"You didn’t build it, Mitt Romney — we all built it."
OP-ED COLUMNIST
The Secret Weapon: All of Us
By NICHOLAS D. KRISTOF
The Republican National Convention opened by smacking President Obama with the theme “We Built it.”
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Or for Romney himself. He built his Bain empire partly because he was smart and hard-working, but also because of a great education and because of tax breaks for debt financing. Tax loopholes helped him build his fortune, and other loopholes gave him the low tax rates to retain it.
If the Republican convention wishes to highlight and explain Romney’s success, it should have a moment of silence to honor our infernal tax code.
Who built this country? Entrepreneurs, yes. But so did schoolteachers and railway construction workers. Doctors and truckers. Scientists and soldiers. You didn’t build it, Mitt Romney — we all built it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/29/opinion/kristof-the-secret-weapon-all-of-us.html?_r=2&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=edit_th_20120829