Obama says "You didn't build that"

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Date Originated: July of 2012
Target of Lie: Barack Obama
Categories: Business & Economy & Barack Obama
Many Republicans have be claiming that Obama doesn't think that people build their own businesses because of his speech where he said "...you didn't build that." The phrase has been taken blatantly out of context. Obama was not talking about people's businesses but instead the infrastructure, roads, railroads, bridges and education system. Romney also conveniently ignores Obama's clear summary of his message, that "the point is ... that when we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together."

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