Romney Backer Explains Why Obama's Wrong, Despite Her Firm's Gov't Contracts

[maddezmom]

Rebecca Smith owns a Tampa, Fla., construction-management firm that does a lot of work overseeing the building of schools, jails and other projects for state and local governments.

But even though much of her firm's $80 million in annual revenue comes from contracts with government agencies, she says she was "disgusted" by President Obama's thesis that government had a significant role in her business achievements.
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Smith was a featured speaker at one of the 24 "We Did Build This" events that Republican Mitt Romney's campaign held nationally Wednesday to tweak Obama for the statement.

In a lengthy interview with It's All Politics after the event, Smith suggested there was no contradiction in her position:

"The government is the people. So when someone says, 'Rebecca, gosh, it looks like a lot of your contracts are with government entities,' I say, 'Right, we build for the citizens. Yes, we build for the people.'"


"If the government needs to build a school, or a city hall or a public library, the government has a right to build it with their own forces. The government buys printing paper. Does that mean that a paper distributor that might have a purchase order from a government agency is any less of a business, because the government bought a piece of their services or products?"




more:http://www.npr.org/blogs/itsallpolitics/2012/07/26/157362554/romney-backer-explains-why-obamas-wrong-despite-her-firms-govt-contracts

[gabeana]

1. This lady does not make sense

So when the president says government he doesn't mean the people? But when she says Governemnt she means people?She is either stupid or a liar, most likely both

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Biting the hand that's feeding her lucrative contracts.

Typical Republican.

[nc4bo]

3. LOL

she's about as smart as those who don't want the government to mess with their medicare

There's some seriously deranged people out here.

[JoePhilly]

4. What happens if the government stops building schools, dope.

[11 Bravo]

7. There would be a lot more Palins.

[BeyondGeography]

5. Life in a perspective-free zone

[CJCRANE]

6. Who is she talking to?

"Does that mean that a paper distributor that might have a purchase order from a government agency is any less of a business, because the government bought a piece of their services or products?"

Um...nobody said anything about it being less of a business. She must be arguing with an imaginary friend.

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. But you want the government to massively cut spending, right?

These people are fucking idiots, for real. They think government "spending" means handing out illegal drugs to invented 'welfare queens." No, stupid, it's the spending that props up the fucking charity case of your business, Ms. Rebecca Smith.

Moron.

[JDPriestly]

9. The point isn't that the government created her business (although it sounds

like the government helps to keep it going), it's that she couldn't run her business without using the infrastructure and loans and contracts that only the government is large enough and centralized enough to organize.

This just goes to show that it doesn't take a lot of intelligence and understanding to do well in business. It just takes a strong personality.