“You didn’t build that” prompts some questions

Douglas Herz, in a column at American Thinker asks some questions about the “you didn’t build that” philosophy:

“If I owe others for my success, don’t they owe me? Doesn’t everyone owe everyone else? Wouldn’t all this just cancel out, leaving only individual drive, initiative, and entrepreneurship?

•Variation: if everyone owes everyone else, shouldn’t it be by the amount of taxes they pay? So, shouldn’t the 50% who pay no taxes owe the top 5% the most? And, since the 50% who pay no taxes vote mainly for Obama, doesn’t he actually owe the top 5% for his presidency, and so shouldn’t he represent their views? “

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