• • Low Mortgage Rates, Ayn Rand & Why 80% Won't Buy or Refinance 
Peter G. Miller, OurBroker.com Altruism  |Egoism  | The current political debate has within it an element which suggests that a large proportion of the American public is simply delighted to obtain housing assistance, public welfare and food stamps. Such an assertion assumes that individuals have no dignity, do not want independence and are positively joyful to receive government assistance. Indeed, according to the thinking of Ayn Rand we should let such people rot. As she explained, ”if any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject.”   Published: 2012-09-24