Wealth comes from the help of others

I've heard a similar message coming from Elizabeth Warren, but this one comes from Obama. People who are wealthy and successful got there because of the many people who made that possible which likely includes people who work much harder and face even greater challenges. The heros in our society should be the people help others when nobody will help them, people who are guided by their heart, not their quest for power and wealth.

Here is the quote from Obama...

There are a lot of wealthy, successful Americans who agree with me — because they want to give something back. They know they didn’t — look, if you’ve been successful, you didn’t get there on your own. You didn’t get there on your own. I’m always struck by people who think, well, it must be because I was just so smart. There are a lot of smart people out there. It must be because I worked harder than everybody else. Let me tell you something — there are a whole bunch of hardworking people out there.

If you were successful, somebody along the line gave you some help. There was a great teacher somewhere in your life. Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges. If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build that. Somebody else made that happen. The Internet didn’t get invented on its own. Government research created the Internet so that all the companies could make money off the Internet.