Obama Is Taking Swipes At America and Small Business

President Obama walked deeper into the entrepreneurial thicket over the weekend and may have stepped in something. His remarks denigrating the personal efforts of successful business people have many in the business community holding their noses.

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The president told supporters in Roanoke, VA, last weekend that government infrastructure—from public school teachers to highway programs—were the principal means by which companies and small-business risk-takers turned their ideas into viable enterprises.

“If you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own,” he said, repeating himself for emphasis. “If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help… If you’ve got a business, you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen.”

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s top executive disagreed. David Chavern said that, instead of downplaying the efforts of entrepreneurs, “we should applaud the risk-takers and the dreamers who are willing to stand out from the crowd. Rather than denigrate what these people have done, we need to encourage more people to be like them.”

A release from the National Federation of Independent Business chided the president for “unfortunate remarks” that show “an utter lack of understanding and appreciation” for small business risk-takers who create jobs and viable companies by dint of hard work and unwavering confidence in enterprising ideas.

This is not the first time that the president has taken a swipe at the business community or demonstrated unfamiliarity with the dynamics of free enterprise. Late last year he remarked that he believes business leaders in the U.S. have gotten “a little lazy” in stoking the engines of commerce to compete in a global economy.

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Last month, he opined that “the private sector is doing fine,” which was news to struggling managers and company owners coast to coast who are trying to keep their doors open. Instead, he said, Republicans ought to be worried about helping struggling state and local governments.

His eventual opponent in November balloting, Mitt Romney, is, of course, an epitome of business success. In trying to knock business off a pedestal, Obama hopes at the same time to knock down the appeal of Romney. More likely, the president is accomplishing the opposite.