If the Atlas Society interviews Paul Ryan again, since he is certainly one of those "leaders" looked at as a Presidential hopeful for 16, I would hope that his feet would be held to the fire on key House votes that fly in the face of Rand's ideas. Primarily, Rand's strong stand on Intellectual Property and govt regulation. He voted for the America Invents Act, which is unconstitutional on the face and wildly pro-crony capitalism. The Constitution is clear that rights should be secured for "inventors" -the AIA changes those rights to be secured for first-to-file. All major conservative organizations opposed this Act. Paul ignored their criticisms and voted for big business. He also supported diverting fees from the PTO (1 billion over the last decade), which significantly slows the patent process. China now issues more patents than the US. He also voted for Sarbanes-Oxley, which basically killed off the Venture Capital market in the US. Venture capital generally is how new technologies get funded. Increasing our level of technology is the only way to increase our per capita wealth.

Other political interviews by The Atlas Society:

Allen West interview -- http://www.atlassociety.org/rep-allen-we...

Gary Johnson interview--
http://www.atlassociety.org/ele/gary-joh...

Paul Ryan audio--
http://www.atlassociety.org/ele/blog/201...

Yeah, he's good at making facts interesting by telling stories.

You bet. You should stop by more often and post more of the Atlas Society's content. Good stuff.

Thank you, Scott!

I thought it was interesting when Sen Johnson brought up the "Stockholm Syndrome" which I always refer to as Patty Hearsting. That we beg SCOTUS to let us keep that one freedom to buy what we want when we want to-and they said no. you don't have that right anymore.