Radio and television talk shows, newspapers, E-zines and
blogs are all a twitter due to recent comments from the president. As we have
just covered the chapter on politics it seems appropriate that we weigh in on
the conversation.
PLEASE NOTE, THIS IS NOT A FORUM ABOUT THE ELECTION OR
AN OPPORTUNITY TO ATTACK THE PRESIDENT OR ADVOCATE FOR HIS OPPOSITION.
The point of this blog discussion is to hear your point
of view. Some suggest the underlined statement below gets at the basic ideology
of American principals and the capitalist system. It nearly sums up the differences
between the two major political parties in this country. Thus, we can comment on
the statement without talking about the president.
Do you think on the continuum of small businesses to
large corporations, as well as individuals from college students to entrepreneurs
that this statement is true or not? As
always state your reasons.
Here is a transcript. Below is a Youtube link to the
speech
There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who
agree with me — because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t
— look, if you’ve been successful,
you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. 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.
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 you’ve got a business
— you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t
get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all
the companies could make money off the Internet.
