In 2009, Ryan said, ``What's unique about what's happening today in government, in the world, in America, is that it's as if we're living in an Ayn Rand novel right now. I think Ayn Rand did the best job of anybody to build a moral case of capitalism, and that morality of capitalism is under assault.'' In April 2012, after receiving criticism from Georgetown University faculty members on his budget plan, Ryan rejected Rand's philosophy as an atheistic one, saying it ``reduces human interactions down to mere contracts''.
In 2009, Ryan said, ``What's unique about what's happening today in government, in the world, in America, is that it's as if we're living in an Ayn Rand novel right now.
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I think Ayn Rand did the best job of anybody to build a moral case of capitalism, and that morality of capitalism is under assault.''
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In April 2012, after receiving criticism from Georgetown University faculty members on his budget plan, Ryan rejected Rand's philosophy as an atheistic one, saying it ``reduces human interactions down to mere contracts''.
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