Ayn Rand took government assistance while decrying others who did the same

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Not exactly news, but it is political...

Noted speed freak, serial-killer fangirl, and Tea Party hero Ayn Rand was also a kleptoparasite, sneakily gobbling up taxpayer funds under an assumed name to pay for her medical treatments after she got lung cancer.

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."

But alas she did and said it was wrong for everyone else to do so.
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Ayn Rand took government assistance while decrying others who did the same - Boing Boing
 
That reminds me I didn't finish Atlas Shrugged.
 
Lol. I remember Randiods would defend her theories to the point of absurdity (and no, i'm not speaking philospohically wise) and with such a profound lack of empathy of others that people at Freeratio wondered if there was something inherently sociopathic about her philosophy.
 
jillio said:
Doesn't surprise me at all, given the inconsistencies and total lack of practicality of her theories.
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Lol, I always suspected she was a hypocrite, as are most of the people who subscribe blindly to her philosophy. She had some good ideas, but hardly enough to form a practical movement.

Glenn said:
That reminds me I didn't finish Atlas Shrugged.
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Me neither. I did thoroughly enjoy The Fountainhead though, based on its literary merit. It was a very good story. Atlas Shrugged was far too didactic for me. Less substance and more contrived political hubris.
 
TheWriteAlex said:
Lol, I always suspected she was a hypocrite, as are most of the people who subscribe blindly to her philosophy. She had some good ideas, but hardly enough to form a practical movement.



Me neither. I did thoroughly enjoy The Fountainhead though, based on its literary merit. It was a very good story. Atlas Shrugged was far too didactic for me. Less substance and more contrived political hubris.
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Agreed, the foundation of many of her economic and political theories were there, but they sorely needed to be tested and expanded.
 
deafskeptic said:
Lol. I remember Randiods would defend her theories to the point of absurdity (and no, i'm not speaking philospohically wise) and with such a profound lack of empathy of others that people at Freeratio wondered if there was something inherently sociopathic about her philosophy.
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I don't know about sociopathic as I never considered it. It is possible. I would have to take the time to review and apply some criteria, and I really don't want to give her that much of my time. LOL But I would definately say that there is something inherently anti-social (as in personality d/o) in her theories. Like all who follow one blindly, her followers never bothered to look deeply into what she proposed.
 
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