Throughout my life, I have always felt that I could easily read or hear something, think about how I felt about what I had read or heard, put it in its proper place in my life, and then move on. I believe that people can become so bogged down with the issues, statements, accusations and passion of current events that it all becomes overwhelming to the average person.
Over this last week, few things have weighed so heavily on my mind as the President making this statement about business owners owing their success to someone else.
President Obama:
?There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me ? because they want to give something back. They know they didn?t ? look, if you?ve been successful, you didn?t get there on your own. You didn?t get there on your own. I?m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something ? there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.
If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you?ve got a business ? you didn?t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn?t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet. ?WhiteHouse.gov:
I just can?t seem to get this out of my thoughts. I have worked for years in the construction industry. As a business owner, I don?t ask for any government handouts. I ask only to be given the opportunity to do my job and earn a living for myself, my family, and the employees I have hired over the past 28 years of my career.
President Obama and others like him are anointed by the two political parties and are carried very quickly from ??Young Rising Star? to ?Rich Rising Star.? I have often remarked that it is amazing how President Clinton left office in debt up to his ears from legal problems and now is not just wealthy, but mega-wealthy. Where did all the money come from? Did he build a business? Well you might say so, the business of politics. ?Where did President Obama get all of his money? He was but a poor young man from Hawaii. Did he make all of that money from a couple of books? Did he build a business? Like President Clinton, you can say yes again?the business of politics.
Small business owners like me get up each day and think about employees? salaries, payroll taxes, income taxes, insurance, regulations, license, collecting what is owed to us and paying what is owed to suppliers. We mortgage our homes and more often than not use credit cards to pay suppliers. We beg our banks for money knowing all along we won?t get it. All the while we smile with confidence and hope there will be another customer who is ready to buy our products or services.
We are the people our president is referring to. According to his own words, we are the people who should be grateful to the government, the firemen, the policemen and the teachers for our success.
I respect all of the firemen, policemen and teachers as well as appreciate the roads and bridges my taxes have helped to build. However, they do not sit on a pedestal in my mind and they are not the reason I have or have not been successful. I am the reason I have or have not been successful. I am the one without a guaranteed pension or future retirement unless I plan for it. Business owners like me are the ones who must make our own way on our own with no guarantees or public money. That is what we have chosen to do with our lives and careers. We ask nothing from government and we should owe the government the same ? nothing.
Shame on you Mr. President.
Sheila Muehling
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