build that" in reference to one's business?

Nobody.

Here's a clue...taking part of a sentence out of context and adding it to it you own FANTASY about what that fragment meant, while leaving out everything else that was iincluded in that sentence is called what?

It's called lying, kids.

 

[Mac1958]

Who said "You did not build that" in reference to one's business?

Nobody.

Here's a clue...taking part of a sentence out of context and adding it to it you own FANTASY about what that fragment meant, while leaving out everything else that was iincluded in that sentence is called what?

It's called lying, kids.

.

What?!

Barack Obama, referencing business owners:

"I’m 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."

Didn't you hear this part? Who else do you think he was talking about?

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[GuyPinestra]

And you say you hold fast to 90% of your conservative beliefs. Lolololololololol

I don't see how ANYONE could ever not consider you a fraud.

Yep, I do. Let me list some. A few Tea Party folks may wanna take note and remember them as well:

Humility: Realizing that no single person is responsible for all their success, that we are all helped by many others along our way in life, and any success should be taken with a humble nod to those who helped.

Gratitude: Of realizing we all need help along the way, and being appreciative to those who helped. Our teachers, cops, soldiers, coworkers, the employees we hire. Our families. Realizing that an arrogant attitude is not a conservative value.

Honesty: Being true to what one believes. And not be scared or too proud to admit we all, at one point, needed some help.

Charity: Realizing that charity is good. It's good for individual people. And...charity is a great help for society. Also realizing that SOME causes, some societal needs, will NEVER be funded by charity because volunteerism never works if there is no emotion involved. Which is why our Founding Fathers enabled the country to have a functioning tax system, a collective pot that society chips into, and a few trusted, elected representitives will use that pot to fund those societal needs.

Respect for Authority: This once was a bedrock of the right wing, and a major part of why I was part of it. Having respect for the military, for the police, for teachers, etc. Now, they are all labeled in an umbrella of evil, greedy government workers that need to be slashed down to size.

I could go on and on and on.

And I truly believe 90% of my conservative values remain. It is the right wing ideology that changed, not me.

My other 10% that aligns more with the left tends to be about weed, gay marriage and animal rights. That too has not changed.

See that ^^^BOLDED^^^ up there??

Prove it, idiot!

 

[Quantum Windbag]

It's quite simple proof too. We hear from the rich that people should stop whining "and go start a business". Thats the answer to everything these days...."go start a business".

Well, what if the utopia occurred, and EVERY single person in America did just that?

What if every single one of our 300,000,000 people started their own business today? The question is......with 300,000,000 businesses, and thus 300mil owners, WHO WOULD DO THE WORK????

Would we have 300,000,000 SUCCESSFUL businesses that were owned and operated by a single person? What kind of products or services could possibly be offered by that many 1 man businesses?

How many of that 300,000,000 would succeed with ONLY 1 EMPLOYEE....that being the owner.

It'd argue less than 1%.

Proof that, if you own a successful business, you ALONE did not build that.

All you proved is you have no ability to think.

 

[Quantum Windbag]

Can no one refute my premise then? I'll give an example.......

Jerry Richardson is the owner/founder of the NFL's Carolina Panthers. He was also the owner founder of Hardee's/Carl Jrs.

Now...he founded the Panthers. Put a shit ton of money into it. He deserves a lot of credit for the successful NFL franchise. But did HE alone build it? How many passes has he caught or thrown? How many tackles has he made? How many hot dogs and beers has he walked up and down the stadium on a hot day to sell? How many bricks in that stadium did he lay?

How many gamedays did he paint the white lines on the field? How many Pro Bowl players did he tape up and rehab after injury? How many sleepless nights did he spend scouting video of the opposing teams?

How many highways did he patrol to ensure fans got to the games and got home safely? How many TV's did he donate to homes so that all that TV revenue could be generated?

He founded it. He funded it. He had a huge hand in building it. But did HE ALONE build it? No. Same with his fast food business. Countless other people chipped in on that.

And the arrogant attitude of some on the right and some in business of trying to stand on a soap box and look down on anyone below them, as if they have never contributed to society, is sick.

Did he ever claim he built the Panthers? The NFL?

By the way, how is pointing to a government supported endeavor in socialism proof of your argument?

 

[Full-Auto]

It's quite simple proof too. We hear from the rich that people should stop whining "and go start a business". Thats the answer to everything these days...."go start a business".

Well, what if the utopia occurred, and EVERY single person in America did just that?

What if every single one of our 300,000,000 people started their own business today? The question is......with 300,000,000 businesses, and thus 300mil owners, WHO WOULD DO THE WORK????

Would we have 300,000,000 SUCCESSFUL businesses that were owned and operated by a single person? What kind of products or services could possibly be offered by that many 1 man businesses?

How many of that 300,000,000 would succeed with ONLY 1 EMPLOYEE....that being the owner.

It'd argue less than 1%.

Proof that, if you own a successful business, you ALONE did not build that.

I dont know what life event changed you. your argument is emotional drivel based a those straw bogey men.....

 

[IGetItAlready]

It's quite simple proof too. We hear from the rich that people should stop whining "and go start a business". Thats the answer to everything these days...."go start a business".

Well, what if the utopia occurred, and EVERY single person in America did just that?

What if every single one of our 300,000,000 people started their own business today? The question is......with 300,000,000 businesses, and thus 300mil owners, WHO WOULD DO THE WORK????

Would we have 300,000,000 SUCCESSFUL businesses that were owned and operated by a single person? What kind of products or services could possibly be offered by that many 1 man businesses?

How many of that 300,000,000 would succeed with ONLY 1 EMPLOYEE....that being the owner.

It'd argue less than 1%.

Proof that, if you own a successful business, you ALONE did not build that.

This is the very first time I've heard anyone say that.
And the fact that many other private citizens "help" business owners via the labor they provide does nothing to validate the implications of Obama's ridiculous statement.

 

[g5000]

It's quite simple proof too. We hear from the rich that people should stop whining "and go start a business". Thats the answer to everything these days...."go start a business".

Well, what if the utopia occurred, and EVERY single person in America did just that?

What if every single one of our 300,000,000 people started their own business today? The question is......with 300,000,000 businesses, and thus 300mil owners, WHO WOULD DO THE WORK????

Would we have 300,000,000 SUCCESSFUL businesses that were owned and operated by a single person? What kind of products or services could possibly be offered by that many 1 man businesses?

How many of that 300,000,000 would succeed with ONLY 1 EMPLOYEE....that being the owner.

It'd argue less than 1%.

Proof that, if you own a successful business, you ALONE did not build that.

The only proof in this post is evidence that you are a gullible idiot.

You cannot use an imaginary and false premise as "proof" of anything.

The actual FACT is that most people do not start a business. Therefore, those who do are, by definition, exceptional people.

And we are an exceptional country in that anyone can start a business who has the get-up-and-go to do so.


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[Mr.Nick]

It's quite simple proof too. We hear from the rich that people should stop whining "and go start a business". Thats the answer to everything these days...."go start a business".

Well, what if the utopia occurred, and EVERY single person in America did just that?

What if every single one of our 300,000,000 people started their own business today? The question is......with 300,000,000 businesses, and thus 300mil owners, WHO WOULD DO THE WORK????

Would we have 300,000,000 SUCCESSFUL businesses that were owned and operated by a single person? What kind of products or services could possibly be offered by that many 1 man businesses?

How many of that 300,000,000 would succeed with ONLY 1 EMPLOYEE....that being the owner.

It'd argue less than 1%.

Proof that, if you own a successful business, you ALONE did not build that.

Not every business will be successful, most successful business owners failed more times than they succeeded.

Yes every business owner DID BUILD THEIR BUSINESS.... Truth is government more times then not is responsible for destroying businesses...