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Why Paul Ryan Is No Ayn Rand on Social Security [The Christian Science Monitor]
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
By: Don Watkins

Mitt Romney's running mate Paul Ryan deserves credit for trying to tackle the coming entitlement crisis. But whatever you can say about his plan for Social Security, you cannot ascribe it to Ayn Rand. Rand did not want to save Social Security; she wanted to end it.

This op-ed was published at The Christian Science Monitor on August 21, 2012.

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