Daily Quote: "The most important single central fact about a free market is that no exchange takes place unless both parties benefit."
Milton Friedman
Submitted by rresendes on Tue, 03/31/2009 - 3:09pm
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Send to friendPrinter-friendly versionPlease make and carry that sign at the upcoming Tea Parties.
Directive 10-289 is the final step in of a government power grab in Ayn Rand's classic Atlas Shrugged, a novel based on the central idea that personal freedom and economic productivity go hand in hand.
Facing a crumbling economy, the government in the name of "improving things for the people", passes a set of rules to stabilize and improve the economy. These rules work to promote national economic stability by limiting annoying capitalist disruptions such as employees' quitting to find better jobs, and employers firing underperforming employees to improve their business. Further the government seeks to prevent the hoarding of intellectual capital and thus insists that it must take ownership of all patents to maximize their value to society.
Predictably the program ends in disaster as the most productive members of society decide to quit working and go on strike - ultimately leading to economic chaos throughout the country.
Read the entire novel passage here.
The Tea Party Movement while symbolized by taxes is ultimately about individual freedom and limited government.
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Submitted by guitarcrazy on Tue, 03/31/2009.
If I can make it off work to the tea party next week I will be there with this sign!
I read Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" as a teenager, and considered it almost SF/Fantasy--this would never happen to us. Instead I see PO (how is that pronounced poe...poo?) following what the statists-err Progressives-in that book did. A long, tedious, but extremely important book for our times: Atlas Shrungged by Ayn Rand. I would also suggest The Fountanhead for those that want a slightly less intense read, but when that makes you think more clearly the importance of the individual vs society.
Submitted by jadeking on Tue, 03/31/2009.
Atlas Shrugged is a must read for everyone, especially teenagers. It is never too late for anyone to read it though, which will enrich their life forever.
Submitted by mvillar1000 on Tue, 03/31/2009.
Few of us are Dagny Taggarts, Hank Reardon's, or John Galt's--most of us are Eddie's! Just plain old good, basic folks. We just want to work honorably, supporting ourselves and our families-and we want to make our own way and our own decisions in our life. We don't want others making our life decisions for us. We don't want the government forcing us to work for them-we don't want the fruits of our own labors stolen from us by the government.