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LiveFree Wrote: Jul 19, 2012 1:33 AM

Erudite as always. But I'll go one further on the "roads" example. Sure, the Federal highway system literally paved the way for prosperity by creating *new* infrastructure that enabled commerce, freedom, and communication. Similar phenomenon for the Internet. However, there is plenty of "infrastructure" that is foisted on the public BY government that doesn't provide that kind of universal benefit. In CA *right now* they're approving 60-100 BILLION in expenditures for high speed rail that will NEVER pay for itself and most of the state doesn't want now that they really know the cost. Is THAT making any business more successful? NO it's shackling me, my children and probably grandchildren with an anchor. Cuts both ways Mr. President.

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bobbit Wrote: Jul 19, 2012 9:52 PM

Excellent point.

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Obama's Rhetoric

Barack Obama's great rhetorical gifts include the ability to make the absurd sound not only plausible, but inspiring and profound.

His latest verbal triumph was to say on July 13th, "if you've been successful, you didn't get there on your own." As an example, "Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

Let's stop and think, even though the whole purpose of much political rhetoric is to keep us from thinking, and stir our emotions instead.

Even if we were to assume, just for the sake of argument, that 90 percent...

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