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== Similarity to present day ==
== Similarity to present day ==
Wesley Mouch's behavior in selling out [[Henry Rearden]] is quite possibly being repeated today. Kimberly A. Strassel, in describing [[Democratic Party]] strategy in its attempts to make [[socialized medicine]] a reality in the United States, describes the behavior of a number of health-care industry lobbyists who appear to be dealing in a less-than-honorable fashion with their own clients in order to curry favor with the party in power.<ref name=Strassel>Strassel KA, "Democrats Hoodwink the Health Lobby," ''The Wall Street Journal'', 9 July 2009. <http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124718217595120225.html></ref>
Wesley Mouch's job, described as "Top Coordinator" of economic planning, is very similar to that of a "[[Obama Administration#Czars|czar]]" in the [[Obama Administration|administration]] of President [[Barack Obama]]. Like any of these sixteen "czars," Wesley Mouch was accountable to no one, and answerable to no one, except only [[Mr. Thompson]], who appointed him. In the end, Mr. Thompson surrenders all his authority to Mouch and to the acting "science czar," [[Floyd Ferris]], for all the good that this does for either man.
Wesley Mouch's job, described as "Top Coordinator" of economic planning, is very similar to that of a "[[Obama Administration#Czars|czar]]" in the [[Obama Administration|administration]] of President [[Barack Obama]]. Like any of these sixteen "czars," Wesley Mouch was accountable to no one, and answerable to no one, except only [[Mr. Thompson]], who appointed him. In the end, Mr. Thompson surrenders all his authority to Mouch and to the acting "science czar," [[Floyd Ferris]], for all the good that this does for either man.
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