DNC fires back with 'You didn't built that, you destroyed it'

[cali]

By DONOVAN SLACK |
8/28/12 9:25 AM EDT

The DNC is out with a new video Tuesday pushing back on attacks against Obama for his "you didn't build that" comment.

The video begins with Mitt Romney's now-famous remark, "I like to be able to fire people that provide services to me," and strings together clips of workers from companies shuttered after investment from Bain Capital and reporters and analysts talking about Bain investments in companies that off-shored jobs.

"Mitt Romney: You didn't build that, You destroyed it," the tag line says.

The video is one of the most aggressive pushbacks to date against Republican attempts to capitalize on the president saying "you didn't build that" to small business owners. President Obama had been referring to public infrastructure such as roads and bridges that aided companies' growth, but the Romney campaign and the GOP have mounted all-out offensives on the comments, alleging that he was talking about the businesses themselves.
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2012/08/dnc-fires-back-with-you-didnt-built-that-you-destroyed-133458.html

[librechik]

1. Excellent. Now get it on TV 185 times an hour.

[bunnies]

2. +1 nt

[ellisonz]

3. +2

[flamingdem]

4. + tres

[derby378]

8. But lose that ridiculous circle-D first

Donkeys forever!

[napkinz]

5. That ad needs to include the FUTURE tense, as in ...

[Go Vols]

6. +1

[napkinz]

7. show the hypocrisy!

[Ilsa]

9. Yeah, and they should show the roads in Texas which

have been torn up from heavy use by the oil &gas industry in their pursuit of franking the Eagle Ford Shale, etc.

[Pisces]

10. This is a perfect ad!!

[99Forever]

11. K&R

[Terra Alta]

12. great ad.

It should be played every day, and on every channel. Rmoney is a destroyer, not a creator.

[trayfoot]

13. Outstanding!!!!!

[BumRushDaShow]

14. Kick and rec for the truth!

[vinny9698]

15. Looking back at history, Erie Canal, Transcontintental Railroad all government projects

These government projects built this nation. How can you deny historical facts?

[Jennicut]

16. I love it. What has Mittens ever done to "create jobs?"

He made a lot of money but I don't see the jobs.

[HughBeaumont]

17. Fitting . . . the GOP's entire convention is built on a repeatedly-debunked out-of-context meme.

President Obama's statement was absolutely true; confirmed by any economist, any government professor, any thinking person. There is no absolute private wealth. The general public plays some kind of role in how everything is structured no matter how much these TeaSquares deny it.


http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/11/07/5075

To see what's wrong with this idea, it's easiest to start with criteria that ought to disqualify a person from claiming to be "entirely self-made." After we've applied these criteria, we can see who's left in the pool. So, then, let us scratch from the list of the self-made anyone whose accumulation of wealth has been aided by any of the following:

* Laws concerning property or contracts, and the public agencies that enforce such laws
* Public schools or employees educated in public schools
* Employees or customers who rely on public transportation
* Roads, bridges, airports, sewers, water treatment plants, harbors, or other utilities built and maintained at public expense
* Mail systems built and operated at public expense
* Public hospitals and government-licensed physicians
* Health and safety regulations created and enforced at public expense
* Police and fire protection provided at public expense
* Public libraries and parks
* Any public amenities that add value to commercial or residential real estate
* Government contracts
* Government-provided business incentives
* Regulatory agencies, such as the Federal Trade Commission or the Securities and Exchange Commission, that sustain trust in the stock market
* A government-granted license permitting the exclusive use of a broadcast channel
* The Internet
* A form of currency legitimated and backed by a stable government
* Social welfare programs that keep the poor from rebelling
* The U.S. military

If we use these criteria to determine who can legitimately claim to be "entirely self-made," the Forbes number drops dramatically. It's not 270 out of 400. In fact, it's precisely zero.

If not for the legal and political arrangements that we create and maintain as a society -- with contributions from us all, costs to us all, and benefits to us all -- and if not for what we call "the public infrastructure," nobody could accumulate wealth. In short, there can be no private wealth without common wealth.