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Originally Posted by Honus
My "you" is the same as Obama's "you" - it's the successful business man. I'm not saying that the successful business person did not build the business, nor am I saying the little girl didn't build her Lego structure. I'm saying that she didn't build the highway on which the Lego set traveled to ultimately get to her.
I know you asked me not to use Obama's words, but I feel the need to correct something you said. If I read your message correctly, you are suggesting that Obama said that the business person did not build the business, which is not what he said. This is not a matter of interpretation. He just did not say that, at all.
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"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.”
He did say that. There's the quote. He's speaking to the business person. Apparently you did not understand my question so let me rephrase it : If YOU didn't build that then who is the you(somebody else) that did?
The you cannot be the business person- as he is the person who
didn't build that- so who is the you(somebody else) which build the business? Who is the the somebody else?