"Francisco's Money Speech" ("So you think that money is the root of all evil?")

Ayn Rand | Ayn Rand

[Mike Fieschko]

An interesting anecdote: George Koether, who knew Ludwig von Mises and attended his NYU seminars, related that Mises told him that Rand got money right in this speech.

There's a talk by Koether on mises.org: Reflections on Mises and Rothbard wherein he relates the story. The linked page has an mp3 of Koether's talk you can download for free.

[jessduntno]

“The linked page has an mp3 of Koether’s talk you can download for free.”

Thanks!

[jessduntno]

‘Ear ‘ear!

Ohhhhhhhhhh say you didn’t........

[I see my hands]

"let me give an example. You own an apartment and your renter is a day late. You contact them and say, "Your late, Get out!" He says, "I can pay tommorrow". Do you throw them out and wait for another renter, or wait to see if they pay"? There has to be some rational mercy"

No, there doesn't have to be. You just feel the need to impose your views in a landlord/tenant dispute.

Feel free to dispense mercy to whatever deadbeat renter you like. I'd fight for your right to do so. If you try to interfere with the management of another's property, however, then you may find yourself in a dust up.

Start a charity if you are concerned. You are free to do so in a free society.

[Tired of Taxes]

Thanks! We keep a list on FR of books for homeschool families to use, and I'm adding your recommendations to the list. I found the poem by Grant online, and it looks like he wrote his own book, too.

[Tired of Taxes]

Just want to laugh at one comment on the Amazon site about the R.W. Grant book, The Incredible Bread Machine. It said, “Dr. Seuss meets Ayn Rand”. LOL.

[Secret Agent Man]

The verse is:

“For the LOVE of money is the root of all kinds of evil.”

Money is just a medium of exchange. The lusting after money above all other things, even godliness and God, this is what they are talking about.

[chuckles]

I agree completely with what you say, but if EVERYBODY conformed to the rule that you were late you are out and the law will back me up, it changes society in a negative way and causes an over correction. Some examples would be drug use has brought us Zero tolerance and suspended students for aspirin and Abortion is OK with no notification of parents so we don't trample the “rights” of a 13 year old, never mind the adults. The 1930’s brought us mean landlords so we get what we have today. Try to throw someone out and the Sheriff will arrest YOU if you can't wait 3 MONTHS. Having a moral character generally works better than Ayn Rands objectivity. Atheists make their morals up as they need to. Find someone with rent property and I can assure you they have some horror stories. The only way around it is to NOT let them sign a lease. No proof of anything.

Rand's philosophy is fine except for her atheism.

[dennisw]

Ayn Rand had her own little free love collective going back in the day. She was a stone atheist. Randism is good up to a point but is toxic past that

I despise big government drones too and their over regulation. But Randites and libertarians have a huge blind spot when it comes to the excesses of our financiers on Wall Street and the mega-banks

[I see my hands]

"if EVERYBODY conformed to the rule that you were late you are out.."

I didn't suggested that was a rule or law to which everyone must conform. It's up to the landlord and his tenants to agree on terms. I'm saying it's a rule that you don't interfere with my business. That rule is paramount, non negotiable, and one that would be wise to heed. If you'd like to help out the deadbeat tenant, enabling him to pay his rent then that is between the two of you.

It's useful to think in terms of "I" rather than "everybody", IMO.

I think you and I are the least of each other's worries though. There are some bad people we have to knock down before we negotiate the niceties of contract law ;)