• Remember, the Gun Nuts Spew Hatred of Schools and Teachers Too 
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[The right-wing gun lobby’s] contribution to our national conversation about education largely consists of a steady flow of vicious rhetoric attacking public schooling and public schoolteachers. They usually depict them as incompetents and parasites, not to mention "socialists." Their broader, Randian politics constantly undermine public schools, from gutting their funding to perpetuating degrading perceptions of educators.  

• • The Gift that Just Keeps On Giving 
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Egoism  |Paul Ryan  | I want to say 2 things about the whole Social Darwinist, “makers and takers”, Ayn Rand-style selfishness is a virtue/generosity weakens society, 47% of you (and especially you blacks and Hispanics and young women who want your contraceptives) are dependent leeches philosophy. The first is that it is clear that the Republicans really believe it. Whenever they don’t think anyone except their wealthy donors are paying attention, they lay it all out there, are very open about it. This is their core philosophy, their core values that we’re talking about here.  

• Memo to Villagers: Obama Won And Raising Capital Through Tax Reform Lost 
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How about we get the economy rolling again, and balance the budget by pumping up the revenues, eh? That means making the wealthy pay their fair share, narrowing instead of widening the gap between rich and poor in America, and getting more of the national wealth in the hands of more people. Not very Randian -- but it's perfectly American.