eflatminor
Classical Liberal
- May 24, 2011
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I'll say it again, Rand was an absolutist. The SS program is either purely good, or purely evil. There's no middle ground if one embraces an absolutist approach. And she maintained an absolutist criticism of SS right up to the day that she started collecting SS. It was only then that she created her post hoc excuse, which is exactly what her "reimbursement" babble was. If Rand was to stay true to her lifelong positions, then she could not ever accept SS benefits, regardless of having ever paid money into it. Doing so was a violation of her absolutist philosophy.
You can say it as many times as you like. Doesn't make it so.
And I call bullshit for criticizing her for taking SS. She, like the rest of us, are FORCED into that ridiculous Ponzi scheme. Taking some of that stolen money back violates nothing she advocated.
This is akin to criticizing those that stand against the government monopoly on affordable education by pointing out many of us went to a public grade school. As tough we're supposed to go without any education just to make a point? Ridiculous.