2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Saw this crap on Facebook and posted this response. [View all]CJCRANE
(18,184 posts)that supports his business. That was Obama's point (for any lurking Tea Partiers reading this).
Here's the full quote:
"There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me -- because they want to give something back. They know they didnt -- look, if youve been successful, you didnt get there on your own. You didnt get there on your own. Im 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. (Applause.)
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 youve got a business -- you didnt build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didnt get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet."
"That" refers to the "roads and bridges" in the previous sentence. Again for Tea Partiers: notice the verb "build" which collocates with "roads and bridges".
As usual the Repubs are arguing with something that no one said.