Yes Business Owner, YOU DID BUILD THAT.....

“There is nobody in this country who got rich on his own — nobody! You built 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 the rest of us paid to educate; you all were safe in your factory because of police forces and fire forces that the rest of us paid for. ...

“You built a factory, and it turned into something terrific or a great idea? God bless. Keep a big hunk of it. But part of the underlying social contract is, you take a hunk of that and pay forward for the next kid who comes along.” 

-- Elizabeth Warren

Just north of Mission, Texas.

This is the now famous quote that President Obama employed a month or so ago at one of his campaign rallies.  “We Did Build That” is now the theme of the 2012 Republican National Convention.

These 121 words could initiate the downfall of many Democratic house and senate seats this fall, as well as being used in the defeat of President Obama in the election.

Fact, the United States was not built by a government, but by the people.  There were no roads, teachers, firemen or policemen when the first Americans arrived.  But over generations, the people built those things, after they established businesses and trade.  Then, they built the government.

Anyway, let’s take a look at those words.

“The rest of us paid for”:  Literally translated that implies that “you,” the business owner, received something paid for by “us.”  And that implies that “you” paid nothing.

“Underlying social contract”:  The only social contract I know of in the United States is not underlying.  It is called the Constitution of the United States of America.  It is law, and is not to be ignored by any American.  There is no other “social contract.”  No one can force you to like someone, hire or fire a particular individual without cause.  No one can make you believe something you don’t want to.  No one can chose what business you wish to enter, or prevent you from entering a lawful one.  A “social contract” is something that the liberals wish could be made law, a law where they could control your thinking and beliefs, thereby controlling your lives even more. 

But the President, Elizabeth Warren, and many other mainstream media types have ignored the Constitution.  If they would have bothered to read the Constitution, they would understand that the powers for “any” (federal, state and local) government are granted by the people.  This means that there IS NO GOVERNMENT IF THE PEOPLE DON”T WANT ONE.  And since the people want a government, the people tax themselves (through a representative form of government) and the people built those roads, bridges, hired those teachers, firemen, and police officers.  And an American business owner is one of those people.  The United States government is powerless without the will of the people.   It is that simple. 

One thing the Constitution does not guarantee is that all Americans will be equal in desire, competitiveness, understanding, and the willingness to sacrifice for achievement.  These are things the government does not teach. These are lessons that are learned in life and that are passed down generation to generation.  The Constitution does not guarantee that any one person will be successful, nor be equal in income or life’s outcomes.

Now by reading the Warren/Obama quote as a playbook for a social contract they wish they could force upon us, I would conclude they wanted America to operate something like this:

The Government shall:

·         Have the power to chose what profession the citizens pursue.

·         Have the power to set a “living” wage with a cap on maximum income that can be earned by the citizen, in the name of equality.

·         Have the power to determine where the citizen may live.  To be determined by a mix of job type, ethnicity, and sex.  We must be balanced.

·         All citizens will be taught a uniform curriculum determined by the Government.

·         Decide when and where to build any government building or project.  Citizens will have no say.

·         Determine and enforce the citizens diet, to help keep health care cost down.

·         Determine the citizens medical treatments.

·         Pay Government employees more than non-government citizens.  This is needed so the best, brightest and indoctrinated citizen will work for the government.

·         Shall determine what type of vehicle and home the citizen shall use and occupy.

Now, I may have gone overboard on the government shall list, but I warn you, some people see that as a dream they are pursuing. 

Anyway, let’s keep America great.  You and your ancestors DID BUILD THAT.