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PoindexterOglethorpe

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11. The name is actually Ayn Rand.

Reply to obamanut2012 (Reply #8)

Sat Oct 25, 2025, 12:56 PM

Oct 25

She wrote several books about the joys of no government, especially (if I remember correctly) the joys of no free health care.

With typical Republican/Conservative hypocrisy, she went with Medicare at the end of her life.

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