Friday, January 9, 2009

Living through Atlas Shrugged

Spehen Moore at the Wall Street Journal argues there is no reason to turn Atlas Shrugged into a movie since we are living it right now.

Here's the link - http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123146363567166677.html

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. Thompson, leaping to his feet. "We couldn't do that . . . How would we pay government employees?"

"Fire your government employees."

"Oh, no!"

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