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SlimJimmy

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25. Not some, many.

Reply to kentuck (Reply #19)

Thu Jul 26, 2012, 06:54 PM

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Let me say it again, "No, assholes, you didn't build it by yourself." [View all] kentuck Jul 2012 OP

Newton, Leibniz, Archimedes, Socrates... Gregorian Jul 2012 #1

Who taught Socrates how to read?? kentuck Jul 2012 #2

We're in this together. I think that's at the heart of what Republicans don't like to admit. Gregorian Jul 2012 #4

And this is why they think they should be taxed less on capital gains... kentuck Jul 2012 #5

Very sound statement... MrMickeysMom Jul 2012 #37

Don't forget biological Eve, and I believe that she wasn't Anglo-Saxon, either. grantcart Jul 2012 #11

what else to say? Simple: "I will derive!" Pholus Jul 2012 #27

Haha. I love it. But integration is where it's at. Gregorian Jul 2012 #32

VERY nice.... Pholus Jul 2012 #38

Let's not forget the spouse nichomachus Jul 2012 #3

The fact that American society and goverment celebrate and protect private affluence.... YoungDemCA Jul 2012 #6

In America, everyone inherently has access to public education, roads, financial assistence, etc... OneTenthofOnePercent Jul 2012 #7

A lot of it is luck and probability... YoungDemCA Jul 2012 #8

"...using the building blocks of society..." kentuck Jul 2012 #12

Agreed! America needs to have this debate. chknltl Jul 2012 #9

the government MrDiaz Jul 2012 #10

Not sure if serious YoungDemCA Jul 2012 #15

A woman I know posted that BS Patiod Jul 2012 #13

Is there a difference between taking advantage of something that was available to all hughee99 Jul 2012 #14

+1 I think the President's remarks were ill-advised. When he said: SlimJimmy Jul 2012 #16

I agree. I think there was probably a much better way to make the same point. hughee99 Jul 2012 #17

I think some were probably alienated... kentuck Jul 2012 #19

Not some, many. SlimJimmy Jul 2012 #25

Yes, many... kentuck Jul 2012 #26

Do you think everyone is capable of opening and running a small business? Do you think it takes SlimJimmy Jul 2012 #28

A lot of luck is involved... kentuck Jul 2012 #30

It reminds me of the old saying: SlimJimmy Jul 2012 #31

Some work hard and some have hard workers... kentuck Jul 2012 #33

Two words: Sole Proprietorship. SlimJimmy Jul 2012 #34

How is it denigrating to tell the truth about them? kentuck Jul 2012 #39

That's right they *hired* someone do help them. In other words, they used their own SlimJimmy Jul 2012 #44

80% who fail Hydra Jul 2012 #41

Most small businesses fail because the owner did not know enough about the business, SlimJimmy Jul 2012 #45

Can you provide a link to his speech where he said those things? savalez Jul 2012 #22

You can't be serious. It's been widely played on nearly every MSN newscast since the speech. SlimJimmy Jul 2012 #24

A simple link would have sufficed. savalez Jul 2012 #46

The SBA guarantees $12 Billion in loans to small businesses every year..... nt Bigmack Jul 2012 #18

One Percenters: PLEASE, please Go Galt on Us Iggy Jul 2012 #20

Goes to the CORE misconception of pre-Wittgenstein Western thought.... Junkdrawer Jul 2012 #21

And the people who mined the precious minerals from other continents (often times at gunpoint)... drokhole Jul 2012 #23

Just look at history, the Louisiana Purchase and the Transcontinental Railroad all paid government $ kemah Jul 2012 #29

heck, they just fund it fascisthunter Jul 2012 #35

Why are you twisting the Presidents words? Zax2me Jul 2012 #36

You are correct that the President was talking about roads and bridges... kentuck Jul 2012 #42

We are all connected. Something the Republicans never want to acknowledge. LuckyLib Jul 2012 #40

Jobs and Wozniak, Hewlett and Packard, all drove on highways, I'm sure. Nye Bevan Jul 2012 #43