Going Galt

[tongodeon]

Libertarians and tax reform advocates have been advocating going Galt. Named after John Galt from Atlas Shrugged, Galt and his fellow individualist captains of industry "go on strike" by withdrawing his entrepreneurial talents from the collectivist common men whose socialist governments and progressive tax structure did not provide sufficient

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[mcfnord]

I am on the last chapter of Atlas Shrugged, and find comparasons to the book overblown.

Last year I did decide to quit when I hit the 25% tax rate. It seemed too annoying that one day I paid a dime more on each dollar. So I did go Galt b4 it was popular.

This year I won't have this problem.

[smws]

The name for this border should be the Galt Line.

[mcfnord]

I'm saying it's as good a time as any to bail and go sailing.