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Forgot to mention she collected it under a false name...
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Do you file your taxes as Taco Steev?

(Hint: Ayn Rand was a pseudonym. She collected her benefits under her real name.)
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I know Ayn Rand was her pen name, but she collected social security under the name "Ann O'Connor" which isn't her legal name.
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Yes it is, or rather was, as a result of marrying a man whose name happened to be Frank O'Connor, and changing her last name to match his, as is customary in much of the West.
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I know who she married. Her first name is not Ann though (birth or legal).
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Ah, you're right. *Shrug* However, her social security payouts were in fact to Alice O'Connor, not Ann.
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Not according to Scott McConnell who's considered an "expert on" on Ayn Rand. Nice try though :pat:
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Ha, Unvalanced Shrugged! Nice one, bro.
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It does have a nice poetic ring to it, doesn't it?
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Wouldn't want to hurt the brand, now would she?
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Do as I say not as I do.