Much of the discussion regarding recent efforts in Congress to pass the latest tax cut, er, I mean health care legislation, <sarcasm> for some reason </sarcasm> puts me in mind of the late Ayn Rand. As I’m also a big fan of the “Last Week Tonight” show, I now draw upon them to help me convey my exasperation and incredulity that somehow she is still a thing.
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Like “The Thing” in the movie, A. Rand needs to be buried in the ice for millennia, waiting to be dug up only to cause greater harm.
I had a good laugh at Rand’s expense the other day. In an NYT story about Uber’s former CEO a Rand supporter said she would never sexually harass an employee. No. She would have an extramarital affair with a business partner young enough to be her son and try to destroy his career after he left her, but she would never sexually harass anyone because that would be wrong.
Rand never could walk her own talk. She signed up for Medicare on day 1 of her eligibility, after a life time of heavy smoking. US taxpayers provided her hospice. We condemned the sin, not the sinner, something she would never have understood or done.