Obama used the everywoman figure “Julia” to illustrate how a weak, dependent woman can have the government help her at every stage of her life.
I seem to recall an everyman figure named “Hank” who was once used to illustrate how a strong, independent man can help himself through the stages of his own life, until the government sticks its snout in and wrecks everything.
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Age 14 – Hank gets his first paying job in an iron ore mine.
Age 24 – Hank is promoted to superintendent.
Age 30 – Hank buys the iron ore mine.
Age 35 – Hank buys a coal mine. He also buys a steel mill and puts his name on both. Now Hank owns all the resources needed to control his destiny in the steel industry. He begins experiments to design an alloy lighter and stronger than steel.
Age 45 – Hank’s 10 years of experimentation finally pan out. He names the resulting metal after himself.
Age 46 – The government passes the Equalization of Opportunity Act. Hank is forced to sell off everything but his steel mill, for which production costs now skyrocket.
Age 47 – Hank is indicted for selling a “more than fair share” shipment of his metal to a customer. He is acquitted at trial. Later that year, Hank orders a shipment of copper from an unreliable supplier who never delivers. His business takes a massive loss. No bailout.
Age 48 – The government passes Directive 10-289, forcing Hank to “voluntarily contribute” the formula and process for making his metal to an “intellectual common”.
Age 49 – Hank’s steel mill closes its doors.
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This list was taken from a work of fiction. Any similarities to past, current, or future acts of government interference are completely coincidental.
[Special thanks to Conservapedia and The Atlas Society]
UPDATE: Linked by Raging Bull
Age 72 – Hank is deemed not to have enough productive years left to be placed on organ transplant list, given the limited resources of government health care.
Age 73 – Hank’s estate is taxed at 50% and sold at auction, since none of his heirs had the wherewithal to pay the massive tax bill.
Oh, I forgot… at age 48, all his personal property is attached by the government, and his factory is attacked by union thugs who murder one of his employees.
That was amazing. Made my day.
I’m just starting a book written in the thirties by Garet Garret (The Driver): “Who is Henry Galt?”