Obama to business: "you didn't build that."

I've watched this video a few times.  Quite the populist rhetoric from
Barack Obama. 

Here's the jist:  the President said that businesses are dependant on
so-called public goods, such as roads, bridges and even the research
that led to the internet.  

Fair enough:  I never disputed the fact that government is a necessity. 
Government exists for the things we all need collectively that we could
not possibly get from the private sector.   If the private sector was able to
administer the services that government provides, no government would be
necessary.  

In fact, there was one such political system where the private sector acted like
a government.  It was called feudalism and it didn't work very well. 

But it works the other way too.  Businesses employ people who pay taxes.
Businesses pay taxes themselves.   It is after all, a simbiotic relationship. 

The problems start when government views the more affluant in society
as an endless ATM that they can draw on whenever they wish. 

John Locke theorized that government was created in large part to protect
property and allow for the acquisition of more property.   That these things
would extend to any member of society.   In other words, government's main
reason for being is to facilitate the pursuit of happiness.  If not for that, why
would government exist? 

So the President in effect is asking business to be grateful for government's
basic duties?   Businesses are merely making the most of the situation. 

Quite often, the difference between being an employer as opposed to being
an employee is seizure of opportunity.  And those who make the most of their
opportunities should not be blamed for doing so.

They are after all taking on more risks than an employee.  An employee can always
leave and get another job.  An employer may have to deal with bankruptcy if things go awry. 

And where is the government then? 

I never hear the government say to business:  "thank you for employing people."   "Thank you for
creating taxpayers rather than tax recipients." "Thank you for the sales taxes you collect"  Never. 
Not a peep.

And another question to President Obama:  where do you think the revenue the government
already receives comes from?  It's not yours.  It belonged largely to the successful class.