July 31, 2012 02:30 AM UTC

We Hate the Government (Thanks for the Loans, Though)

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• by: Colorado Pols

Just an absolute classic story by Eli Stokols at Fox 31, taking time to ask a few more questions and getting richly rewarded:

“We’ve got a group of business people here – including myself – who really take offense to the idea that government builds businesses,” said Dave Leinweber, the owner of Angler’s Covey, at Monday morning’s press event. “We create the jobs. We’ve doubled our work force here because of our hard work, not because of some program or anything like that. We’ve just worked hard.”

But, in an interview with FOX31 Denver, Leinweber also acknowledged that, as much as he was frustrated by government regulation, he was only able to finance his business’s expansion to a new, larger location with a loan backed by – yep, you guessed it – a government program that enabled him to get a small business loan. [Pols emphasis]

The Small Business Administration (SBA) loan enabled Angler’s Covey to leave its old 2,500 square foot home and build a new 6,500 square foot facility along Highway 24 adjacent to two casting ponds right outside its front door where customers can cast and compare rods before buying.

You really couldn’t make up a better question and answer. Nice job, again, by Mitt Romney’s campaign in vetting spokespeople, but at what point will people stop the fake rage against the evil “government” when they knowingly take advantage of government programs?