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To: Publius
Link to repost / Rearden's trial
13 posted on 04/18/2009 10:48:01 AM PDT by whodathunkit (Shrugging as I leave for the Gulch)
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To: whodathunkit
Tahnks for posting that link.

From the trial...

The newspapers had snarled that the cause of the country's troubles, as this case demonstrated, was the selfish greed of rich industrialists; that it was men like Hank Rearden who were to blame for the shrinking diet, the falling temperature and the cracking roofs in the homes of the nation; that if it had not been for men who broke regulations and hampered the government's plans, prosperity would have been achieved long ago; and that a man like Hank Rearden was prompted by nothing but the profit motive. This last was stated without explanation or elaboration, as if the words "profit motive" were the self-evident brand of ultimate evil.

If that isn't directly out of today's headlines, I'm not sure what could be.

15 posted on 04/18/2009 11:00:28 AM PDT by r-q-tek86 (The U.S. Constitution may be flawed, but it's a whole lot better than what we have now)
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To: whodathunkit

You found Noumenon’s repost! Thanks! I wish he’d spend more time at FR. He is an orthodox Randite, and he could add a whole lot to these threads.


25 posted on 04/18/2009 12:55:42 PM PDT by Publius
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