Ted Poe: “Recently I heard from Jacqueline, a small business owner in southeast Texas, and here's what she said: Business owners…”

“Recently I heard from Jacqueline, a small business owner in southeast Texas, and here's what she said: Business owners who want to succeed put their heart and soul into their business. They are the ones who get there at the crack of dawn and leave after everyone else is long settled in for the night. I've been a small business owner, and I know a great many others like me, and nobody did anything for us, we did it for ourselves, and the only thing that the government did for us was tax us. Apparently, this President disagrees with Jacqueline's statement. According to the administration: ``If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen.'' So the President is inferring, I suspect, that government should get the credit for the success of entrepreneurs. He is wrong, Madam Speaker. People are the reason for American success--not government. Americans have the vision, creativity, and audacity to pursue a dream--not the government. Americans risk their life savings, not knowing what profit they will get back in return for their labor. Government doesn't risk anything. Americans spend long days, sleepless nights, and working on weekends away from their family in order to keep their company afloat and pay their employees. Americans battle through discouragement and criticism in the hope for better days ahead. It is Americans who give up their home in order to pay for a store.…”