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Paul Ryan’s redistributionism
New York Times - Evaluations
Jonathan Chait has a long post about how [Paul] Ryan’s roadmap “clarifies the essence of the Republican Party’s approach to domestic policy issues,” which involves “opposition to the downward redistribution of income.” Noting that Ryan has said kind words about Ayn Rand, he writes that “the core of the Randian worldview, as absorbed by the modern GOP, is a belief that the natural market distribution of income is inherently moral, and the central struggle of politics is to free the successful from having the fruits of their superiority redistributed by looters and moochers.” And he argues: “Every major element of Ryan’s plan reflects this commitment … Ryan would retain some bare-bones subsidies for the poorest, but the overwhelming thrust in every way is to liberate the lucky and successful to enjoy their good fortune without burdening them with any responsibility for the welfare of their fellow citizens.” This strikes me as an overstatement, to put it mildly. Ryan’s proposed changes to the tax code — his reduction in the highest rates, and his addition of a consumption tax — would shift the tax burden down the income ladder, just as Chait says. But nearly every other major element of the roadmap would make the American welfare state more redistributionist, rather than less so.
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For the love of business
Monika Mitchell, OpEdNews
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Google CEO says company doesn’t care about profits
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Winding rhymes
Jason Bracelin, Review-Journal (Las Vegas)
On his latest mixtape, "Nuclear Winter Vol. 1," stalwart MC Sole (Tim Holland), a fixture of the indie hip-hop underground for a decade and a half now, sounds like a street preacher warning of the apocalypse on one track, a wily scene veteran confident of his lofty perch in the progressive-rap pecking order on the next. He turns sacred cows into T-bone steaks, name checking Timothy Geithner and the works of Ayn Rand before the disc's intro is over and critiquing the current administration in particularly bayonet-sharp terms.
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NBC’s Castro-driven journalism
Humberto Fontova, American Thinker
It was also fascinating to hear Andrea [Mitchell], wife of former U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman (and early Ayn Rand disciple) Alan Greenspan, explain that Communist economics has nothing to do with Cuba's crumbling buildings.
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‘BioShock’ sequel shockingly good
Mark Riechers, The Daily Cardinal (U Wisconsin - Madison)
We have traded villains from Andrew Ryan, the runaway objectivist from the first game, to Sofia Lamb, a runaway socialist hell-bent on making Rapture a utopia.
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Hollywood honors American values
Wayne Murray, Arizona Republic (Phoenix)
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Paul Ryan and the Republican vision
Jonathan Chait, The New Republic
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Mike Daisey reveals secrets of the world order
Chris Kompanek, Flavorwire
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Ignore socialist label
Jeff Gadt, Kansas City Star (MO)
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‘What’s the Matter With Kansas’ liberal filmmakers get a dose of Wichita
Robert W. Butler, Kansas City Star (MO)
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The good work of government
William J. Linn, Star-News (Wilmington, NC)
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The Virtue of Selfishness: A New Concept of Egoism (1964)
David Wilson, South China Morning Post
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Charlottesville gears up for Va. Festival of the Book
News Leader (Staunton, VA)
Hundreds of writers and millions of words will flow through Charlottesville during the 16th annual Virginia Festival of the Book, which runs from March 17 to 21. This year's schedule includes more than 40 University of Virginia faculty members and alumni, speaking on topics as diverse as Ayn Rand, living through war and examining historical times.
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Bioshock 2
Jacob Muncy, San Antonio Current
The opening of Bioshock 2 feels like coming home. You awaken in ruins in the old part of Rapture, an underwater city and objectivist paradise created by John Galt archetype Andrew Ryan. [....] Rapture feels alive. Every environment you visit is the ruined remnant of some part of Rapture prior to its collapse, the highlight of which is an amusement park full of objectivist propaganda (seemingly exaggerated unless you’ve read Ayn Rand).
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Tequila sunrise & into the sunset
Kasmin Fernandes, Mid-Day
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