[BfloGuy]

Slaves in China and elsewhere are the “the nation’s most productive.” Maybe they’ll build a homestead in the “Gulch” for the administrators, inventors and artists.

What the hell does that have to do with "Atlas Shrugged"?

[familyop]

"What the hell does that have to do with 'Atlas Shrugged?'"

Most of today's people presenting themselves as parallels to the characters of Galt's Gulch are among those described in the following or are protected from competition by them (government-linked). They're not likely to build or maintain anything like Galt's Gulch.

Heavy Hitters: Top All-Time Donors, 1989-2014
http://www.opensecrets.org/orgs/list.php
American Fedn of State, County & Municipal Employees $60,949,129 [Democrat] 81% [Republican] 1%”

Leviathan (Uncle Sam employs more people than you think)
National Review ^ | 02/03/2011 | Iain Murray
"...nearly 40 million Americans employed in some way by government."

America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution
http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the/print

The Fragmenting of the New Class Elites, or, Downward Mobility
http://volokh.com/2011/10/31/the-fragmenting-of-the-new-class-elites-or-downward-mobility/

Environmentalism and the Leisure Class
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2835601/posts

The New Upper Class and the Real Reason We Dislike Them
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2843575/posts

Are you a member of the political class?
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2010/08/are_you_a_member_of_the_politi.html

Downton’s Class System — and Ours: We have a ruling class that despises the free market and does...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3024119/posts

The War on Humans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWcEYYj_-rg


American technicians (tradesmen) did the building and most of the inventing. Foreign technicians now do the same. Most of the folks with much political influence are sitting in chairs and riding in vehicles while trying to think of ways to get more of the debt/revenues from each other.

[familyop]

One of those links is bad. Sorry about that. Here's a good link.

America’s Ruling Class — And the Perils of Revolution
The American Spectator
By Angelo M. Codevilla – From the July 2010 - August 2010 issue
http://spectator.org/articles/39326/americas-ruling-class-and-perils-revolution