On Sep 15, 8:54*am, John Galt > wrote:
> Bryan wrote:
> > On Sep 15, 7:04 am, John Galt > wrote:
> > A bunch of crap about greed being virtuous.
>
> Never said that. Who are you responding to?

Quote: "Profit in America is good..."

The idea that profit, in itself, is a moral good is a twisted
ideology.

I'm not a socialist. I recognize that self interest works to motivate
and spurs innovation, but the health insurance companies are
parasites. Even so, I'd like to see them slowly made irrelevant,
rather than done away with in short order as they so richly deserve,
because a sudden move to single payer would be too disruptive even in
more prosperous times.

Ownership (ownability) is a social construct, not a sacred property
inherent in anything possessible, and many things just shouldn't be in
private, for-profit hands. Health insurance has proven to be one of
them.

Profit is neither morally good nor bad, but wise or unwise, depending
on the circumstances. Ayn Rand was morally bankrupt.
>
> JG

>
> > Anyone who'd choose that moniker (John Galt) is trying to tell the
> > world just that.
>
> > Selfishness is not something to be proud of. *You need to repeat
> > kindergarten.
>
> > --Bryan

--Bryan