Who is John Galt?

I never thought I would really see the scenario of Atlas Shrugged play out in real life, yet every day another CEO begs for government help, every local government needs help, the "needy" need more help. Where is all this help ($2 trillion and counting) coming from?

Rand essentially asks the question, "What if Atlas shrugged ... decided the weight of the world was too much, and simply decided to drop the weight from his shoulders?"

I guess we will see.