badgenome on 29 April 2012
| makingmusic476 said: It was always rather clear that Paul Ryan took a liking to Rand for her ideals of ethics and politics, as opposed to her thoughts on religion and epistemology (he wears his Christianity on his sleeves). Him pointing out he doesn't follow her epistemological philosophy doesn't address people's real concern: a want to significantly decrease the presence of government in our lives, at the cost of a great many public services and projects. How far would he be willing to go with that, if given the power to do so? The Randian extreme would include an end of antitrust laws, no more minimum wage, and so on, taking us right back the late 1800s. |
It's a bit strange how fretful people are about this sort of far-fetched scenario when we're flying down the tracks at breakneck speed in the exact opposite direction. At this rate, if Social Security and Medicare do die, it won't be because some cabal of Ayn Rand enthusiasts yanked the rug out from under us. It will be because a spendthrift government blew all the money we have, and will ever have.
As Paul Ryan was a big TARP supporter, I can only wish he was half as extreme as he's made out to be.
