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2016 Postmortem

SouthernDonkey

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10. Exactly!

Reply to rucky (Reply #9)

Sat Nov 17, 2012, 09:28 PM

Nov 2012

They directly benefit by piggybacking on government funded research, and discoveries. Through grants and business loans we all subsidize through tax dollars. I don't know if it's so much that they fail to see it, or that they simply choose not to see it. Talk about an "entitlement" mentality!

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Need some examples of "you didn't build that" [View all] NewJeffCT Nov 2012 OP

eBay, Craig's List, Facebook, Amazon, Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #1

great example NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #3

You're quite welcome Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #7

Those absolutely should count. sense Nov 2012 #2

good point NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #21

Anything ever made. Automobiles or anything with parts.TVs. The world. graham4anything Nov 2012 #4

Ask them if they got that off Al Gore's internet ... zbdent Nov 2012 #5

Here's a good article about the biggest welfare case in Cleveland ... zbdent Nov 2012 #6

Just a few examples right off the top of my head. SouthernDonkey Nov 2012 #8

good examples and welcome to DU NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #11

Products developed by NASA... rucky Nov 2012 #9

Exactly! SouthernDonkey Nov 2012 #10

Hoover Dam certainly made a big difference NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #14

um, education to get the information one needs to build a business? demtenjeep Nov 2012 #12

Any sports arena mercuryblues Nov 2012 #13

Railroads -- built with the help of generous land grants from the states JDPriestly Nov 2012 #15

great stuff NewJeffCT Nov 2012 #17

Part of FDR's New Deal SouthernDonkey Nov 2012 #19

No. Too much capital required at a time when it was hard to find. JDPriestly Nov 2012 #25

Excellent as well! SouthernDonkey Nov 2012 #18

Of course. I Googled for most of it. It's Wikipedia entries and the like. JDPriestly Nov 2012 #24

I don't know if this counts, but Ilsa Nov 2012 #16

Polio vaccine kairos12 Nov 2012 #20

Abbot Labs EC Nov 2012 #22

about every vaccine out there Sunlei Nov 2012 #23

A good one is that it is big trucks, not cars, that tear up the highways. applegrove Nov 2012 #26

Any business using electricity from the TVA, Mr.Bill Nov 2012 #27

This is what you say bluestateguy Nov 2012 #28

That kind of suns it up right there. The End. gateley Nov 2012 #30

Here's a very nice one caraher Nov 2012 #29

"Of course, the article is too long with too many big words for a Freeper..." gateley Nov 2012 #31