Posted on 06/30/2009 12:40:46 PM PDT by Welshman007
On July 30 conservatives plan to 'go Galt,' named after Ayn Rand's character John Galt in her book Atlas Shrugged. On that day millions plan to 'call in conservative,' refusing to go to work or to spend any money. Washington needs a serious, in-your-face wakeup call as citizens continue to grow increasingly angry over the government's socialist agenda that they seem determined to shove down our throats.
I’m in.
I’m in.
I’m there.
Should be on April 15th... not July 30.
Otherwise, you just hurt the small guy... not the government.
It would take more than one day... maybe a week to really show what going Galt is all about. I’m in for this one but I’d rather go one week without any purchases at all... just hunker down.
It’s going to take more than one day for the effect to be made.
Calling mine ‘A Day without small business’.
Watch the Fed revenues fall!
http://market-ticker.org/archives/1174-Starve-The-Beast-July-4th,-2009.html
nonsense...who make this stuff up? Go galt my @$$.
I’m in.
Our government won’t give a $h!t.
I got a dentist appointment that day. Going Galt sounds like more fun, but the teeth wait for no protest.
Yea, yea, yea, we always hear that whine:”Don’t hurt the small guy.” Sorry, but the small guy is about to get crushed by the Socialist Agenda anyway.
LOL.
June 30th, third anniversary of selling out and quitting work.
Seems so long ago, I sold my business K2 Technologies (with partners) to Cadence, in 2003, worked for 3 long years to meet the contract, and cashed out.
I went Galt before going Galt was the in-thing.
>>> Yea, yea, yea, we always hear that whine:”Don’t hurt the small guy.”
Yeah, yeah, yeah... like the media will blame the Socialist Agenda for the economic downturn.
“... just hunker down.”
gotta buy mu beer day before then.
Great protest idea!!!
Not really sure how this accomplishes anything.
Not going to work only hurts your employer. You still get paid, and pay taxes for that days paid time off. And the only way it hurts the employer is if a significant number from that employer take the day off. Otherwise, you are just using a paid day off that you then cannot use another day.
Not buying anything that day does little more than make a statement, if that. Things you need will be purchased the day before or the day after. That particular day’s receipts may be lower, making a statement of potential impact, but if you just wait a day and buy what you need the next day, the overall receipts will average out. No net economic effect.
So, I guess I just don’t get it.
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