The fact that so many government officials and economists are Randians
just makes her ideas more creepy.
just makes her ideas more creepy.
Huh? Examples?
Alan Greenspan. Last Chairman of Federal Reserve. Member of Ayn Rand Institute and of the Atlas Society. Friend and admirer of Ayn Rand and convert to her obhectivism since the early 1950s.
Well, yeah, we know about him, and there's also Rand Paul and Paul Ryan... That's 3 well known ones out of the 100 senators, 500 members of house, 50 governors, and many other officials. Many of these people are very socialist (both republicans and democrats, with just their own brand of socialism) or religious ideologues. So... where is the "many" that are Randians?
) and my favorite proposed solution is to use fines collected from criminals (foreign and domestic) to fund national defense, courts, and police. It's also arguable that a flat tax, imposed on all citizens equally, is a fair method of preventing the fraud/abuse of free riders. I know ya'll AnCaps will never accept that, but want to put it out there to clarify where we differ.