Re: on your own

The real issue that he disregards is what is an ideal level of taxation?  He mentality is to soak the rich.   Although he claims that he is patterning this after Bill Clinton, I have read that his proposals instead bring us to European levels of taxation. 

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On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:48 AM, John Coffey wrote:

What is sad is that he disregards that the successful are already paying for infrastructure at a disproportionate rate.     When he says "somebody invested..." then he is implying that somebody else paid for it because he specifically says that you didn't.  He is saying that the wealthy get a free ride, which is a big fat lie. 

On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:39 AM, John Coffey wrote:

I don't know if you listened to the speech. I did.  Although you might be correct, he really didn't make it clear.  There was enough of a substantial  pause after the  bridges part to cause confusion over his meaning.  Can you you really say that you know what he meant?

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On Jul 27, 2012, at 9:25 AM, jeff.n.spiegel wrote:

Exactly right.  I don't see the Conservative integrity in misreading the words of an opponent's speech.   Seems like the Republicans are Democrat's today, pathetic.

 

From: Wendel, David J

 

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.'

 

If you listen to the speech instead of reading it, you know that the "that" he was talking about was the stuff in red.

 

David Wendel

From: Trout, Larry R

 

'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.'

 

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2012/07/13/remarks-president-campaign-event-roanoke-virginia