President Obama and even FoxNews.com contributor Sally Kohn have it backwards. Business owners don't owe credit to government for their success. Government owes us credit for its existence! Government doesn't enable or empower business owners. We empower government.

Business owners would do just fine without government. But government, government employees, and the "takers" of society -- those who take checks from government -- could not survive without us -- the creators, producers and taxpayers. Simply put, we pay all the bills for government. We're the ones you ought to be thanking.

Let me paint a picture even an economic illiterate can understand. Let's say you own a restaurant. Who needs whom? Do the patrons of your restaurant need you? No, they could choose any one of 1,000 other restaurants in your city. They could stay home and cook for themselves. Heck, they could even choose to not eat -- most Americans could use a day off from eating.

But you -- the business owner -- could not live without customers.