Obama: "If you've got a business, you didn't build that"
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I am having trouble answering why President Obama recently stated "If you've got a business, you didn't build that," Obama said. "Somebody else made that happen." Is this an accurate statement? What is the government's role in building businesses and creating jobs?
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In this solution, an eight-paragraph short essay is provided with regard to the question in the description. It relates to perception of the statement made by President Obama containing the quote "You didn't build that." What did he mean? How is this quote perceived?
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"You didn't build that" is a phrase taken from a speech President Obama gave on July 13, 2012. The two specific phrases being cited are generally taken out of context of the larger speech, in which he said these sentences:
"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."
In this case, "you didn't build that" refers to the infrastructure that American businesses utilize everyday to make and ship products across the country. He was referring to the fact that the interstate highway system was a government project initiated by Dwight Eisenhower in the 1950s. Such a project would likely have been too unprofitable for the private sector to carry out, and so it was seen as a high priority by the government at the time.
To conclude on that part, what President Obama said, "you didn't build that," would be a ...
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