My post above, at 22 Nov 14 - 02:15 AM, (including the link) contains too much important information to be buried in the flurry of manure-slinging going on in this thread. Anybody interested in the future of this country, not to mention the world at large, needs to heed what is said there.

GfS, ever the smart-ass, gives me a C+ for my "book report" on a couple of pieces of fiction, ignoring the fact that I also talked about a couple of nonfiction books by the same author. Novels can promulgate ideas and many do. And these novels are definitely not "light reading." They are written with the idea of getting the author's ideas out there into the real world.

And the fact that she has succeeded in her efforts is demonstrated by the fact that her novels—and her non-fiction—spawned a popular lecture series, several more non-fiction books written by others, and two political parties—one of which has grown into the third largest political party in the United States—the Libertarian Party, and the somewhat looser-knit but more gung-ho "Tea Party."

Under the system advocated in these "novels", subsequent works of non-fiction, and the platforms of the political parties these writings have spawned, government would not have the power to regulate business interests, nor to tax them. And there would be NO Social Security, Medicare, or social "safety net" such as welfare programs, unemployment insurance, none of that.

This is nothing less than Fascism, in which the corporations and the wealthy ARE the government!!

Ignore at your peril! Ignore at everybody's peril!

Don Firth