• • Voting reform: A progressive voting scheme 
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Individual Rights  | Ayn Rand, author and philosopher, wrote: “Just as man can’t exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one’s rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property.”  

• • Who is John Galt? 

Atlas Shrugged  |Image  | Ayn Rand in Atlas Shrugged called them “looters.” These are the people in society who take more than they give. They live off the “producers.”  

• • Voter reform: Progressive voting rights 
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Individual Rights  | Ayn Rand, author and philosopher, wrote: “Just as man can’t exist without his body, so no rights can exist without the right to translate one’s rights into reality, to think, to work and keep the results, which means: the right of property.”  

• More government largesse 
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Atlas Shrugged  | In the 2008 budget, OMB estimated tax expenditures as $878B. [....] It is interesting that we are complaining about spending about about that amount for the Prez' health care program over 10 years (if you can believe the administrations' spear carriers and their projections - which you can't) and here is about the same amount in a single year and no-one seems terribly exercised over it (except me and John Galt, that is).  

• Presidentially created commissions 
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Atlas Shrugged  | Fear not, citizens (and "illegals"), we will take care of you. Well, at least until the well to do taxpayers' money holds out. After that; who knows?? (John Galt, where are you when we need you??)  

• Government largesse 
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Atlas Shrugged  | It won't take long until there is nothing more to take from the "producers" to give to the non-producers. Then what?? John Galt!! Where are you when we need you???  

• • The progressive mantra 
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Atlas Shrugged  |Capitalism  | Lets face it, Ayn Rand was right: the Progressives are wrong!!