Joseph, Gabriella, Julianna, James, and Elora
Wednesday, July 18, 2012
A Letter to the President
Dear President Obama,
Your recent statement to small business owners - "If you've got a business - you didn't build that. Somebody else made it happen." - shows just how out of touch you are with the people you supposedly represent. You clearly know nothing about the struggles, the effort, and the sacrifices that go into making a business successful. Your implication that somehow you, the government, or the surounding community are responsible for our sucesses - and failures - is both arrogant and offensive.
You didn't spend all those late nights at the office while your family had to sit down to dinner without you yet again. You weren't there for the all-nighters spent trying desperately to fix a problem in order to appease a customer. You didn't give up your vacation because you weren't able to leave your fledgling company lest it collapse without you. You didn't go months without a salary so your employees could get paid instead. And you can't comprehend the joy of success, whether it's getting a new contract or finally getting paid after all those months, because you didn't have to make the sacrifices first.
You can't understand small business, Mr. Obama, because you only know how to run a giant corporation further into debt.
Sincereley,
A Small Business Owner's Wife
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ReplyDeleteWow. Well put. I sure hope you sent this to the appropriate party.
ReplyDeleteWell, I did it. I actually sent this letter to President Obama. Probably all that will do is get my name onto some kind of conservative extremist watch list...oh well. I wasn't expecting to make any friends.
ReplyDeleteAt least you'll be in good company. We are already on the watch list for several governmental agencies because I can't help but go into home school Momma mode and teach them about the Constitution when they violate it. My children just laugh and hope the offending party can pass the final exam, and Joshua usually wants to know...."You want me to get the 2nd Ammendment apparatus?" So, just remember, you were raised by great constitutional parents, so it's in your blood. Embrace it and wear out lots of computer printers sending those letters!!
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