Atlas Flipped

J. Patrick Rhamey Jr. gave the best review of the Atlas Shrugged movie I've read so far.  Here's an interesting excerpt:

"For instance, in Atlas Shrugged, the lobbyist Wesley Mouch decries the capitalist Hank Rearden's invention of a wonderful alloy that is stronger than steel. And last week, in the real world, Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. took to the house floor to declare that Steve Jobs's iPad was killing jobs. Congress must, according to Jackson, recognize that Apple is driving companies such as Barnes & Noble and Borders out of business, and the company should be stopped in the interests of fairness.
Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., seen here killing chinese jobs.
 Jackson decried Congress for failing to foster "protection for jobs here in America to ensure that the American people are being put to work." It's as if he wanted us to believe the printing press was harmful to the economy because it decreased the demand for scribes. Such a condemnation of a successful business and a demand for protection of failing industries could easily have been lifted directly from Rand's novel."   (Emphasis added).
If any of you agree with Rep. Jackson's economic ideas, let me know in the comments.  It will help me know what topics I should focus on in future posts.
Destroy jobs?  Ridiculous.  I am Jobs.

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