Ayn Rand????? What is this??...another one of your diversions of the thread??? Why bring up a fiction writer??....We're talking about affording Democracy by spending the time and energy, find the TRUTH, first within ourselves, to be able to know the truth, so the electorate can make informed, and intelligent decisions while democratically voting for the choices, and the people put before them.
What does Ayn Rand, play into this??...If I want to read FICTION, I can just read any number of your posts!!!

'You can't see the players, without a program'....and who is funding them...and for why......and what does the candidate OWE those backers, for their help.

BTW..40% of the union voters, in Wisconsin, voted for Walker!!! SOOO, in light of that, I'd say, that contrary to their union benefits, and will of the unions..they voted because they sensed that the economy of the whole, was more valuable, than their self gratification. hats off to them...INFORMED and INTELLIGENT voters!!!

GfS