Blogger Don Surber asks, "Ok, what if doctors decide to go John Galt?" in a post today. He is referring to doctors in Britain who are being forced to cut their hours. This is not the same as "going Galt" where people do it purposely to reduce the tax burden, of course, but it should give us an example of what is to come should doctors and other professionals decide to "go Galt."

I have talked with people who say that some emergency room doctors are thinking of reducing their hours should taxes be raised and deductions reduced. One remarked, "Let some other sucker out there take over." I even heard one doctor looking forward to nationalized healthcare so he could work less. We should look to Britain to see how well a reduction of doctor's hours will go over for their health care system. Not well, I expect.