Wednesday, October 16, 2013

One Last Post for Atlas Shrugged

The ideas of Ayn Rand are indeed very knowledgeable and quite
informative for the reader. Though they are not as blunt as what we see in
real life, they are still enlightening and come across as unique but,
necessary. Why they are necessary is because they teach us a great
many things about the events that are affect us in the present, such as:
the consequences of government regulations on businesses, the costs
that ensue indirect externals from third party organizations such as the
workers union, the media, etc. We get the impression that Rand
understands the evils that are incorporated in large governments because
she has been there. Rand use to live in the Soviet Union during the time
of the Cold War when Russian lives were considered mere puppets by
their "distinguished" leaders. The government in this country took over all
forms of business and implemented regulations on how the people were
to live their lives. During that era, we all thought that this was bad and that
is why we fought the Cold War; communism was considered heresy due
to the fact that it opposed so many of our already established
fundamentals as Americans and because our way of life was so much
better, we pulled out on top by the end of the war. In today's world, we
are having complications in the government since Congress is pushing for
more regulations on how the American people live. You cannot deny this
because the Affordable Care Act imposes itself onto the citizens by
forcing many of them to buy healthcare. This hurts small businesses since
it also forces them to pay more for their employees which means they will
have less money to invest into their businesses and less money for their
families. Now how does a business owner handle this? By laying off
workers so, in the long run, this law will indirectly cause small business
owners, which makes up the majority of the population here in America,
to either force many workers into the unemployment scale or force them
to close up shop. However, if Congress could listen to reason and hear
that the majority of the population is not in favor of this law, then maybe
they could save themselves from making a terrible mistake and for those
that believe the consequences of the Affordable Care Act tone different, I
say: take a leap into the world of Atlas Shrugged and educate yourself or
else one day you will feel great suffering to yourself and the only person
left to blame would be yourself. All-in-all, I thoroughly enjoyed the book
and believe that it should be recommended to other young minds to read.
The knowledge within has not been taught to others in ages and should
be reintroduced to the world.

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