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IggleDoer

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9. Would the "job creators" really be "job creators" ...

Reply to WilliamPitt (Original post)

Sun Jul 29, 2012, 10:52 PM

Jul 2012

... If they truly built their business themselves? Every employee helps build their employer's business. That's why they got hired.

Maybe that's why there isn't enough jobs available right now - the "job creators" think they can do it all by themself.

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Um...yeah...about the whole "You didn't build that" thing... [View all] WilliamPitt Jul 2012 OP

Pragmatic! NYC_SKP Jul 2012 #1

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I love that page on facebook! one_voice Jul 2012 #3

The People Who Believe In The Self Made Man Do Not Let Them Hire Anyone. TheMastersNemesis Jul 2012 #4

YAY! Love Thomas Paine. Thanks, William. freshwest Jul 2012 #5

Obama says he was referring to infrastructure. Zax2me Jul 2012 #6

Paine's essay would cause your average Ayn Rand worshipper's head to explode caraher Jul 2012 #7

holy shit he's a commie! zeemike Jul 2012 #12

Obama was entirely accurate in his statement ... spin Jul 2012 #8

Would the "job creators" really be "job creators" ... IggleDoer Jul 2012 #9

Here is another good part of Agrarian Justice I bet the Repugs don't know about. modem77 Jul 2012 #10

This is awesome. lumberjack_jeff Jul 2012 #15

k&r... spanone Jul 2012 #11

K & R !!! WillyT Jul 2012 #13

Yeah, I heard that quote on Glenn Beck's show. progressoid Jul 2012 #14

Up WilliamPitt Jul 2012 #16

Heathen socialist!! Commie radical! Those aren't "Anglo Saxon" values!!!!!!!! MADem Jul 2012 #17

Up WilliamPitt Jul 2012 #18

Thomas Paine-greatest of the forefathers. Skidmore Jul 2012 #19