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In reply to the discussion: House GOP Would Kick 280,000 Children Off School Lunch Program To Protect Tax Cut For Millionaires [View all]LynneSin
(95,337 posts)6. But Ayn Rand also received government assistance
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Ayn Rand took government assistance while decrying others who did the same
An interview with Evva Pryror, a social worker and consultant to Miss Rand's law firm of Ernst, Cane, Gitlin and Winick verified that on Miss Rand's behalf she secured Rand's Social Security and Medicare payments which Ayn received under the name of Ann O'Connor (husband Frank O'Connor).
As Pryor said, "Doctors cost a lot more money than books earn and she could be totally wiped out" without the aid of these two government programs. Ayn took the bail out even though Ayn "despised government interference and felt that people should and could live independently... She didn't feel that an individual should take help."
Ayn Rand took government assistance while decrying others who did the same
An interview with Evva Pryror, a social worker and consultant to Miss Rand's law firm of Ernst, Cane, Gitlin and Winick verified that on Miss Rand's behalf she secured Rand's Social Security and Medicare payments which Ayn received under the name of Ann O'Connor (husband Frank O'Connor).
As Pryor said, "Doctors cost a lot more money than books earn and she could be totally wiped out" without the aid of these two government programs. Ayn took the bail out even though Ayn "despised government interference and felt that people should and could live independently... She didn't feel that an individual should take help."
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House GOP Would Kick 280,000 Children Off School Lunch Program To Protect Tax Cut For Millionaires [View all]
kpete
Apr 2012
OP
Yes, they are Randian to the core. Eliminate the 'parasites' and reward the 'producers.'
freshwest
Apr 2012
#3
Paul Ryan and Clarence Thomas require their staff to read Rand, but they need to read some of this:
freshwest
Apr 2012
#8
Enjoying the entertainments of the flesh and mind, too busy to look at it, I guess.
freshwest
Apr 2012
#9