Our Marxist wolf in sheep's clothing continues to issue yet more Orwellian pronouncements-
Last week, Obama had started in on people who had risked precious money and and even more precious time in building businesses. When Elizabeth Warren had implied last year that such people owed almost everything to the government that had paid for the infrastructure that made such endeavors an admittedly smoother process, I assumed that the Left would quietly put that claim to rest in the election year.
While no one disputes that roads, rail lines, etc. make for an environment that is much more conducive to business, Warren of course was plainly lying in pretending that business builders do not already make tremendous contributions to the public treasuries. They pay income taxes, employ people who do the same, pay yet more sales taxes and indirectly employ others when purchasing materiel for their businesses, pay property taxes either directly or through their leasing fees, and often make significant charitable contributions. The latter includes both general types and local ones such as youth athletic programs, of which parents are the direct beneficiaries as such contributions allow the local leagues to keep registration costs digestible.
I personally chose a career in law enforcement. If our nation and my state/county did not have successful businesses, local governments would never posses the financial resources to pay employees in that line of work a decent salary. In a nutshell, people who built businesses essentially allowed me to pursue a career that I liked. If these did not exist, I would have started my own business and forgotten about enjoying my work as much as I did. I would not have been a cop in Honduras.
I thought about posting on Obama's "You didn't build it"* comments, but chose to avoid another post on stupid Obama statements. If I wanted to post on every moronic claim that the man makes, I would have to rename the blog to reflect that it is mostly about him.
*http://www.theblaze.com/stories/president-obama-if-youve-got-a-business-you-didnt-build-that-somebody-else-made-that-happen/
Van Jones, however couldn't keep his trap shut and not only defended Obama's remarks, but referred to them as examples of "deep patriotism". We are smack dab in the middle of an Orwellian world or Newspeak and Doublethink.
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/van-jones-calls-obamas-you-didnt-build-your-business-comments-the-deepest-form-of-patriotism/
"But Jones, being a big government progressive, couldn’t agree with his former boss more. And he actually thinks the “whole world” agrees too.
“This is the deepest form of patriotism,” Jones told Schultz. “Here you have the President of the United States saying something that is absolutely obvious to the whole world and everybody in this country: America‘s government has been a partner to America’s business community**, that is a part of the beauty of America. It is deep patriotism to point that out.”
He continued, “When he starts showing the most love and the most enthusiasm for the country, that’s when they go after him.' "
**Note Jones' spin on Obama's words. While goofball came right out and said "You didn't build it" and gave much of the credit to a teacher or other person who likely earned a fair salary when instructing the future business owner in his youth, Jones tries to soften the blow after it occurred and refers to a partnership of sorts.
There is a term for a system based on governmental and business partnerships - Fascism.
It is an interesting fact that most of the earliest prime movers in our struggle for Independence were themselves businessmen who engaged in protest in part because they were not receiving any help from their governments, local or not.
Also, if another person was indeed so influential as to be indispensable for a future business builder, then the business owner should give back to that individual, not the government as Barry would have it.
One should also note that, completely contrary to what Obama said (shocking) the Internet was not created so that businesses could "make money off the Internet". It was created so that governmental agencies such as the Department of Defense could share information. This was later expanded to include libraries, colleges, etc., . The fact that, once it was open to all, that businesses took advantage of this system without hurting anyone does nothing to prove that their use was the reason for its creation.
Van Jones likes to smile and pretend that he is just another nice guy with opposing views. Lots of bad guys smile when they are either conning you or planning to hurt you. Jones is doing both.
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