Like I said, the "screw the poor" paraphrase was an exaggeration. I don't think she was saying giving charity is a bad thing at all. But I do think she was convinced that the idea that we should give charity simply because we can and simply because someone needs it was a bad one. Furthermore, there's this sense that those who give charity, even at their own expense, are more worthy of praise than those who give charity and suffer not at all for it. Rand's objection to this notion is, I think, abundantly clear. Charity is fine, but one shouldn't be expected to sacrifice themselves in order to help another. This is, of course, not necessarily applied to acts like giving one's life for another, although I'm not entirely sure what Rand thought of such an act.

And speaking of big movers, before I read the book, I pretty much loathed Wal-Mart's existence. And now, having read the book, while I'm still not particularly fond of them, I have to give them props for being as successful as they are. Same goes for most big business. I just can't hate them...I just keep thinking about John Galt. :b