So... I guess this now is the litmus test for being considered a "non-communist" in America today:

[LuckyTheDog]

To be a non-communist, you must convince yourself that each individual business owner built (with his or her own hands, apparently) all of the reads, bridges and other public infrastructure that business owner uses in the course of doing business.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/07/17/business-groups-criticize-obama-over-remarks-about-government-role-in-success/#ixzz20rIiarHb

[Blue Meany]

1. It is easy enough to prove: let one of the captains of industry move to his or her

privately owned island with nothing but his/her two hands to build a new empire. Then, wait a few years to see what new innovative multi-billion dollar company has been created without any help.

[patrice]

2. + educated all of their workers

[catbyte]

3. Yet another example of Fox-PAC legally lying to the gullible bagger masses

and they soak it all up without question. Fox-PAC really butchered that tape. The ghost of Breitbart must have inhabited the Faux Friends producer or something. It's so fucking pathetic, pardon my French. I just get so furious.



Diane
Anishinaabe in MI & mom to Taz, Nigel, and new baby brother Sammy, members of Dogs Against Romney, Cat Division
"Dogs Aren’t Luggage--HISS!”

[patrice]

4. + provided health care & disease control, so there is a customer base for their product/service

[patrice]

5. + airports & airport management so their own & other businesses can grow

[patrice]

6. + the internet, newspapers, & all broadcast media

[patrice]

7. + fire departments, police & hospitals

[Blanks]

8. Even if you look at a single program...

...say, the interstate highway system. In the 1980's Reagan introduced a 'user tax' for maintenance on the interstate system.

If you take the benefit to Fed-Ex, UPS, Wal-mart; any company that drives big trucks on the road. Then compare that to the benefits that small businesses and individuals receive; we are financially supporting them.

Cars and pickups (even fully loaded) do nowhere near the damage (and therefore require less maintenance) than fully loaded sem-tractor trailers fully loaded with Chinese manufactured goods.

We're paying their way and they've used this, and a shitload of other, government programs to drive out the local small businessperson.