Who am I? That is really the question isn’t it? I am the one you hate, or at least have been conditioned to hate. I own businesses, I provide jobs, I keep the country running and I am the reason people have food on the table. I am now told by some leach on society that I am not patriotic enough because I am not paying enough. Was I patriotic enough when I was working 18 hours a day 7 days a week to built my company? When I bleed, sweat, loose sleep for my company, was I patriotic then? You and your ilk take half of what I earn and now you want more. Well senator Biden, its my money, I earned it and I will be damned if I will let you take any more. So why don’t you tell me which employee I should lay off to pay for your tax increase. You can explain to him how your got even with me for working hard to obtain my money. You and your fellow leaches demand that no person question your patriotism then you have the nerve to question mine, and on top of that you spit on the grave of all men and women who have died in an effort to establish and maintain this capitalist representative republic. You sir as well as ilk at nothing more than a panhandler on the side of the freeway off-ramp with your will work for food sign and your $100 shoes.

But who am I? I am not a right wing nut, in fact I am no fan of President Bush, I don’t like the fact that we are fighting a war that we are not fighting to win. The war would have been over years ago could have had less of our brave troops dead if we would have taken the handcuffs off and let them do the job they are trained to do. I don’t like the fact that I work my fingers to the bone, I play by the rules to keep my company strong and my employees paid and the crooks who ran their companies into the ground get bailed out. My dislike pails in comparison to Reed and Pelosi, you too should be ashamed of your self. Senator Reed I know something of your religion, I wish your Bishop did as well. And Pelosi, the reason that more people read the operating instructions to a toaster than read your book is because you think you are our queen and you think it is ok for us to pay $4.00 + per gallon as long as a handful of environmentalists are happy. The fact is Reed and Pelosi are the problem, they are a pathetic joke!

And finally to you who work, who are pushing the cart, who are producing, the ones that get up everyday and work for every penny you earn, to you this is a warning to you. You are standing on the edge of a cliff and in November you will decide to jump or move away, all be it slowly away. The reason you don’t know me is because you have been taught revisionist history, you have been taught junk science, you have been taught that FDR was a great president when 100 or so years earlier he would have been hung for treason. The fact is FDR has done more damage to this country than any president we have ever had. You have never read about me, you work for me and people just like me yet you don’t understand us. Let me explain it, I did not build my company for you, I built it for me. I do not run my company to make you money, I do it for me. I am happy for your success that you have because of me, and I am very happy when you start your company, work hard and stand with me as my colleague. But do not make the mistake in thinking I will short my paycheck to pay for government bail-outs, social programs, or tax increases. Instead I will eliminate your paycheck, if you believe the garbage you are being fed you will hate me either way, so in November remember a tax on me will only hurt you.

To answer the question at hand, I am John Galt.