We're fond of calling government employees "public servants." They are nothing of the sort. They are a necessary evil at best. The real public servants are those who keep the engine of commerce running. Without them, the engine stops — and we die.
John Green "Who is John Galt? In the classic novel Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand described a future world in which proliferating regulations and restrictions progressively rob the world's most productive people of the fruits of their labor. One such person (John Galt), offended that he was denied the rewards of his work, swears that he will "stop the engine of the world." And he does — by disappearing and taking the world's best producers with him. Without society's most productive members, world systems begin to fail. Utilities, transportation, and manufacturing become unreliable.
" 'Who is John Galt?" is a question becoming relevant for us. Our systems are slowly failing before our very eyes.
"Our supply chain has been failing for months — and we're only now becoming aware of it. I fear that our leadership still is unaware of this failure's seriousness. Fully loaded cargo ships languish off our coast for weeks, waiting to be unloaded — while store shelves sit empty for lack of the products on those ships.
"Energy costs are skyrocketing. The price at the pump is forcing families to make hard decisions. Natural gas has increased in price so much that the government is predicting a cold, expensive winter for many Americans. Yet we live in the most energy-rich country in the world. With such an abundance, why is it so hard to make fuel affordably available?
"Crime is rampant. Police face retribution (and even prosecution) for enforcing the law if it's caught on the wrong cell phone camera. Their response has been predictable. They've stopped doing anything proactive. They're happy to investigate crimes that have already been committed. But they're not going to do anything to stop criminal acts in progress — It's too personally risky.". . .
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