# "If you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."

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**Category:** Politics & Elections\
**Created:** [July 17, 2012, 8:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youve-got-a-business-you-didnt-build-that-somebody-else-made-that-happen/628503 "2012-07-17T08:54:53Z")\
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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2012, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youve-got-a-business-you-didnt-build-that-somebody-else-made-that-happen/628503/527 "2012-07-25T13:52:58Z")

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> [@magellan01](#):
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> Also, you may want to provide a more honest, less misleading transcript next time. I fixed it for you. The blue parts art what you missed. Notice how it changes what selectively stitched together?

I recognize you are only adding text from Romney’s speech, but please don’t alter text inside the quote boxes. It makes it look like you are attributing things to **Shayna** that she did not say. Next time please just quote from the speech and attribute it to the politician.

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