As for "over the top", I merely described what the Conservative members of these boards have said for years. I was a bit more succinct, maybe, and said it all at once. Whatever ails the country, cut taxes on the super-wealthy and the problem will be solved. Feed the greed of the few, and the country will be just fine.

What got me thinking about it is the same thing to which you alluded. Galt needed a small army of people who were educated in their trades and skills. A small army of suppliers, folks who produced and distributed many, many components to many, many people. There is no greater fool that he who thinks he does it, anything, by themselves.

So help me, reading some of these people lead me to believe that the earliest acceptable form of government was under the Pharohs and the latter ideal were the banana republics.

For them, if capitalism fails, as it has, it's only because it wasn't tried hard enough. Truly loosen the regulations, turn capital loose, and there will be boom times for all.

As a reasonably high-ranking representative of labor, we worked to ensure profits. Working for management after that we worked to ensure the survival of the company while earning a living wage for all concerned.

Capitalism, with provisions for labor, is great. Socialism, with provisions for capital, is great. Either one by itself sucks.