“..while standing next in line for their share of the booty are real-estate developers, the steel industry, chemical companies, airlines, ethanol producers, construction firms and even catfish farmers.”
You forgot to mention the porn industry.
LOL Yes Larry Flynt said people can do without their cars but they can't do without sex.
I've never read Atlas Shrugged. It's time...though really I only need to read the current news events.