Ayn Rand is yuk!

I don't agree with Ayn Rand in much of anything. Yes I know there are Republicans like Paul Ryan who hold her philosophy in high esteem but I am not a Republican and the more I read about her, the less I hold her in any kind of esteem.    Jeff Long writes a religious column about this subject and I believe what Jeff says. 

Rand and I had completely different backgrounds.  She was a Russian who met the Bolsheviks and came to US  with the understanding that thre were two kinds of people in the world: the haves and the have nots and never the twain should meet.   Those who did not have should not expect to gain the spoils of wars they did not fight.

I was raised to believe that whatever we had we were to share.  This was the gospel I gleaned from my days in Sunday school and my days in a preacher's household.   Rand believed that Altruism is to be avoided and is a mistake.  I believe that a helping hand extended is required of all those who profess Christ as their savior.

The religious right and the political right are way off-base in my mind.  When the New England coast gets hit with disaster, to me the government has the same right to reach out.   We are founded on principles of equality.  It is a basic issue to me and has nothing to do with politics.  I find this current political climate sickeningly partisan.