What does it mean to "Go Galt" ?

A fictional US society totters on the brink of economic , cultural and social
collapse in Atlas Shrugged", Ayn Rand 's magnum opus of romantic fiction.

Increasingly concerned, though baffled citizens wrack their brains trying to
identify and stop the mysterious figure and forces threatening to destroy their
society before it is too late, as signified by their quest for the answer to
the elusive question: "who is John Galt?".

The answer stuns them - and forces them to re-think their most basic and
personal philosophic and political premises if they want to prevent their
society from collapsing.

A short answer to the question, "Who is John Galt?", comes from the novel
itself:

"John Galt is Prometheus who changed his mind. After centuries of being torn by
vultures in payment for having brought to men the fire of the gods, he broke his
chains and he withdrew his fire - until the day when men withdraw their
vultures."

In medicine today, doctors and other health care providers increasingly labor
harder and longer for less personal reward to bring life-preserving and life-
saving technology and services to patients .

Despite their valiant and vital efforts and role, they find themselves
increasingly bound and shackled by government and quasi-governmental 3rd party
payer regulators who penalize and vilify them for their efforts and torture
them with medical malpractice tools of legalized extortion- even while
continually draining them of personal financial and spritiual rewards for
offering their life-giving services to patients and society.

Short video clip of Michelle Malkin describing what it means to "Go Galt":

http://tinyurl.com/d3vzu3