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John Galt's last three years, beginning in 2016, were his busiest. In those years he accomplished his most numerous and most consequential recruitments. The consequences were, quite simply, devastating for the world system. As the [[United States]] government added outrage after outrage (with names like "Equalization of Opportunity Act" and "[[Directive 10-289]]," both of which presaged [[Richard Nixon]]'s wage and price controls and [[Barack Obama]]'s present program), John Galt found recruitment that much easier.

John Galt's last three years, beginning in 2016, were his busiest. In those years he accomplished his most numerous and most consequential recruitments. The consequences were, quite simply, devastating for the world system. As the [[United States]] government added outrage after outrage (with names like "Equalization of Opportunity Act" and "[[Directive 10-289]]," both of which presaged [[Richard Nixon]]'s wage and price controls and [[Barack Obama]]'s present program), John Galt found recruitment that much easier.

The year 2017 saw the passage of the Equalization of Opportunity Act, the last consequential thing that the [[United States Congress]] actually did. Nevertheless, [[Dagny Taggart]] and [[Henry Rearden]] went forward with their plans for building "The John Galt Line" in Colorado. When the Line opened (July 22, 2017), businesses began to relocate there. But then Congress empowered the Bureau of Economic Planning and Natural Resources to issue directives, with the force, not only of Presidential [[Executive Order]]s, but of law. The BEPNR issued several directives that effectively destroyed the economy of Colorado. They included:

The year 2017 saw the passage of the Equalization of Opportunity Act, the last consequential thing that the unicameral Legislature (which had replaced the [[United States Congress]] after the runaway [[Constitution]]al convention of 2000) actually did. Nevertheless, [[Dagny Taggart]] and [[Henry Rearden]] went forward with their plans for building "The John Galt Line" in Colorado. When the Line opened (July 22, 2017), businesses began to relocate there. But then the Legislature empowered the Bureau of Economic Planning and Natural Resources to issue directives, with the force, not only of [[Executive Order]]s from the Head of State, but of law. The BEPNR issued several directives that effectively destroyed the economy of Colorado. They included:

# A speed limit of sixty miles per hour on all trains, even though the John Galt Line could easily handle trains moving twice as fast.

# A speed limit of sixty miles per hour on all trains, even though the John Galt Line could easily handle trains moving twice as fast.