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[quote=Anonymous]Obama's fundamentally correct, although it's easy to understand the pushback meme since pointing out the inherent reliance on others to succeed clashes with the fantasy of individualism.

But the fact is, even if you did in fact build something on your own, you can't bring what you built to market without using a public good.

Your product is either transported by truck (highway system), by air (Federal Aviation Administration/traffic controllers), by boat (Coast Guard, waterways, Army Corps of Engineers), by rail (NTSB), or digitally (the government-created Internet).

If you advertise your product on TV, you're using the people's airwaves. If you advertise on print, the newspaper is delivered via roads, or the magazine arrives courtesy of the Postal Service.

If someone tries to steal your product, you can protect yourself using the court system and the Rule of Law.

You do business with the certainty that no enemy will invade and seize your factories, courtesy of the military.

Want to sell into other markets? Call the U.S. Trade Office to negotiate a pact that removes duties on your products. Fear competition from abroad? Lobby to IMPOSE duties.

The difference between Obama and his critics is Obama wants to see commerce continue to flourish, which means ensuring these public goods and infrastructure are shored up.

As for Republicans, well, there are countries like the one they envision. I seriously urge OP to spend some time in Somalia.[/quote]

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