Adams, Jerome, 155
Adult Basic Education Grants, 107 Affordable Care Act (ACA or Obama-
care), 36, 41, 44, 122
Afghanistan, 110, 140
Aid for Graduate and Professional Study for Disadvantaged and Minorities, 107
Alaska, 94, 97
Americans with Disabilities Act, 29–30 Amtrak, 59
Aristophanes, 20
Aristotle, 11, 14–15
Arizona, 28, 56
Arkansas, 167
Assets for Independence, 106 Athens, Greece, 20
Atlanta, GA, 66, 99
Australia, 26, 99–100
Australian Institute of Criminology, 99–100
Bachus, Spencer, 120
Berkshire Hathaway, 126
Biden, Joe, 85
“Bill for the More General Diffusion of Knowledge, A,” 42
Bill of Rights, 38, 40, 43
Black Codes, 83–84
Boston, MA, 114
Brady, James, 84–85
Brady, Sarah, 84
Brady Bill, 84
Brazil, 99
Buffett, Warren, 126
bureaucrats, 24, 26, 31, 48–49, 55–59 Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Fire-
arms, 84
Bureau of Economic Analysis, 168 Bureau of Justice Statistics, 93–100 Bureau of Labor Statistics, 72–75, 78 Bush, George H. W., 123
Bush, George W., 113
businesses, 9–11, 29–31, 47–48, 58,
64–67, 70, 74, 78, 121, 123, 126,
129, 144, 157
CCH Inc., 120
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 90, 95–98, 100
Chaerephon, 20
Chicago, IL, 99
Childcare and Child Development Block Grant, 108
Childcare Entitlement to the States, 108 Child Care Food Program, 107
Choi, Brian, 66–70
Civil War, 44, 83, 105
Clinton, Bill, 84, 133
Code of Federal Regulations, 25, 45–46
Colorado, 156–59
Colorado Springs Gazette, the, 156 Commodity Supplemental Food Pro-
gram, 107
Communications Workers of America, 79 Community Development Block Grant
and Related Development Funds, 108
Community Service Block Grant, 107 Congress, 71, 84, 90, 109, 111, 120–21,
123, 138–39, 143, 148–49, 158
Congressional Budget Office (CBO), 127, 129–30
Consolidated Health Center / Community Health Centers, 106
Constitution, U.S. 38, 104, 111–12, 150
Davis, Trevor, 115
Declaration of Independence, 13, 38
democracy, 10, 15, 50–51
Democrats, 21, 81
Department of Appalachian Regional Development, 108
Department of Justice, 112 Department of Labor, 67
Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), 57
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), 56–57
dictatorship, 10
Dominican Republic, 170
Earned Income Tax Credit, 106, 129 Economic Development Administration,
108
economy, 44–45, 124–26, 134, 140,
143–44, 146–47, 149, 170, 177
Education for Homeless Children and Youth, 107
Emergency Banking Act of 1933, 149 Emergency Food and Shelter Program,
107
Empowerment Zones, 108
English language, 34
Enterprise Communities Renewal, 108 Even Start, 107
Family Planning, 107
Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program, 107
Federalist, 38
Federal Reserve, 44–46, 139–40,
146–48
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, 44–46
FedEx, 59
Finland, 99
Food Stamp Employment and Training Program, 107
Foster Grandparents, 107
Fraser Institute, 165–75
Gallup, 92–94, 131
Garner, Eric, 161
Gear-Up, 107
General Assistance, 106
General Assistance to Indians, 106 George, Andy, 23–24
Georgia, 92, 111
Gini Index, 172–73
government: and busybullies, 151–54, 156, 159–62; as a coercive organization, 10–14; and cooperation, 164–66, 169, 174, 176–78; and debt,
135–50; and gun control, 84, 90; and
its proper role, 14–16, 37–46; and
minimum wage, 66–68, 71–72, 76,
79, 81; and taxes, 120–28, 130–34;
and wars on poverty, drugs, and terror, 103–4, 106, 108–11, 113,
116; and unintended consequences, 19–29, 31, 47–48, 50, 53–59; in
Venezuela, 31–32
Gratia, Al, 87
Great Britain, 38
Great Depression, 150
Great Recession, 150 Green Bay Packers, 115
Gun Control Act of 1968, 84
Haiti, 170
Hamilton, Alexander, 38
Hanoi, 27
happiness, 11–13, 24, 39, 49, 53, 55, 57, 67
Hawaii, 94
Hayek, Friedrich, 33
Head Start, 108
Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Grants, 107
Healthy Start, 106
Hennard, George, 87–88, 92
Herman, Melinda, 92
Herzberg, Elaine, 29 Hinckley, John, Jr., 84 Hispaniola, 170
Home Investment Partnership Program, 107
Homeland Security, 113–14, 16 Homeless Assistance Grants, 107 House of Representatives, U.S., 139 Housing for the Elderly, 107
Hoy No Circula, 30
human beings, humanity, 9–12, 14–16,
19–20, 24–25, 28, 32–36, 38–39,
46, 48–49, 53, 55, 57, 59, 68–69,
87–88, 91, 104–5, 107, 126, 151–53,
163–64, 178
Hupp, Suzanna, 87–88, 92
Idaho, 97, 167
Independent Living (Chafee Foster Care Independence Program), 107–8 Independent Living Training Vouchers,
108
Independents, 21
India, 27
Iraq, 140
IRS, 119–20
JAMA Pediatrics, 157
Jefferson, Thomas, 13–14, 37–39, 42,
165, 176
Job Corps, 107
Johnson, Lyndon, 105–6, 110 Joint Committee on Taxation, 123 Jones, Walter, 120
Kansas, 110, 167
Kant, Immanuel, 11 Kennedy, John F., 84 Kentucky, 167
Killeen, TX, 87
knowledge problem, 20, 25, 32–33, 35,
134, 151, 154
Korean War, 103, 105
LEAP (formerly State Student Incentive Grant Program), 107
Legal Services Block Grant, 107 Lincoln, Abraham, 105
Logan International Airport, 114
Los Angeles Times, the, 158
Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), 107
Low-Income Housing Tax Credit for Developers, 107
Luby’s Cafeteria, 87–88, 92
Make Work Pay Tax Credit, 106 Marijuana Accountability Coalition, 156 Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School, 89
Marshall County High School, 89 Maryland, 97, 167
Massachusetts, 94–95, 97
Maternal, Infant, and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program, 108
Maternal and Child Health, 106 Mathews, Maurice, 66–70
Mathews, Willie, 66–70 median voter theorem, 54 Medicaid, 41, 44
Medical Assistance to Refugees, 106 Medical General Assistance, 106 Medicare, 41, 44, 106, 125, 134, 138
Mexico City, Mexico, 30 Miami, FL, 114
Migrant Education, 107
Migrant Training, 107
military, 41, 53–54, 104, 110–11, 132
Mill, John Stuart, 11
minimum wage, 63–81, 153: hurts mar-
ginal workers, 64–66, 77, 81; hurts
small business owners, 64, 66–67, 70
Mississippi, 97
Montana, 94, 97
Mother Jones, 90, 94
National Academies’ Institute of Medicine, 90
National Defense University, 116 National Research Council, 90–91 National Survey on Drug Use and
Health, 156
National Taxpayer Advocate, 120
Native American Housing with Disabilities, 107
Native American Training, 107 Nebraska, 97
Needy Families, 107
New Hampshire, 95
New Jersey, 79, 94
New York City, 113, 161
New Zealand, 26
Nicaragua, 34
Nicaraguan Sign Language, 34 Nixon, Richard, 109, 113 Northern Illinois University, 89 North Korea, 169–70
Nutrition Program for the Elderly, 107
Obama, Barack, 64, 85, 90, 116, 122,
139
Obamacare. See Affordable Care Act Office of Management and Budget,
44–46
Olson, Nina, 121 Oracle at Delphi, 20 Oregon, 79
Oxford English Dictionary, The, 34
Paine, Thomas, 12–14, 37
Paris, France, 114, 117
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. See Affordable Care Act
Pell Grants, 107
Philadelphia, PA, 97, 160
Phoenix, AZ, 51–52, 56
Pittsburgh, PA, 97
Plato, 20
politicians, 21, 24, 26, 30–31, 40, 44,
48–49, 53–55, 58–59, 64, 68–69, 71,
73–74, 76, 78, 80–81, 85, 88, 102,
104, 116, 121, 127, 133–35, 138–40,
142, 144–46, 148–50
Portman, Rob, 119
public bureaucrats, 24, 26, 31, 48–49,
55–59
Public Housing, 107
Puerto Rico, 57
Read, Leonard, 21–23
Reagan, Ronald, 84, 108
Refugee Assistance, 106 Refundable Child Credit, 106 Reid, Richard, 114
Republicans, 21, 64
rights, 13–14, 37–47, 89, 104, 112–13,
116, 166; negative rights, 40–43,
46–47; positive rights, 40–47 Riley, Justin Luke, 156
Roosevelt, Franklin, 37, 43–47, 105
Rose Garden, 69
Rural Housing Insurance Fund, 107 Rural Housing Service, 107
Safe and Stable Families, 107 Salem witch trials, 15
Sandy Hook Elementary School, 89 Santa Fe High School, 89
School Breakfast, 107
School Lunch Program, 106–7 Second Amendment, 83–84
Second Bill of Rights (Economic Bill of Rights), 43, 46–47
Secretary of the Treasury, 149 Section 8 Housing, 107
Senate, U.S., 139
Senior Community Service Employment, 107
Sessions, Jeff, 158
Simpson, Homer, 37
Slater, Paul, 92
Slemrod, Joel, 132
Social Security, 41, 44, 55, 106, 125,
129, 134, 136–38, 142, 146
Social Services for Refugees, Asylees, and Humanitarian Cases, 107
society, 10, 12–15, 49–51, 53, 133–34,
159, 161, 163–66, 173, 176
Socrates, 20–21, 24
South Carolina, 167
South Dakota, 160
South Korea, 169–70
Southwest, 59
Sowell, Thomas, 53 Special Milk Program, 107
Special Programs for Disadvantaged Students, 107
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), 107
Starr, Edwin, 116
State Children’s Health Insurance Program (SCHIP), 106
State Housing Expenditures, 107
State of the Union address, 43, 64, 105,
108
Streisand, Barbra, 26
Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants, 107
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly Food Stamps), 106
Supreme Court, 105
Switzerland, 99
TANF Block Grant Child Care, 108 TANF Block Grant Services, 107 TANF Work Activities and Training,
107
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF, formerly Aid to Families with Dependent Children), 106
Temporary Emergency Food Program (TEFAP), 107
Texas, 85, 87–88, 92
Thirteenth Amendment, 83
Thwaites, Thomas, 23–24
Title I Grants to Local Education Authorities, 107
Title III Aging Americans Act, 107 Title IV-E Adoption Assistance, 106 Title IV-E Foster Care, 106
Title XX Social Services Block Grant, 107
Trail of Tears, 15
Transportation Security Administration (TSA), 113–16
Truman, Harry, 105
Trump, Donald, 157–58
Tullock, Gordon, 28
Twenty-First Century Learning Centers, 107
Uber, 28
Umpqua Community College, 89 Unemployment Insurance, 44
United Kingdom, 23
United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), 173–75
United States, 10, 12, 21, 25, 32, 38,
41, 54, 72, 74, 79, 83–84, 90–91,
99–101, 103–6, 108–10, 114–15, 121,
124, 132, 140, 147, 149, 159, 165,
176–77
Universal Service Fund Subsidized LowIncome Phone Service, 107
University of Michigan, 132
USA Today, 56
U.S. Census Bureau, 106, 167–69
U.S. Postal Service, 58–59 Utah, 97, 159
Vasquez, Rafaela, 28–29
Venezuela, 31–32
Vermont, 95
Vietnam War, 103–4
Virginia Tech, 89
voters, voting, 10, 14, 42, 48–55, 58–59,
80, 102, 127, 133–34, 139, 142,
144–45, 150, 152, 177
war on drugs, 109–10
war on poverty, 105–6, 108, 110
war on terror, 113, 116
Washington, 167
Washington, D.C., 120, 139, 147 WIA Adult Employment and Training
(formerly JTPA IIA Training for Disadvantaged Adults and Youth), 107
WIA Youth Opportunity Grants (formerly Summer Youth Employment), 107
Wikipedia, 24
World Bank, 170–73 World Trade Center, 113 World War I, 44, 143
World War II, 44, 103–5, 140
Wyoming, 94
Xenophon, 20
Ylioja, Thomas, 155
YouthBuild, 107