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Obama’s Way vs. The American Way

By Michael A. LaFerrara

Aug 02, 2012
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In an under-analyzed section of his infamous "you didn't build that" speech, President Obama effused:

When we succeed, we succeed because of our individual initiative, but also because we do things together. There are some things, just like fighting fires, we don’t do on our own. I mean, imagine if everybody had their own fire service. That would be a ha…

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