[LachlanMinnesota]

I recall in “Atlas Shrugged” that Ayn Rand wrote about those in leadership who traded on “pull” like it was a commodity.

I think we are there in the US now. Republicans and Democrats now vote to allow themselves to trade in “pull.”

That’s how Kentucky gets a dam.

The public good is for a small subset of the public, the ruling elite.

[Carriage Hill]

You summed it up, perfectly. We don’t count.

[Night Hides Not]

I recall in “Atlas Shrugged” that Ayn Rand wrote about those in leadership who traded on “pull” like it was a commodity.

She called it "The Aristocracy of Pull" (Part I, Chapter 12), the ability to trade men, instead of money.

The movie for Part II has a great scene of Francisco d'Anconia discussing this very subject at James Taggert's wedding.