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In reply to the discussion: There is not a single business owner in this country who got where they are 100% on their own [View all]Bluerthanblue
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isn't denigrating your hard work.
I've successfully raised two children to adulthood. Acknowledging that I didn't do it in a vacuum doesn't mean I didn't work very hard to do so.
If I read your post correctly you poured your all into having a successful business- and it is not still operating. That doesn't mean you didn't work HARD to make it succeed, or that it is somehow your fault that it isn't still in operation.
I don't believe that the President is in any way minimizing your effort. Romney's parading his vast financial wealth around, and trying to point to it and say that "HE" basically on his own, EARNED and is "worthy" of the ridiculous wealth he has accumulated. I find that offensive to those who truly labor and struggle to succeed.
I'm sorry, but there are MANY people who have exerted mental, physical, emotional AND intellectual efforts which far surpass Mitt Romney's actual 'hard work' and who haven't realized a minute fraction of the spoils he has. THAT to me, denigrates hard working people all over this world.