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[quote=Anonymous]Obama is acting like he is personally giving us roads and other infrastructure.  Last time I checked, those things are paid for by taxpayers.

Having seen my Dad build a business (a retail paint store) from scratch when I was 15, I can say that the vast majority of people have no idea what it takes to start a business and keep it successful.  When he opened the store, he literally worked for 4 months without even one day off .  He took Thanksgiving Day off, and then worked straight through until Christmas.  He didn't take a vacation for at least a few years, no 4-day weekend if July 4th was on a Tuesday, not getting off early to come to our sports and activities.  He did all this after managing someone else's paint store for 20 years.  Now, he has two stores, a few employees, can go in 4-days a week, and can vacation twice a year.  And my blood boils every time I hear someone tell him, "You're so lucky that your business is successful, and you can vacation so much."  He's too polite to call them on it, but he'll tell me after, "Working 12 hour days has really made me lucky."

The roads that lead to his store were paid in part by his taxes he was paying from when he was 18 (homeowner taxes from when he was 21).  They are kept up by the sales tax he is required to collect from his  customers.  Obama is acting like the roads and power grid belong to him and he's just letting us use them.

So if Obama doesn't realize that those comments are offensive, he is out of touch.  But it's not class warfare.  Really, it's not , he's just demonizing rich, successful people.  Not class warfare at all...[/quote]

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