Posted on 09/24/2009 6:38:09 PM PDT by bvw
Some guessed it would happen as we saw what TARP I and II and the financial industry and auto industry takeovers by the FedGov/BigBiz/BigUnion Borg.
At the beginning of Spring 2009:
Malkin wrote of it:
Going Galt and then next Tea Party Wave
And the NYT riffed on it:
Going Galt: Everyones doing it
Dave Weigel wrote:
Battling Obama by Going Galt
Wonkette scoffed --
'Going Galt' is the new code word for laid-off
Well? It's half a year later. I'm not sure. So I'm asking.
Has the US of A gone Galt?
I’m Going Galt in as many ways as I can.
Who is John Galt?
I know I’ve cut consumption, gone local and gone under the table.
Americans don’t go Galt, they go postal.
Ask him yourself.
ping - gone Galt?
Who is John Gault ?
Read Ayn Rand’s “Atlas Shrugged”.
I think he has.
Go to stores and restaurants at night. Many are ghost towns. People go out on Fridays a bit but not as much as before.
I think people with any money are holding tight and many are doing as little as possible in the hopes the public will turn on this islamo-marxist scum.
That’s what I think.
I got retired two years before my planned date.
I’m definitely starving the beast.
I think early retirements are moving up the tipping point date for Social Security.
I paid in the max for over 30 yrs.
Next year I’ll be collecting.
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Only thing for sure that Americans aren’t going Galt on is firearms and ammunition. I know I’ve pulled in a lot on what I buy, excepting the above. I’m just retiring debt and thats about it.
Yes, as much as possible.
Atlas Puked...
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