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Are Americans Going John Galt?
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| 4-30-10
| Doug Patton
Posted on 04/30/2010 1:21:29 PM PDT by smokingfrog
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Recent news reports say that the economy is improving because consumers are starting to spend again. Will this trend continue? How many FReepers that said "I'm going Galt" are still doing so?
To: smokingfrog
I’m Galt for sure and will not spend until this idiot has gone
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:22:05 PM PDT
by
manc
(WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
To: smokingfrog
forgot to add
a guy from MI who moved own here has been spending like crazy since bozo got in, course it’s all on credit cards, even yesterday he bought himself a steam cleaner and a power washer
yes he’s a left kook and believe me not all there in the head
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:23:37 PM PDT
by
manc
(WILL OBAMA EVER GO TO CHURCH ON A SUNDAY OR WILL HE LET THE MEDIA/THE LEFT BE FOOLED FOR EVER)
To: smokingfrog
SPEND LIKE THERE’S NO TOMORROW.........
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:26:15 PM PDT
by
Red Badger
(When you see Jerusalem being surrounded by armies, you'll know that its desolation is NEAR. Luke 21)
To: smokingfrog
To: smokingfrog
Recent news reports say that the economy is improving because consumers are starting to spend again. Will this trend continue? How many FReepers that said "I'm going Galt" are still doing so? Yes the reports keep saying the economy is improving. and then on the Friday news dump a correction report adjsuts the numbers "unexpectedly." Just today there was an article posted on FR noting that the 99 weeks of unemployment was about to expire for a lot of people.
While I don't agree with paying people to not work for nearly 2 years, eventually many of those people are going to lose their homes and cars. A lot of people refer to the economy as a house of cards..... I think of it as a Jenga game..... take a block from Peter and you give it to Paul. Take more blocks from Peter and you give them to Tom, Dick, and Harry. Peter is running out of bloks and the tower is going to fall.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:28:04 PM PDT
by
Repeat Offender
(While the wicked stand confounded, call me with Thy Saints surrounded)
To: smokingfrog
The novel was twice as long as it needed to be, filled with long philosophical soliloquies about the evils of socialism; The philosophical soliloquies were the core of the book. The rest was just to provide setting for the speeches.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:28:16 PM PDT
by
KarlInOhio
(I am so immune to satire that I ate three Irish children after reading Swift's "A Modest Proposal")
To: smokingfrog
Deep into the story, the main protagonist, John Galt, is revealed to the reader as a brilliant young engineer who has decided to stop the engine of the world. He has invented a motor that can convert static electricity into electric power, but he refuses to share his knowledge or his invention with the world in an atmosphere of ever-intrusive government intervention into the private sector.Several Russian aircraft designers did some of their best work while serving time during WW2 in Stalin's prisons. Don't be so sure that the State can't squeeze you for your intellectual property. I will admit that to many of those Russian engineers patriotism trumped any problems that they had with the Soviet regime.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:30:54 PM PDT
by
Tallguy
("The sh- t's chess, it ain't checkers!" -- Alonzo (Denzel Washington) in "Training Day")
To: smokingfrog
I believe the reasons for the apparent improvement last quarter are; increased government spending (wealth transfer), tax refunds, and people not paying their mortgages now having cash to spend. As for increased company profits, I noticed that they are doing this with decreased revenues (look at CAT).
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:31:46 PM PDT
by
yadent
To: Chi-townChief
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:34:29 PM PDT
by
Notary Sojac
(Mi Tio es infermo, pero la carretera es verde!)
To: KarlInOhio; smokingfrog
FReeper Book Club: Introduction to Atlas ShruggedPart I, Chapter I: The ThemePart I, Chapter II: The ChainPart I, Chapter III: The Top and the BottomPart I, Chapter IV: The Immovable MoversPart I, Chapter V: The Climax of the dAnconiasPart I, Chapter VI: The Non-CommercialPart I, Chapter VII: The Exploiters and the ExploitedPart I, Chapter VIII: The John Galt LinePart I, Chapter IX: The Sacred and the ProfanePart I, Chapter X: Wyatts TorchPart II, Chapter I: The Man Who Belonged on EarthPart II, Chapter II: The Aristocracy of PullPart II, Chapter III: White BlackmailPart II, Chapter IV: The Sanction of the VictimPart II, Chapter V: Account OverdrawnPart II, Chapter VI: Miracle MetalPart II, Chapter VII: The Moratorium on BrainsPart II, Chapter VIII: By Our LovePart II, Chapter IX: The Face Without Pain or Fear or GuiltPart II, Chapter X: The Sign of the DollarPart III, Chapter I: AtlantisPart III, Chapter II: The Utopia of GreedPart III, Chapter III: Anti-GreedPart III, Chapter IV: Anti-LifePart III, Chapter V: Their Brothers KeepersPart III, Chapter VI: The Concerto of DeliverancePart III, Chapter VII: This is John Galt SpeakingPart III, Chapter VIII: The EgoistPart III, Chapter IX: The GeneratorPart III, Chapter X: In the Name of the Best Within UsCoda: Ten Years AfterAfterword and Suggested Reading
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:34:29 PM PDT
by
Publius
(Unless the Constitution is followed, it is simply a piece of paper.)
To: Publius
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:36:51 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( - Free Men will always be armed with the Truth. - [ me ] -)
To: smokingfrog
Up until the past few weeks, we have not been spending more on retail/discretionary items, and do not anticipate doing so anytime soon. We have had to spend more money lately due to some events of our lives recently, but have not just “gone shopping” for the fun of it.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:37:54 PM PDT
by
NEMDF
To: smokingfrog
Only thing I spend money on was a car. Would have preferred not to, but the old one would never have made it till 2012. (plus his CAFE standards scared me about what my choices might be in a couple of years)
To: smokingfrog
Earn as little as necessary.
Spend as little as possible.
Stock up on food and ammo.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:40:09 PM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(FYBO: Islam is a religion of peace, and Muslims reserve the right to kill anyone who says otherwise.)
To: smokingfrog
Only spending to stock up on those things I think will be necessary and less available, including homeschooling materials.
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:46:17 PM PDT
by
FourPeas
(God Bless America)
To: yadent
CAT laid off many hundreds of workers.
To: smokingfrog
Going Galt? Well I’m already earning almost nothing at a brain dead job.. not quite an unskilled track laborer but close ,,, as far as feeding the beast I recently started a not-for-profit and am using that umbrella to run and host several businesses that will (while legitimately helping others) help my family... also it opens me up to the world of “grants” ... until the rules change I’m playing the game as it’s presented. And I already have my own “Galts Gulch” up and running in a free country. I need more but I’m pretty well situated.
To: Publius
I read Atlas Shrugged for the 8th time Dec of 2008.
I stumbled on a series of books called the Ashes series written by W W Johnstone a few months back. There are over 25 books in the series. I have read 5 or so.
Read them in order, as it is easier to follow the story line.
Couldn’t put them down.
This is what America will be before much longer if NObama keeps up his destruction.
To: Publius
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posted on
04/30/2010 1:52:32 PM PDT
by
Lorica
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