Posted by
Mickey Skinner on Thursday, January 29, 2009 3:29:13 PM
Stephen Moore's article "Atlas Shrugged": From Fiction to Fact in 52 Years in the January 9th issue of the Wall Street Journal is a truly amazing article. He simply stated the fact that what Ayn Rand wrote 52 years ago is now a fact. I find it uncanny that the words she wrote then we are living now.
I wonder if President Obama will be looking for a man like John Galt (who resisted their assault on capitalism) to help him get out of this mess? Mr. Moore said," that when the economy had been rendered comatose by all the great economic minds in Washington, out of desperation they asked John Galt to help them get the economy back on track." This is how the discussion with Galt went.
Galt: "You want me to be Economic Dictator?"
Mr. Thompson: "Yes!"
"And you"ll obey any order I give?"
"Implicitly!"
"Then start by abolishing all income taxes."
"Oh no! screamed Mr. Thompsom, leaping to his feet.
"We couldn't do that...How would we pay
government employees?"
"Fire your government employees."
"Oh, no!"
Maybe the governor of California should read this little excerpt; it just might give him a clue on how to handle the $42,000000000
deficit. Perhaps Obama"s selected congress might gain some insight on how to handle the $2,000000000000 difict if they took the time to read Atlas Shrugged.
Please notice that President Obama gets 3 more "zeros" than Governor Schwarzenegger.