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"Ayn Rand is one of those things that a lot of us, when we were 17 or 18 and feeling misunderstood, we'd pick up. Then, as we get older....

That may be true. But Obama never did "pick up" Ayn Rand when he was 17 or 18, and the country is worse off because of it.

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I didn’t read Rand until I was 43 and I too was shocked how much of that book rang true with what is happening today. We need more Hank Reardens and fewer Jeffery Immelts.