Atlas Shrugged – Day 056 – pp. 549-558
Taggart says he can deliver Hank. That’s some valuable information according to Wesley Mouch.
I should think so.
And immediately on the tail of that nugget, Taggart has another idea. . .
Plotting the death of the free world
Atlas Shrugged – Day 055 – pp. 539-548
If I may paraphrase Directive 10-289. . .
Point One – you are officially chained to your job — quitting is a criminal offense
Point Two – if you own a business, you have to keep it in operation no matter what
Point Three – all patents, copyrights, intellectual property and the like must be turned over to the state as a “patriotic emergency gift”
Point Four – nothing new shall be invented, produced or sold
Point Five – industry shall be required to produce the exact same amount of goods as they did during the “basic year”
Point Six – everyone shall spend the same amount of money they did on the goods they bought in the “basic year”
Point Seven – all wages, prices, salaries, dividends (and about any other payout you can think of) shall be frozen
Point Eight – anything not covered (or if you break the rules) ends up in front of the Unification Board . . .
The climax of the decline (???)
Atlas Shrugged – Day 054 – pp. 529-538
“You know, of course, I won’t allow this to continue. . . I won’t permit you to have her. Not her. Anyone but her. . . . I won’t permit it! You’ll give it up!. . . You’ll give it up, you’ll leave her, you’ll never see her again!”
Hank has a calm reply.