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Entry: The Day I Met Ayn Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/the_day_i_met_ayn#20583 Post contents: No, Michael. As long as the materials and workmen were paid out of taxes - stolen if you will - then anyone who paid those taxes, until reimbursed had a propietorship's claim in the building. Until they got their money back, they owned a portion of it, be it great and small. Roark owned his ideas fully, because no money - legitimatelly earned nor extracted - was spent that wasn't his. He owned a portion of the building in proportion to the taxes he paid, plus a larger share due to his intelelctual authorship. But he did not own those parts that were paid for by other taxpayers. Not until they were reimbursed they could be made to relinquish the claim. And you are very dismissive of the implementation stage, which you seem to think that any monkey can do - which means that you probably never implemented anything in your life, nor had to solve any logistics problems. Sent at: 2008 05 16