Old pal Stephen Moore makes the far too obvious point that current policy streaming out of DC makes Atlas Shrugged look like a historical novel we received via time machine. Moore writes over at WSJ online that:
With each successive bailout to “calm the markets,” another trillion of national wealth is subsequently lost. Yet, as “Atlas” grimly foretold, we now treat the incompetent who wreck their companies as victims, while those resourceful business owners who manage to make a profit are portrayed as recipients of illegitimate “windfalls.”
Oh, and we are just starting the witchhunts for windfalls and evil-doers, where loss will mistaken for proof of wrong and gain will be the mark of the Devil.
