And they should get credit for their creativity and entrepreneurialism, no one disputes that. They, in turn, need to recognize that those who funded and created the infrastructure that will be put in place deserve credit as well. Currently, government is heavily involved in the creation and maintenance of infrastructure, so it's hard to understand your reasoning that government should stay out of it.

Successful business people didn't do it on their own, literally speaking. Figuratively speaking, maybe. Both sides waffle back and forth between literal and figurative interpretation to suit their own agendas. After reading and rereading Obama's comment, which I think was awkwardly worded leaving it open to misinterpretation, I determined that "...you didn't build that, somebody else made that happen" was referring to his previous statement about who built the roads etc. etc. To believe that he would really mean "If you've got a business you didn't build that, somebody else made that happen" is absurd, and a blatantly exploitative literal (out of context) interpretation. Sentences within a speech do not exist in a vacuum, either. The ability to connect thoughts that form a larger point is an essential skill in becoming a successful entrepreneur.