The conservative Republican pundit slams President Obama's comments: "I think it's a sport for President Barack Obama to make outrageous statements like 'If you've got a business -- you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen,' which he said in a recent campaign trip to Roanoke, Va.-- and then watch Republicans go predictably bananas. Certainly the multimillionaire business supporters of the president on Wall Street and in Hollywood know this is absurd. Anyone with the mildest understanding of business and capitalism knows this is absurd. Yet the president struck at the heart of what makes capitalism tick -- individual freedom and personal responsibility -- without his polling numbers in the week that followed budging and his re-election probability on Intrade.com actually ticked up two and half points."
More commentary from Ms. Parker: "Capitalism is not about being 'on your own,' as we hear so often from liberals. It's about entrepreneurs, like Steve Jobs, being free to create prosperity by serving their fellow citizens with innovative ideas and products. And it's about government doing its proper job -- protecting life and property -- so this can happen."
Star Parker: "Entrepreneurs, Not Politicians, Build Prosperity"
