Ronald Reagan Praised Business Owners – Obama Trashes Them (Video)

John Kass

On June 22, 1983, President Reagan addressed the National Conference of the National Federation of Independent Business(NFIB) on their 40th anniversary. The president praised America and then he praised small business owners.

“America is getting well. She’s growing strong. And, together we’ll keep her free. Looking at you I get a lump in my throat… Small business is the gateway to opportunity for those who want a piece to the American Dream... The character and conscience of small business built this nation. You know, in his book Wealth and Poverty George Gilder wrote something about entrepreneurs that I’ve long believed. He said that most contribute far more to society than they ever recover. And most of them win no riches at all. They are the heroes of economic life…”

It was an amazing speech.

Now compare that to Barack Obama’s approach. Here is what Barack Obama had to say to business owners last weekend.
“You didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”

But to be fair. He did push food stamps on Spanish TV.

Lawrence Kudlow had this to say about Reagan’s style of praise versus Obama’s trashing of business owners.
IBD editorials reported:

Does anybody remember, back in the depths of the recession of 1981-82, how President Ronald Reagan kept his chin up and exhorted American businesses to work hard and produce an economic recovery?

Reagan had a program of tax cuts, limited domestic spending, deregulation and a strong defense aimed at overturning Soviet communism. He argued in speech after speech that his domestic plan would produce higher economic growth and lower unemployment, and that prosperity would generate the resources to fund a strong national security.

Cynics proliferated. But Reagan stayed with it, praising free enterprise and entrepreneurs. And eventually, sunny skies replaced gloomy clouds. “Morning in America” appeared in 1983-84.

But here’s the key point: When Reagan praised our capitalist system and the businesses inside it, he provided a psychological lift to accompany his fiscal program. That was leadership.

Now contrast President Reagan’s performance with President Obama’s recent attack on business. Instead of exhorting entrepreneurship, Obama demonized it. Here’s the money quote: “If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”

And, you wonder why the country is in the shape its in since Obama became president?
Really?

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#1 July 22, 2012 at 3:03 pm
Breitbart's coke dealer commented:

Obama is still guaranteed to win the ‘election’, and then we can get to work on phase two. He who shall be prince of this world will rise to crush worshippers of the cross.
#2 July 22, 2012 at 3:08 pm
Dana Whtie commented:

What’s really sad is that our fellow citizens elected the moron, economic illiterate, Marxist in Chief Obama. And many of them are determined to do it again! They also give us people like Gerry Brown, Chuck Schumer, Little Dick Durbin, Harry Reid and my all time favorite Nancy “Granny” Pelosi! Obama is doing exactly what you would expect him to do. The same for the others. We’ve got much bigger problems in this country than these politicians.
#4 July 22, 2012 at 3:16 pm
snap boy commented:

One of Romney’s donors, Frank Vandersloot, an entrepeneur, has oddly become the investigative target of not just the IRS but also the labor department which is looking into 3(!) aliens he hires for his Montana ranch…
#5 July 22, 2012 at 3:28 pm
Patty commented:

The American people need to understand that Barack Obama is constantly looking for ways to integrate the United States more deeply with the rest of the world. The globalization of the world economy has accelerated under Obama, and this latest executive order represents a fundamental change in U.S. economic policy. Now federal regulators will be required to “harmonize” their work with the international community. The following is how this new executive order was assessed in a recent Businessweek article….

Obama’s order provides a framework to organize scattered efforts to promote international regulatory cooperation, the chamber’s top global regulatory official said today.

“Today’s executive order marks a paradigm shift for U.S. regulators by directing them to take the international implications of their work into account in a consistent and comprehensive way,” Sean Heather, vice president of the chamber’s Center for Global Regulatory Cooperation, said in an e-mailed statement.

Last year, Barack Obama signed an agreement to create a “North American security perimeter” and most Americans never even heard about it because the mainstream news networks almost entirely ignored it.

But this is exactly what the globalists want. They don’t want people to become alarmed by these moves toward North American integration. In fact, a document uncovered by Wikileaks shows that those involved in the effort to integrate North America believe that an “incremental” approach is best. Apparently they believe that small moves toward integration are less likely to alarm the general population. The following is from an article that appeared in The National Post last year….

http://www.infowars.com/new-obama-executive-order-pushes-us-closer-to-a-north-american-union-and-a-one-world-economic-system/
#6 July 22, 2012 at 3:41 pm
American Woman commented:

Yes, President Reagan did provide a psychological lift to Americans, and it was based on the sheer power of his character. We believed that Reagan loved America and by extension us. I did not always agree with Reagan’s actions, but I did believe Reagan felt his actions were for the best interests of America and its citizens.

Compare that legacy with President Obama, whose utterances increasing seem to psychologically tear us down. By his words and by his actions, President Obama shows that he doesn’t share the love American patriots have for their country. He psychologically tears us down and his actions often support America’s enemies rather than American citizens.
#7 July 22, 2012 at 4:03 pm
anti-bho commented:

For everyone who has forgotten what it was like to have someone qualified and deserving in the White House.

Ronald Reagan Tribute — Bel Air Presbyterian Church – YouTube

http://www.youtube.com/embed/OvN1jTkzXbY?rel=0
#8 July 22, 2012 at 4:51 pm
GreatGrey commented:

Remember when RayGun said trees cause pollution? And ketchup was a vegetable?
#9 July 22, 2012 at 4:58 pm
bobd commented:

Reagan was a tool who did more in the long run to set this country back than any POUS in my lifetime. The revisionist history right and those too young to remember him have reformed him it some kind of saint. I am constantly amused that you folks who are not 1%ers fall for the perception created by big money that they are on your side. …lambs to the slaughter going willingly. Sad…
#10 July 22, 2012 at 5:40 pm
Jim commented:

” bobd commented:
Reagan was a tool who did more in the long run to set this country back than any POUS in my lifetime.”
Drank the liberal koolaid, did you! The only damndemocrat (yes, it is one word) in my lifetime that I had any respect was President Truman. None of the rest of the damndemocrats were good enough to replace the 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Charmin.
#11 July 22, 2012 at 5:42 pm
the real wow commented:

#9 July 22, 2012 at 4:58 pm
bobd commented:

You are referring to your revisionist take on history, aren’t you? I thought so.

Romney should take cut an ad with Reagan’s and Obama’s words side by side on a constant loop… just that, nothing else. Let the words speak for themselves.
#12 July 22, 2012 at 6:24 pm
Sasja commented:

Who care what these leftist losers spout here. They have no ability to think for themselves. This is the reason you will see the same idiotic statements elsewhere. They are told where to post and what to post. Hey, losers. Do they pay you by the hour or by how many posts you do in one day?
#13 July 22, 2012 at 7:03 pm
mcc commented:

I wouldn’t assume there’s more than ONE loser posting comments…one of the threads yesterday or the day before had 5 comments in a row, using 4 different names…(one, it would seem posted twice)…BUT

the last two commenters had different names — HOWEVER –

the genius failed to post the last comment (with the “new” name) and either drop or use a DIFFERENT AVATAR…

Probably all 5 were the same loser.
#14 July 22, 2012 at 7:18 pm
orisda423 commented:

Greatgrey, Do you remember when obama said he had been to 57 states and had one more to go?
#15 July 22, 2012 at 7:28 pm
Indiana commented:

Obama is the head of the bottom feeders……A lot of us weren’t seriously paying attention when he was elected; many thought it was the same old Democrats v. Republicans election. It turned out to be class v. trash. Now the United States is trashed……and the rest of the world is without it’s leader. The leader of the free world is no more than a “wife beating, tea shirt wearing” gang banger……with a power hungry wife covering for his homosexuality and and anti-american ideology. This man is such a cultist….we’ll have to deport him after we vote him out of office….otherwise that “Jim Jones/Charlie Manson” coolaid will continue to flow in the streets.
#16 July 22, 2012 at 7:53 pm
Patty commented:

Time to pile on:

49% say current government programs increase the level of poverty in the U.S (July 2012).

83% Favor Work Requirement for Walfare Recipients – July 2012

69% think competition between health insurers better for consumers than government regulation – July 2011

69% oppose efforts to increase those on food stamps – February 2012

Only 29% disagree with the following Ronald Reagan quote:

“Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem,” ~ Ronald Reagan

Thanks to Political Outcast: Obama’s Regulatory Burden 400% Greater Than That of Bush’s.

http://www.maggiesnotebook.com/2012/07/obamas-regulations-106-four-times-bushs-obama-46b-bush-8-1b-18-8-increase-in-one-year/
#18 July 22, 2012 at 8:11 pm
Patty commented:

The following could have been said, 5 mins. ago. Listen and read this:

Palin: America’s Enduring Strength

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdPVZFs8Ua4 VIDEO

Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann, Rush Limbaugh, Mark Levin, and many other conservative icons have been accused by the left-wing politicians and so-called journalists of inciting the murderous rampage of an insane (though not certified because it appears nobody wanted to hurt his feelings) man.

Here is Sarah Palin’s response. You can also read the text of her response here.

“We must reject the idea that every time a law’s broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.”–President Ronald Reagan

Jared Lee Loughner, a disturbed and deranged young man with no political motive, savagely attacked Representative Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ) and those who waited to speak with her. He killed in cold blood, but was motivated by nothing outside the demons in his own head. He is responsible for the senseless tragedy. He alone.

I continue to pray for the families of the lost and for the injured, and for all those affected by Loughner’s rampage, and encourage you to do likewise.

http://americayouaskedforit.wordpress.com/category/liberal-media/
#19 July 22, 2012 at 11:33 pm
Blacque Jacques Shellacque commented:

What’s really sad is that our fellow citizens elected the moron, economic illiterate, Marxist in Chief Obama.

And that kind of person will be pretty much who will vote for him later on this year.