1. Rand was a hypocrite; she accepted money from entitlement programs near her end. No. She practiced what she preached. She objected to the taking by force of her money in the first place, once taken she was exacting the fair exchange she was due. 2. Objectivists are selfish, greedy and lack compassion for others. Not so! Many give money and time to charities and in return receive satisfaction from the deed. Many provide jobs and opportunity for others through their own creativity. Self- interest is not greed it is exchanging/ trading value for value. Demanding something from you without offering fair exchange is greed. Who is the more greedy, he who wishes the fruit of your labor or you who labored for the fruit? 3. Objectivists don’t believe in equality, they are only interested in their bank accounts at the expense of others. Wrong, Objectivists believe in equal opportunity realizing like our founders, this is the only just system. Men should be equal under the law, but they are not equal in aptitude. Systems of equal outcome are not just or sustainable because the drive to succeed is obliterated by extortion of egalitarianism. When producers don’t profit from over-production, they produce no more than necessary. When people can live better here on government largess than most working in other lands, we have created the tools of our destruction, a magnet for mediocrity and malaise.4. Objectivism is a cult. Nonsense, objectivists do not venerate Ms. Rand, they recognize her as fallible. There are no cultish ceremonies or organized rituals. They extol her ideas because they express opinions already held. Rational objective reasoning is not unorthodox or spurious. Reason is not devotion to a literary or intellectual fad. End pt.1