Letter: We did build our businesses

Published: Sunday, Aug. 5 2012 12:00 a.m. MDT

In this July 27, 2012, photo President Barack Obama speaks in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.

Associated Press

Summary

President Obama's statement, "If you've got a business, you didn't build that," is further evidence that, to him, the federal government is a magical make-believe land where money grows endlessly on trees. He doesn't seem to realize where the money comes from to build "that."

A business owner pays taxes, his employees pay taxes and the business pays taxes — that's how all of "that" was paid for when it was built. Every business owner, in fact every taxpayer, can rightfully claim, "Yes, I've got a business, I pay taxes and I did build that."

Jan M. Levi

Spanish Fork

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Blue

Salt Lake City, UT

"President Obama's statement... is further evidence that, to him, the federal government is a magical make-believe land where money grows endlessly on trees."

That's nonsense. Nothing in either the complete remarks from More..

6:04 a.m. Aug. 5, 2012
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JoeBlow

Far East USA, SC

Jan,

I just read the entire Obama speech. The one that you took a one sentence excerpt.

I challenge you to read the whole speech and tell me what you disagree with.

I am not talking about one sentence taken out of More..

6:50 a.m. Aug. 5, 2012
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Midvaliean

MIDVALE, UT

Jan, Its clear you never listened to the speech. You just took the edited GOP talking point and ran with it. Seriously, there are so many other points about Obama you could discuss, bringing this up just brings the intelligence level of political More..

7:46 a.m. Aug. 5, 2012
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