Responsibility! and Reality....

Remember when the achievements of others meant something?...Remember when the achievements of others were inspiring?...Remember when the achievements of others made us strive to make our own achievements?....What the h*ll happened?
Today the very concept of achievement is down played, even attacked!...Following Obama's lead, Harvard professor Liz Warren who is currently running for Senator against Scott Brown, jumped on the bandwagon to down play achievement! ....From a recent speech Warren says, "There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own. Nobody! You build a factory out there, good for you, but I want to be clear. You moved your goods to market on the roads the rest of us paid for...You hired workers that the rest of us paid to educate."
STOP and THINK people...This is rhetoric in the 1st degree!...This is what she is really saying...PEOPLE WHO RUN BUSINESS ARE BENEFITING FROM THINGS PAID FOR BY OTHER PEOPLE! Like these same people didn't pay or aren't paying taxes!...
We are currently in an economy when a small fraction of high-income taxpayers pay the vast majority of ALL taxes...To make the claim that high-income earners are being subsidized by "the rest of us" takes unmitigated gall....Warren even has a name for her claim....She calls it an "underlying social contract" ...Conjuring up "mythical" agreements is an age old trick of the left....
The very concept of achievement is a threat to them...They label successful people as "the privileged" and it matters not one bit if those successful people started out poor or worked their way up the hard way...
RESPONSIBILITY, whether for success or failure, is a threat to the "vision" of the left so they are pulling out all the stops to combat it by using rhetoric that is devoid of REALITY....

achievement is inspiring, ego is not

no man is an island, and the man who can ACHIEVE without tooting their own horn and even AKNOWLEDGING others who help them get there, is VERY INSPIRING,,,

What in the heck does ego have to do with my OP?

To make the claim that high-income earners are being subsidized by "the rest of us" takes unmitigated gall


there was nothing mentioned about being 'subsidized' either, but the implication is that there is something wrong with pointing out that others HELP the successful BECOME successful and that its preferrable for us to just look at the successful as SELF MADE with no significant or recognizable/significant contribution from anyone else,,,

thats EGO...

there is nothing mythical about the reality that it takes a VILLAGE, ,not just to raise a child, but to raise up a BUSINESS

without the village,, you just will have a building that you have to lose or sell,,,

WTF?
a business man (or woman) puts in 100% of the effort. the "village" either patronizes the business or they don't. they have no interest in the welfare of the business, only the product/service the business provides. if the product/service becomes undesirable, the village doesn't band together to make sure the business survives, they patronize another business

wrong, the employees dont put effort in? are you serious?

the builders, contractors, grant writers, road maintenance, etc,, dont put an effort into MAINTAINING And BUILDING That business?
,,yes

a VILLAGE makes a business successful or not

and Im not sure which villages you are used to, but I have known MANY business that the neighborhood has supported BECAUSE they have become a part of the family and because of not just the products but often time the EMPLOYEES service,,,,,,,,,

no you are wrong. who pays the builders, contractors, grant writers, road maintenance, etc,,

and once they have been paid, they dont put an effort into MAINTAINING unless they are paid again

in some cases, the business can sell to people who are not local. and in some cases they don't sell locally at all

try to start a business before you open your mouth. see how many people "contribute"



this has nothing to do with the start up. and many local businesses have had to close because the only people patronizing were locals with little expendable income

Returned? ((do i win a prize?))

starting up does not equal SUCCEEDING

money changes hands, so what

the owner doesnt MAINTAIN unless he is continuing to turn profit either,, that has nothing to do with the point that noone SNEEZES out success by THEMSELF,,,,


why does boycotting have an impact? Because of patrons stop SUPPORTING the services and products the business cant SUCCEED.

and their 'support' is not always tied to how great a product or service is,, some people may not get supported because the community doesnt like THEM PERSONALLY

and likewise, if the ommunity does like the person/people involved, they patronize and help make the business 'successful'

the start up is on the business owner and his success depends on the effort he continues to put into the business, not the community. many businesses do well on start up and continue fine until the original owner passes the business on

the success of the business is on the business owner. the customers he has are because of him, and his product/service. some customers are loyal, but if his product/service suffers it's his fault, not the customer's. if a big company comes in that is backed by non local money, the small time business suffers, and could close. think walmart vs mom n pop

the customers are also because of his employees, his location, his 'word of mouth' advertising

he doesnt do it alone



most 'patrons' have no clue who the owner of a business is and wouldnt know him if they saw him/her

they return for the business, the treatement and products and services, its no one thing and certainly not JUST the owner,,,

you have some idea of a business once it's going, but lack knowledge in what it takes to get there

if you take some time to think before you post, you won't have to edit your posts as much. making your posts easier to respond to

I assure you Im thinking

and Im referring to the topic of 'success',, plenty of businesses 'start up' but far fewer

succeed

the employee's are not always company men. some just collect a paycheck and don't care about the building, equipment, other employees, etc. the owner pays for advertising, the community doesn't take an ad out in the local paper for the business

you are right and some owners are not physically there at the business, but it's their money and their knowledge of who to put there to run the business that makes the business run

some businesses build local and sell elsewhere (overseas maybe), so local people may are may not just work there. local money is not a factor in the success, only the knowledge of the business man on where to sell to make the most profit

well start up, and success are credited to the business owner, and they should be. i have never seen a customer (or a group of customers) take credit for opening a business for a business owner, and take credit for keeping it successful for him

Don't ya'll make me get all up in here!

How many times I got ta tells ya'll. In an honest society, only those what contributes eats.

It's one thang if'n a person cain't contribute and a whole 'nuther story when they won't be a gear that runs the machine.

Them's that won't and feels like they "special",needs ta' be on their own.

I tried speaking plain english and it didn't get through some thick heads so, I broke out my accent, ya'll.

Now, I got to go wash the dog.

You are dead wrong .....The success or failure of a business is the SOLE responsibility of the person who started it....It all flows from that one persons determination, acumen, their ability to hire and train competent employees, make payroll, handle successfully every single aspect of day to day running of the business by picking the "right" people, knowing how and when and to whom to delegate!!! .....It all flows from one original source...Village my azz!!....Starting a new business is a 24/7 RESPONSIBILITY that falls SOLELY on the business owner...

I have been employed before where we were regularly commended for helping keep the business SUCCESSFUL


unless one only measures effort and contribution by 'dollar' signs,,,,

but we can agree to disagree

American Politics is at the 4th grade education level with fancy words. We are run by an I, ME, MINE culture and power is everything to most people. Misery is the stuff of elections. The Democratic party feeds off of it more than the Republican party but both sides share guilt in the practice.

Obama sucks balls for his super poor performance and his lack of understanding for the little guy. All of his plans did not benefit common taxpayers. Sad but the two party system is a failure like Communism!