So Paul Ryan, the man who would be vice-president is an Ayn Rand fan. Our friend the Wiki tells you all you need to know about this crazy nitwit:
Rand underwent surgery for lung cancer in 1974 after decades of heavy smoking.[83] In 1976 she retired from writing her newsletter and, despite her initial objections, reluctantly allowed Evva Pryor, a consultant from her attorney's office, to sign her up for Social Security and Medicare.[84]
Now, let's think about this.
Young people, many of whom probably never had and and never would smoke, had to pay for Ayn Rand's health problems caused by her lifetime habit of heavy smoking.
I wonder where that "reluctantly" came from in the Wiki article. But reluctantly or not, when it came down to it, Ayn Rand didn't walk the walk.
The stupid plodding lessers (that is, us) had to walk the walk for her, and we're the ones (in my case literally so, since I was paying into Social Security at the time) actually ended up helping her out when her life choices destroyed her health.
Ayn Rand fans, let me suggest, if you're gonna put your faith in writers of fiction, put your faith in Chuck Jones, who'll will never let you down: