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Ayn Rand Railed Against Government Benefits, But Grabbed Social Security and Medicare When She Needed Them | | AlterNet
Rand herself received Social Security payments and Medicare benefits under the name of Ann O'Connor (her husband was Frank O'Connor).
Are you calling her out because she was forced to support the system through taxation and did so or because she accepted the benefits from the system that she paid into when it was her turn to recieve them?
It seems like if you're forced to play the game, you should be allowed to win.
No.
A true die hard would have refused the checks.
Or at least gave them to charity.
What....A "die hard" isn't entitled to remuneration from those who have stolen from them?Are you calling her out because she was forced to support the system through taxation and did so or because she accepted the benefits from the system that she paid into when it was her turn to recieve them?
It seems like if you're forced to play the game, you should be allowed to win.
No.
A true die hard would have refused the checks.
Or at least gave them to charity.
Oh yeah...I forgot that Fabians/progressives get to tell everyone else what they need to do to be "pure", while they just make up the rules for themselves as they go along.
Ayn Rand Railed Against Government Benefits, But Grabbed Social Security and Medicare When She Needed Them | | AlterNet
Rand herself received Social Security payments and Medicare benefits under the name of Ann O'Connor (her husband was Frank O'Connor).
So let me get this straight: If I object to a war but I'm forced to pay for it I am a hypocrite for living under the blanket of security it provides?
Interesting.
Which war and what blanket of security?
The last time our security was seriously threatened was by camps in Afghanistan. They were cleaned out in three weeks or so.
Not to worry! "Atlas Shrugged" will be in theaters soon so you won't have to hurt your brain trying to read all dem dere big and hard to understand college-type words. Yee Haw!Only right wingers it appears. I tried atlas shrugged made it a chapter or so.Ayn.
What a hack. I don't know how anyone can read her drivel.
Ease up on Mudbutt...The thread gave him his opportunity to squeal "hypocrite!" for today, without having to start one himself.Are you calling her out because she was forced to support the system through taxation and did so or because she accepted the benefits from the system that she paid into when it was her turn to recieve them?
It seems like if you're forced to play the game, you should be allowed to win.
Rand herself said "there is no justification ever for choosing for any part of what you know to be evil."
She liked to talk the talk, but in the end didn't walk the walk. She advocated a black and white world, not one with shades of grey. By her own standards, she was a walking hypocrite.
She was a Human Being, like the rest of us. Stop kicking the Messenger. An Athist that believed in Unalienable Right, Conscience, and the Establishment of Justice. OMG, she collected SS like Everybody else, hold the Presses!!!!!She's dead and gone.
Are you calling her out because she was forced to support the system through taxation and did so or because she accepted the benefits from the system that she paid into when it was her turn to recieve them?
It seems like if you're forced to play the game, you should be allowed to win.
No.
A true die hard would have refused the checks.
Or at least gave them to charity.
Why? She needed the money she was forced to pay.
Hypocritical are all the millionaires saying Social Security is needed in its current state because of the poor while cashing their own checks over and above any of their contributions.
Nice income redistribution from New York to Florida, but subsidizing 3rd houses isn't exactly a sustainable plan.
Are you calling her out because she was forced to support the system through taxation and did so or because she accepted the benefits from the system that she paid into when it was her turn to recieve them?
It seems like if you're forced to play the game, you should be allowed to win.
Rand herself said "there is no justification ever for choosing for any part of what you know to be evil."
She liked to talk the talk, but in the end didn't walk the walk. She advocated a black and white world, not one with shades of grey. By her own standards, she was a walking hypocrite.
No.
A true die hard would have refused the checks.
Or at least gave them to charity.
Why? She needed the money she was forced to pay.
Hypocritical are all the millionaires saying Social Security is needed in its current state because of the poor while cashing their own checks over and above any of their contributions.
Nice income redistribution from New York to Florida, but subsidizing 3rd houses isn't exactly a sustainable plan.
No one forced her to live here.
Or anywhere.
If you live in an apartment..the landlord collects his rent every month.
If you don't wanna pay..move.
Simple.
She was a Human Being, like the rest of us. Stop kicking the Messenger. An Athist that believed in Unalienable Right, Conscience, and the Establishment of Justice. OMG, she collected SS like Everybody else, hold the Presses!!!!!
So let me get this straight: If I object to a war but I'm forced to pay for it I am a hypocrite for living under the blanket of security it provides?
Interesting.
Which war and what blanket of security?
Take your pick
The last time our security was seriously threatened was by camps in Afghanistan. They were cleaned out in three weeks or so.
In your opinion. As it turns out you still get whatever security comes your way. I guess according to your logic a "true diehard" would simply move to Egypt or Gaza. Greece perhaps.
More brilliance from the college kid who already knows everything. You're really there to school the professors aren't you?
Couldn't care less...But she made you post.She was a Human Being, like the rest of us. Stop kicking the Messenger. An Athist that believed in Unalienable Right, Conscience, and the Establishment of Justice. OMG, she collected SS like Everybody else, hold the Presses!!!!!
Wrong. This would be akin to an Anti-Gay Preacher being caught with a male escort or Richard Dawkins getting last rites on his death bed. She wanted to hold others to standards she did not hold herself, that is the definition of a hypocrite.
If your problem with this thread is the fact it's a dead person, tough luck. Dead people on both sides of the aisle are routinely criticized on USMB.
Personally, I could care less about Rand, she was a hack writer and a person who receives far more praise then she deserves for those books. Though you can feel free to write a 70 page monologue of your own telling me why I'm wrong.
Couldn't care less...But she made you post.
No bonus points for squeezing "hypocrite" into yet another post....The piano has 88 keys, try a new one.
She was a Human Being, like the rest of us. Stop kicking the Messenger. An Athist that believed in Unalienable Right, Conscience, and the Establishment of Justice. OMG, she collected SS like Everybody else, hold the Presses!!!!!
Wrong. This would be akin to an Anti-Gay Preacher being caught with a male escort or Richard Dawkins getting last rites on his death bed. She wanted to hold others to standards she did not hold herself, that is the definition of a hypocrite.
If your problem with this thread is the fact it's a dead person, tough luck. Dead people on both sides of the aisle are routinely criticized on USMB.
Personally, I could care less about Rand, she was a hack writer and a person who receives far more praise then she deserves for those books. Though you can feel free to write a 70 page monologue of your own telling me why I'm wrong.
I'm not one of her followers and the robbed are entitled to recompense form their robbers.Couldn't care less...But she made you post.
No bonus points for squeezing "hypocrite" into yet another post....The piano has 88 keys, try a new one.
I couldn't care less about Rand, no. However, watching her followers squirm to defend her is entertainment.
Couldn't care less...But she made you post.
No bonus points for squeezing "hypocrite" into yet another post....The piano has 88 keys, try a new one.
I couldn't care less about Rand, no. However, watching her followers squirm to defend her is entertainment.
She was a Human Being, like the rest of us. Stop kicking the Messenger. An Athist that believed in Unalienable Right, Conscience, and the Establishment of Justice. OMG, she collected SS like Everybody else, hold the Presses!!!!!
Wrong. This would be akin to an Anti-Gay Preacher being caught with a male escort or Richard Dawkins getting last rites on his death bed. She wanted to hold others to standards she did not hold herself, that is the definition of a hypocrite.
If your problem with this thread is the fact it's a dead person, tough luck. Dead people on both sides of the aisle are routinely criticized on USMB.
Personally, I could care less about Rand, she was a hack writer and a person who receives far more praise then she deserves for those books. Though you can feel free to write a 70 page monologue of your own telling me why I'm wrong.
She practiced what she preached in this context. She didn't think it was a good idea but since she was forced to live under the rules defined by someone else she did.
I didn't want to pay for the new road in front of my house. The time to object was at the planning meeting. Once overruled I still sent the extra tax assessment in and I still drive on it every time I enter or leave my driveway.
She practiced what she preached in this context. She didn't think it was a good idea but since she was forced to live under the rules defined by someone else she did.
I didn't want to pay for the new road in front of my house. The time to object was at the planning meeting. Once overruled I still sent the extra tax assessment in and I still drive on it every time I enter or leave my driveway.
Why? She needed the money she was forced to pay.
Hypocritical are all the millionaires saying Social Security is needed in its current state because of the poor while cashing their own checks over and above any of their contributions.
Nice income redistribution from New York to Florida, but subsidizing 3rd houses isn't exactly a sustainable plan.
No one forced her to live here.
Or anywhere.
If you live in an apartment..the landlord collects his rent every month.
If you don't wanna pay..move.
Simple.
You obviously don't own rental property. That's not really how it works.
But ok, you don't think your security was enhanced by taking out Saddam. So give it back then.
On both points.
