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Originally Posted by Robbie
OErotica...I think you are interpreting what you hear and see to match what you already think.
When I hear people saying that if it weren't for the GOVERNMENT that you or I wouldn't be able to be successful..I just can not disagree more.
As for you underlining that my grandfather made partners and friends and together they formed an awesome team... So what? He didn't NEED them. And they didn't NEED him.
But they saw the work ethic and intelligence in each other that was higher than the common unambitious people around them.
Just like you have in your life and I have in my life. That's called 3 individuals recognizing certain qualities in each other and taking advantage of that.
Next you'll tell me that since my mom and dad fucked 9 months before my birth that THEY are responsible for my success? Or the fact that I breath air...it must be Mother Nature.
No...my business? I didn't build that! Everybody I ever knew in my life must be responsible for it right?
I'm sorry, but that is just child-like and ridiculous to me. I don't fuck around at business. I work more hours than anyone I know and I focus like an arrow. 99% of the people work for OTHER people and work for the weekend. They get done at 5 p.m. and go home and don't even THINK about work until the next day.
Me? I work all hours. All holidays. On family vacations. Just like all successful people. I am DRIVEN.
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Remember March 31 AL Gores's b day, he should get a gift and a card at the very least. Without that funding, you could of been the cool guy working at guitar center.
Its not all gov and its not all free market. It goes hand in hand. If it wasn't for the gov. making college free in the 60's and 70's we may have never got a guy like Andy Grove who we all a owe a thank you too. its not cut and dry.
The middle class that most here come from was only made possible by gov funds after ww2. Medical innovation didn't boom until after medicare and the gov started pumping money into the system. Before that it was good home and die.