(10-25-2017 07:41 AM)JustAnotherAustinOwl Wrote:  You can continue to be convinced that Lad and I and Obama think you didn't build your business, and didn't work very hard to do it. Speaking for myself, I can say that's not true at all. Most self-employed and entrepreneurs I've known over the years work their butts off. No one is disputing that.

You keep trotting out this straw man that the "you didn't build that" comment is some sort of personal attack on successful entrepreneurs. I don't think anyone disagrees with your assertion that it's not.

The problem driving the opposition is that "you didn't build that" transitions very easily to "you don't deserve that" and on to some notion that therefore you need to be paying some "fair share" to society that is a whole lot bigger than you currently pay. And nothing that you have posted suggests that it won't go there.

It's not a personal attack, it's an economic attack. Your success is not your success, it's society's success, and therefore your rewards should be society's rewards. From each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.