You Owe A Debt Of Gratitude To All Heritage Americans For Making America Great

During the 2012 presidential campaign, Barack Obama infamously told business owners, “If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that.” Obama argued individual success was fake, instead, success depended on other people. Republicans heard the real point: Obama was trying to diminish the work, sacrifice, and legacy of successful business owners. Dan McLaughlin understood the problem at the time. “If you convince people that success has little to do w/work & merit, you justify more burdens on successful.” Fair point. People who build something deserve credit for building it. But that principle should apply not just when the achievement...