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“You Didn’t Build That!” – New Gallup Poll Shows Business Owners Aren’t Buying What Obama Is Selling

By Timothy H. Lee
Thursday, August 02 2012

“You didn’t build that! Somebody else made that happen!” It’s the summer blunder that refuses to go away. And justifiably so. It betrays the ugly business antipathy of a man whose viability demands artifice, whose reelection demands continuation of his 2008 opacity. Consider: Barack Obama was elected in 2008 by sheer fortune of timing, combined with an astonishing failure to vet him personally and professionally. Given his inexperience, his intimate associations with convicted criminals and anti-Semitic mentors, his…

Supreme Court: Diminished Standing

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10 Decades, 10 Lessons from Milton Friedman

	Earlier this week, we commemorated the centennial of the birth of Milton Friedman – the economist…
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USDA’s Food Stamp Bullying Confirms Obama’s Dependency Agenda

	For all the outrageous marketing tactics behind the Obama Administration’s attempts to dramatically…
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Correcting Some “Assault Weapon” Myths

	“AK-47s belong in the hands of soldiers,” not citizens. Thus opined Barack Obama this…
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Liberals’ Tyranny of Tolerance

	In recent years, American liberals have developed an undying affection for a quote from the late comedian…
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Obama’s Welfare Abuses: From Worse to Worst

	My colleague Ashton Ellis was Johnny-on-the-spot two weeks ago in highlighting the utter lawlessness…
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U.S. Green Building Council: An Unchecked Taxpayer-Supported Monopoly

	Something called the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) enjoys de facto authority over government…
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Real Danger of the UN’s Arms Trade Treaty Is in the Interpretation, Not the Text

	Ever heard of transnational legal theory? If the Obama Administration gets its way, the United…
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The Train to Nowhere: The Dream of California Liberals Becomes a Nightmare

	“This is a courageous step forward for California’s future.” Those were the words…
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“How Did the Regulators Miss This?”

	Is that not our eternal lament? We refer derisively to World War I as “The War to End All…
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