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applegrove

(118,642 posts)
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 01:49 AM Sep 2012

"CarMax co-founder: “I didn’t do it alone”" posted by Elizabeth Chan at Democrats Blog

CarMax co-founder: “I didn’t do it alone”

posted by Elizabeth Chan at Democrats Blog

http://www.democrats.org/news/blog/carmax_co_founder_i_didnt_do_it_alone

"SNIP.............................................

I worked really hard to conceive and build the CarMax business. But as President Obama has said, I didn't do it alone. I succeeded because we had a committed team of CarMax associates working round the clock to build our business. We found ready capital from healthy and flexible capital markets that allowed us to grow. We benefited form an effective national transportation infrastructure that let us move products from one market to another, and we had cooperation and assistance from federal, state, and local governments in providing clear rules of the road that let us plan and grow our business."

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"CarMax co-founder: “I didn’t do it alone”" posted by Elizabeth Chan at Democrats Blog (Original Post) applegrove Sep 2012 OP
Thank you, Elizabeth Chan for Cha Sep 2012 #1
stark but clear difference in the messages... salin Sep 2012 #2

salin

(48,955 posts)
2. stark but clear difference in the messages...
Wed Sep 5, 2012, 05:28 AM
Sep 2012

I built this (by a series of people who have been shown to benefit from govt contracts, loans, etc.) = Arrogance

vs I didn't do this alone = Humbleness

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