Galt's Gulch
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You Didn't Build That

Posted by jalibah 12 years, 11 months ago to Politics
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"If have a successful business, you didn't build that" - Barrack Obama (2012)
"He [Hank Reardon] didn't invent iron smelting" - James Taggart (1957)
Ayn was a genius!

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  • Posted by RightinLA 12 years, 10 months ago
    Ayn Rand knew the socialist mind. Barrack Obama reflects socialist thinking.

    Sometimes genius is stating the obvious that others don't want to see.
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  • Posted by $ jmlesniewski 12 years, 11 months ago
    I don't think these quotes are the same. One is an abstract philosophical generalization. The other is a conflation of reality that creates a straw man.
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    • Posted by HazelChaser53 12 years, 11 months ago
      I disagree. While the second quote is more specific, it's basically saying that Rearden isn't responsible for his success because he didn't technically start from scratch--"Somebody else made that happen." It's basically the application of the philosophy to which President Obama refers. If they aren't the same, they are at least closely related.
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      • Posted by jbrown314 12 years, 11 months ago
        I guess that is why there is a race (political) this year...if you stretch things far enough you cannot see the truth! Let's get pithy: Obama built the downfall of the USA!
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