Notes

Chapter 1 Don’t Tell Us How to Live Our Lives

1. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/09/03/marijuana-deaths_n_3860418.html

2. http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_25475533/denver-coroner-man-fell-death-after-eating-marijuana

3. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/02/28/marijuana-deaths_n_4868209.html; http://www.drugwarfacts.org/cms/Causes_of_Death#sthash.vlYZZ5Xh.dpbs

4. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/05/25/AR2006052501729.html

5. http://object.cato.org/sites/cato.org/files/pubs/pdf/pa157.pdf

6. http://www.cato.org/pubs/pas/pa-157.html

7. Ibid.

8. Ibid.

9. http://www.drugpolicy.org/drug-war-statistics

10. Ibid.

11. Ibid.

12. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/22/legal-marijuana-taxes_n_5863860.html

13. https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/marijuanainfodenver/marijuana-retailers-home-growers

14. https://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/Colorado_Marijuana_Legalization_One_Year_Status_Report.pdf

15. http://www.denverpost.com/2016/02/09/colorado-marijuana-sales-skyrocket-to-more-than-996-million-in-2015/

16. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/05/marijuana-illnesses_n_6419530.html

17. http://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2015/09/04/436918240/when-pets-do-pot-a-high-thats-not-so-mighty

18. http://www.politico.com/story/2015/06/ted-cruz-gay-marriage-ruling-reaction-npr-interview-119559.html

19. http://www.businessinsider.com/scott-walker-calls-for-marriage-amendment-to-constitution-2015-6

20. http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2015/july/oregon-christian-bakers-wont-be-silenced/

21. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/oregon-ag-investigates-bakers-refusal-make-wedding-cake-lesbians

22. http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2015/06/28/texas-fights-back-against-gay-marriage-ruling/

23. Ibid.

24. http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2015/july/oregon-christian-bakers-wont-be-silenced/

25. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/02/03/christian-bakers-face-government-wrath-for-refusing-to-make-cake-for-gay.html

26. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/25/sweet-cakes-christian-owned-bakery-gofundme-drive-/?page=all

27. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/sweetcakes-owner-defiant-in-face-of-135000-fine-for-refusing-to-bake-gay-wedding-cake-get-ready-to-take-a-stand/article/2567584

28. http://www.texasobserver.org/new-coalition-pledges-to-fight-gay-marriage/

29. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/06/03/baker-forced-to-make-gay-wedding-cakes-undergo-sensitivity-training-after.html

30. http://time.com/3948644/marriage-equality-wedding-cake/

31. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2014/06/03/baker-forced-to-make-gay-wedding-cakes-undergo-sensitivity-training-after.html

32. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2015/01/07/atlanta-fire-chief-was-fired-because-my-christian-faith.html

33. Ibid.

34. https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/first_amendment

35. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/01/the-shocking-proportion-of-americans-who-believe-that-religious-institutions-or-clergy-should-be-forced-to-perform-gay-weddings/

36. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2015/07/20/are-you-stupid-gay-baker-lashes-out-at-his-fellow-gays-and-lesbians-for-bullying-christian-bakers-who-declined-to-make-same-sex-wedding-cake/

37. http://www.ferris.edu/jimcrow/what.htm

38. Ibid.

39. http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2015/07/18/kkk_african_american_group_plan_opposing_rallies_at_s_c_capitol.html

40. https://twitter.com/SteveBenjaminSC/status/621432266045136900?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

41. http://www.mediaite.com/tv/wednesday-cable-ratings-msnbcs-al-sharpton-last-in-demo-at-6pm/

Chapter 2 … And Don’t Tell Us How to Spend Our Money

1. http://blog.credit.com/2014/05/what-happens-if-i-dont-pay-my-credit-card-bill-83231/

2. http://www.usdebtclock.org/

3. Ibid.

4. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/27150961/ns/business-stocks_and_economy/t/national-debt-clock-runs-out-numbers/

5. http://townhall.com/columnists/timphillips/2012/09/17/105_billion_per_day/page/full

6. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/trivia/billions.asp

7. http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/16/obama-administration-begins-stealth-bailout-of-detroit-contradicting-earlier-statements/

8. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/may/20/kristin-tate-how-republicans-can-capture-the-mille/?page=all

9. http://dailysignal.com/2013/07/19/detroit-bankruptcy-is-no-time-for-federal-bailouts/

10. http://nypost.com/2013/09/27/obama-to-give-more-than-100m-to-broke-detroit/

11. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/09/27/us/300-million-in-detroit-aid-but-no-bailout.html?_r=0

12. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/08/22/puerto-ricos-70-billion-defaulted-debt-jumps-113-billion/; see also http://www.nationalreview.com/article/421243/puerto-ricos-debt-crisis-could-be-bad-news-gop-2016-kristin-tate

13. http://www.newsweek.com/2015/06/05/millennial-college-graduates-young-educated-jobless-335821.html

14. http://thinkprogress.org/economy/2015/05/26/3662773/sanders-90-percent-tax/

15. http://www.azquotes.com/quote/1136725

16. http://www.capitalpress.com/Research/20150224/group-asks-congress-to-reject-closure-of-idaho-sheep-station

17. http://showmethespending.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wastebook2014.pdf

18. http://dailycaller.com/2015/04/14/happy-tax-day-irs-spent-millions-on-office-furniture-and-toys/

19. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/06/01/newly-released-irs-video-shows-employees-dancing/

20. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2015/apr/14/irs-spent-millions-furniture-stuffed-animals/

21. http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2011/09/-16-for-a-muffin-a-justice-department-boondoggle/245385/

22. http://showmethespending.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/wastebook2014.pdf

23. Ibid.

24. http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/heres-happened-time-government-shut/story?id=26997023

25. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/10/05/list-obama-closures-for-shutdown/

26. http://www.kpopstarz.com/articles/43883/20131004/world-news-government-shutdown-medical-research-nih.htm

27. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/10/05/list-obama-closures-for-shutdown/

28. http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel/ponzi-ponzi-ponzi.html

29. http://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2015/06/17/can-bernie-sanders-save-retirement-by-expanding-social-security

30. http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/still-better-deal-private-investment-vs-social-security

31. Ibid.

32. http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2014/03/27/Obamacare-Taxpayers-Hole-15-Trillion

33. http://reason.com/archives/2015/06/12/outside-the-liberal-la-la-land-obamacare

34. https://www.healthcare.gov/fees/fee-for-not-being-covered/

35. https://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2013/pr13_087.htm

36. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/08/01/busted-obamacare-website-cost-taxpayers-840-million-so-far/

Chapter 3 The Department of Duh-fense

1. http://www.cnbc.com/2014/07/31/how-dods-15-trillion-f-35-broke-the-air-force.html

2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2013/01/07/everything-chuck-hagel-needs-to-know-about-the-defense-budget-in-charts/

3. http://theweek.com/articles/570764/time-military-leave-south-korea

4. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/04/17/us-reportedly-footing-more-bill-for-overseas-bases-despite-cuts-to-military/

5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/study-iraq-afghan-war-costs-to-top-4-trillion/2013/03/28/b82a5dce-97ed-11e2-814b-063623d80a60_story.html

6. http://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/us-soldiers-killed-while-training-iraqis/

7. http://acqnotes.com/acqnote/acquisitions/color-of-money

8. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/black-budget-summary-details-us-spy-networks-successes-failures-and-objectives/2013/08/29/7e57bb78-10ab-11e3-8cdd-bcdc09410972_story.html

9. http://time.com/43836/afghanistan-is-the-big-winner-in-u-s-foreign-aid/

10. http://watson.brown.edu/costsofwar/files/cow/imce/papers/2015/US%20Reconstruction%20Aid%20for%20Afghanistan.pdf

11. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/after-billions-in-us-investment-afghan-roads-are-falling-apart/2014/01/30/9bd07764-7986-11e3-b1c5-739e63e9c9a7_story.html

12. https://www.sigar.mil/pdf/spotlight/High-Risk_List.pdf

13. http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/money-pit-monstrous-failure-us-aid-afghanistan

14. Ibid.

15. http://www.cnn.com/2014/08/05/world/asia/afghanistan-violence/

16. http://www.9-11commission.gov/report/911Report.pdf

17. http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/article/money-pit-monstrous-failure-us-aid-afghanistan

18. Ibid.

19. Ibid.

20. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/iraq-army-security-force-billions

21. http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/24/world/americas/24iht-assess.3272521.html?_r=1&

22. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/09/iraq-army-security-force-billions

23. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/38903955/ns/world_news-mideast_n_africa/t/us-wasted-billions-rebuilding-iraq/#.VaahLsZViko

24. http://www.paraglideonline.net/news/article_ceb515ce-20cc-11e5-a089-1fc5c69156e8.html

25. https://explorer.usaid.gov/

26. http://www.benefits.va.gov/COMPENSATION/resources_comp0113.asp

27. http://www.cnn.com/2014/06/24/us/senator-va-report/

28. http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/eye-on-football/25181085/nfl-teams-received-54-million-from-defense-department-in-last-4-years

29. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2015/04/28/the-nfl-is-dropping-its-tax-exempt-status-why-that-ends-up-helping-them-out/

30. http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/06/21/u-s-cutting-back-on-hot-chow-for-troops/

31. http://www.defense.gov/home/features/2013/0213_sequestration/

32. http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/10/01/pentagon-shuts-mrap-production-line/

33. http://www.bga-aeroweb.com/DoD-Vehicle-Programs.html

34. http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/blog/fedbiz_daily/2014/01/lawsuit-filed-over-general-dynamics.html

35. http://www.dodbuzz.com/2012/10/01/pentagon-shuts-mrap-production-line/

36. http://articles.latimes.com/2013/dec/27/world/la-fg-afghanistan-armor-20131227

37. http://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2014/08/afghan_soldier_who_killed_us_g.html

38. http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2015/06/04/Fog-War-US-Has-Armed-ISIS

39. http://www.bga-aeroweb.com/DoD-Vehicle-Programs.html

Chapter 4 How Do You Spell “Educashun”?

1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonkblog/wp/2012/09/11/how-much-do-chicago-teachers-make/

2. https://www.danielsongroup.org/press-item/university-of-chicago-researchers-believe-their-teacher-evaluation-study-could-drive-national-discussion/

3. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/us-department-education-79-chicago-8th-graders-not-proficient-reading

4. https://rankingamerica.wordpress.com/category/education/

5. https://www.illinoispolicy.org/ctu-demands-huge-raise-on-top-of-million-dollar-pensions/

6. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/chi-bruce-rauner-tries-to-block-fees-for-state-workers-who-dont-want-to-join-union-20150209-story.html#page=1

7. Ibid.

8. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2011/mar/15/republican-national-committee-republican/rnc-said-unions-raised-400-million-obama-2008/

9. http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/212034-teachers-unions-turn-on-obama

10. https://www.hslda.org/docs/news/2013/201309030.asp

11. http://www.nheri.org/research/research-facts-on-homeschooling.html

12. http://www.standardnewswire.com/news/201382795.html

13. http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1720697,00.html

14. http://nche.hslda.org/courtreport/V24N5/V24N501.asp

15. http://www.publiccharters.org/dashboard/home; see also https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=30

16. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/07/nyregion/at-success-academy-charter-schools-polarizing-methods-and-superior-results.html?_r=0

17. Ibid.

18. Ibid.

19. http://www.uaedreform.org/wp-content/uploads/charter-funding-inequity-expands.pdf

20. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/education/city-secures-spaces-success-academy-charter-schools-article-1.1770041

21. http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2014/04/17/illinois-charter-schools-education-teachers-column/7710697/

22. Ibid.

23. http://www.ed.gov/budget15

24. http://www.cato.org/publications/congressional-testimony/impact-federal-involvement-americas-classrooms

25. Ibid.

26. http://www.corestandards.org/about-the-standards/

27. http://www.glennbeck.com/2013/04/08/the-whole-story-on-common-core/

28. http://wjla.com/news/local/virginia-declines-to-apply-for-race-to-the-top-funding-95188

29. http://www.usnews.com/news/special-reports/a-guide-to-common-core/articles/2014/03/06/the-politics-of-common-core

30. http://www.ncee.org/2014/10/kentucky-and-the-common-core-interview-with-terry-holliday-and-felicia-smith/

31. http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/12/follow-the-money-microsofts-plan-to-cash-in-on-common-core/

32. http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/education/school-leaders/default.aspx

33. http://dailycaller.com/2014/07/12/follow-the-money-microsofts-plan-to-cash-in-on-common-core/

34. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2014/07/12/how-microsoft-will-make-money-from-common-core-despite-what-bill-gates-said/

35. http://www.achieve.org/our-board-directors

36. http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_26190113/from-archive-2004-intel-ceo-craig-barrett-not

37. http://www.cnbc.com/2015/03/11/companies-cash-in-on-common-core-despite-controversy.html

38. http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2015/08/common-core-schools-parents/400559/

39. http://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/louis-c-k-against-the-common-core

40. https://twitter.com/hoffmanrich/status/384806802262470656/photo/1

41. http://twitchy.com/2013/08/07/new-york-city-students-flunk-new-common-core-aligned-tests-bloomberg-cheers/

42. http://news.yahoo.com/fifty-shades-common-core-much-porn-too-much-125010622.html

43. http://dailycaller.com/2013/11/01/common-porn-another-school-district-pulls-a-raunchy-common-core-approved-book/

44. http://eaglerising.com/6047/dad-arrested-protesting-soft-core-porn-common-core-curriculum/

45. http://money.cnn.com/2012/10/18/pf/college/student-loan-debt/

46. http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2012/04/53-of-recent-college-grads-are-jobless-or-underemployed-how/256237/

47. http://www.thecollegesolution.com/stunning-how-many-are-borrowing-for-college/

48. http://trends.collegeboard.org/sites/default/files/student-aid-2013-full-report.pdf

49. http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffreydorfman/2015/07/13/financial-aid-helps-colleges-more-than-students/

50. http://www.fastweb.com/student-life/articles/the-15-college-dorms-with-crazy-awesome-amenities

51. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/magazine/septemberoctober_2011/features/administrators_ate_my_tuition031641.php?page=all

52. http://www.mass.gov/ago/consumer-resources/consumer-information/schools-and-education/for-profit-schools/for-profit-school-fact-sheet.html

53. http://www.investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/010915/cost-studying-new-york-university-nyu.asp

54. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/janitors-clerks-and-waiters-with-college-degrees/

Chapter 5 Wanna Start a Business? Bahahaha!

1. http://smallbusiness.chron.com/beauty-salon-licensing-requirements-57829.html

2. http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel/the-cancer-of-regulation.html

3. http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865560427/Court-ruling-Centerville-woman-has-a-right-to-braid-hair-without-a-cosmetology-license.html?pg=all

4. http://mayflowerhistory.com/voyage/

5. http://www.history.com/topics/jamestown

6. https://capitalalliance.com/2015/07/02/our-nations-founding-fathers-were-small-business-owners/

7. http://www.biography.com/people/sam-walton-9523270#synopsis

8. http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/197560

9. http://www.cato.org/policy-report/julyaugust-2013/why-capitalism-awesome

10. https://reason.com/archives/2015/07/22/the-politicians-war-on-uber

11. http://www.creators.com/opinion/john-stossel/strangulation-by-union.html

12. http://www.economist.com/node/21547789

13. http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/subjects/g/glass_steagall_act_1933/index.html

14. http://www.businessweek.com/debateroom/archives/2009/05/government_stay_out_of_the_economy.html

15. http://www.nber.org/digest/may09/w14604.html

16. http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2014/10/regulation-killing-opportunity

17. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/minimum-wage-poll_us_570ead92e4b08a2d32b8e671

18. http://www.heritage.org/research/testimony/2013/06/what-is-minimum-wage-its-history-and-effects-on-the-economy

19. http://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/cps/characteristics-of-minimum-wage-workers-2014.pdf

20. http://www.cato.org/publications/policy-analysis/negative-effects-minimum-wage-laws

21. http://www.businessinsider.com/raising-the-minimum-wage-to-15-an-hour-would-hurt-millions-of-vulnerable-people-2015-4

22. http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/230727

23. http://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/2013/05/30/nanny-taxes-what-parents-need-to-know/

24. http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2010/09/08/john-stossel-entrepreneur-government-protectionism-libertarian-new-york.html

25. http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703396604576088272112103698

26. http://www.businessinsider.com/killing-government-red-tape-saving-us-22-bil-2015-8

27. http://www.investorwords.com/11046/self_regulation.html

Chapter 6 Regulation Nation

1. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2015/06/11/lemonade-stand-shut-down-texas/71064934/

2. Ibid.

3. http://www.theagitator.com/2010/11/15/city-councilman-calls-cops-on-kids-selling-cupcakes/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+radleybalko+%28The+Agitator%29

4. http://www.cato.org/research/nanny-state

5. http://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/new-york-require-salt-warnings-n372606

6. Ibid.

7. http://www.webmd.com/diet/salt-dont-ban-entirely

8. http://www.webmd.com/women/picture-of-the-thyroid; http://www.webmd.com/brain/picture-of-the-brain

9. http://cumberlink.com/news/local/communities/mechanicsburg/cv-elementary-school-bans-costumes-cancels-halloween-parade/article_44a39d82-319b-11e3-8698-0019bb2963f4.html

10. http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2013/09/09/proposed-think-before-you-ink-law-seeks-to-prevent-regrettable-tattoos/

11. https://reason.com/archives/2014/03/08/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-new-york-city-t

12. http://nypost.com/2013/07/18/health-nut-mayor-bloomberg-wants-nyers-to-take-the-stairs-instead-of-the-elevator/

13. http://www.becker-posner-blog.com/2012/06/controls-over-consumer-choices-becker.html

14. http://gizmodo.com/the-complete-list-of-everything-banned-by-mayor-michael-1490476691

15. http://www.nytimes.com/2014/06/27/nyregion/city-loses-final-appeal-on-limiting-sales-of-large-sodas.html?_r=1

16. http://www.areavibes.com/holland-ny/crime/

17. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oudekerksplein

18. http://nypost.com/2014/11/02/terminally-ill-woman-has-ended-her-own-life/

19. https://www.deathwithdignity.org/take-action/

20. http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1564465,00.html

Chapter 7 The Problem with Free Money

1. http://bradfordtaxinstitute.com/Free_Resources/Federal-Income-Tax-Rates.aspx

2. http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2016/jul/21/donald-trump/trump-43-million-americans-food-stamps/

3. Ibid.

4. http://www.governing.com/gov-data/food-stamp-snap-benefits-enrollment-participation-totals-map.html

5. https://www.rt.com/usa/food-stamps-record-americans-119/

6. http://dailycaller.com/2015/05/10/government-study-40-percent-of-americans-on-food-stamps-are-obese/

7. http://www.fns.usda.gov/sites/default/files/pd/snapsummary.pdf

8. http://dailycaller.com/2013/06/11/taxpayers-spend-41-3-million-in-a-year-to-advertise-food-stamps-a-6-fold-increase-over-last-decade/

9. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/01/14/omnibus-spending-bill-continues-funding-food-stamp-ads-in-mexico-despite-appropriations-committee-claims-of-prohibition/

10. http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-uncovers-usda-records-sponsoring-u-s-food-stamp-program-for-illegal-aliens/

11. http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2013/12/31/usda-6-2-billion-improperly-spent-in-2013-including-2-billion-on-food-stamp-overpayments/

12. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/10/22/craigslist-makes-turning-food-stamps-into-cash-snap/

13. http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/30/11-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-buy-with-food-stamps/

14. http://townhall.com/tipsheet/christinerousselle/2014/03/14/lingerie-store-in-louisiana-accepts-ebt-cards-as-payment-n1809127

15. http://nypost.com/2013/01/06/welfare-recipients-take-out-cash-at-strip-clubs-liquor-stores-and-x-rated-shops/

16. http://dailycaller.com/2014/06/30/11-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-buy-with-food-stamps/

17. http://www.bloombergview.com/articles/2013-11-13/how-mcdonald-s-and-wal-mart-became-welfare-queens

18. Ibid.

19. http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2012/07/reforming-the-food-stamp-program

20. http://www.obpa.usda.gov/budsum/FY14budsum.pdf

21. http://www.downsizinggovernment.org/agriculture/subsidies

22. http://theweek.com/articles/461227/farm-subsidies-welfare-program-agribusiness

23. http://dailycaller.com/2013/02/14/confidential-expensive-usda-sensitivity-training-the-pilgrims-were-illegal-aliens-videos/

24. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/first-term-americans-collecting-disability-increased-1385418-now-1-each-13-full-time

25. http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/04/08/how-americans-game-the-200-billion-a-year-disability-industrial-complex/

26. http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/social-security-disability-depleted/2013/12/17/id/542390/

27. http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/social-security-disability-depleted/2013/12/17/id/542390/

28. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/first-term-americans-collecting-disability-increased-1385418-now-1-each-13-full-time

29. http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/04/08/how-americans-game-the-200-billion-a-year-disability-industrial-complex/

30. Ibid.

31. Ibid.

32. Ibid.

33. http://www.forbes.com/sites/theapothecary/2013/09/02/on-labor-day-2013-welfare-pays-more-than-minimum-wage-work-in-35-states/

34. Ibid.

35. http://rare.us/story/do-welfare-programs-help-or-hurt-poverty-the-answer-may-surprise-you/

36. http://cnsnews.com/news/article/terence-p-jeffrey/census-49-americans-get-gov-t-benefits-82m-households-medicaid

37. http://www.gallup.com/poll/164444/americans-remain-divided-role-gov-play.aspx

38. http://nation.foxnews.com/homelessness/2011/12/01/homeless-lady-15-kids-somebody-needs-pay-all-my-children

39. http://nation.foxnews.com/2015/09/10/report-87-illegal-immigrant-families-welfare-72-legal-immigrants-it

40. http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/on-the-dole-report-87-illegal-immigrant-families-on-welfare-72-of-legal-immigrants-on-it/article/2571730

41. http://www.heritageresearchinstitute.org/founders.html

42. http://motls.blogspot.com/2008/10/founding-fathers-on-redistribution-of.html

43. http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/v1ch16s15.html

44. http://www.wnd.com/2001/07/9913/

45. http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/fee/Nov06.pdf

46. http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/19/obama-roosevelt-constitution-oped-cx_jb_0120bowyer.html

47. http://www.wmtw.com/politics/maine-sees-dramatic-drop-in-ablebodied-adults-on-food-stamps/32300444

Chapter 8 Party! Party! Party!

1. http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2014/05/30/log-cabin-republicans-denied-booth-at-texas-gop-convention/

2. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-09/what-this-election-taught-us-about-millennial-voters

3. http://louderwithcrowder.com/caught-top-5-hillary-clinton-lies/

4. http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dennis-hastert-guilty-plea-hearing-met-20151027-story.html

5. http://thehill.com/homenews/house/241573-ethics-panel-finds-rep-laura-richardson-guilty-on-seven-counts

6. http://www.redding.com/ugc/opinion-ugc/politicians-are-not-above-the-law-553

7. http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/08/04/hillary-clinton-s-mega-donors-are-also-funding-jeb-bush.html

8. http://theantimedia.org/10-ways-hillary-clinton-and-jeb-bush-are-basically-the-same/

9. http://www.businessinsider.com/jeb-bushs-role-on-corporate-boards-could-become-a-problem-in-the-2016-campaign-2015-5;http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/clintons-walmart-connection-fueling-lefts-doubts/article/2558826

10. http://www.newsmax.com/FastFeatures/Barack-Obama-Solyndra-Scandal-Green-Energy/2015/01/29/id/621537/

11. https://theintercept.com/2015/06/05/40-years-democratic-presidents-talking-much-want-get-money-politics/

12. http://reason.com/blog/2016/11/09/where-the-third-party-candidates-were-st

13. http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2011-05-06/entertainment/bal-ron-paul-makes-case-for-drug-legalization-during-first-gop-debate-20110505_1_gop-debate-ron-paul-heroin

14. https://reason.com/poll/2012/01/13/ron-paul-rising-evidenc-from-national-po

15. https://jaretglenn.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/how-the-republican-party-stole-the-nomination-from-ron-paul/

16. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Groupthink

17. Irving L. Janis, “Groupthink,” Psychology Today, November 1971, pp. 271–79.

18. https://maloney.house.gov/sites/maloney.house.gov/files/documents/The%20Economic%20Impact%20of%20the%20Fashion%20Industry%20--%20JEC%20report%20FINAL.pdf

19. http://origins.osu.edu/article/breaking-hard-do-americas-love-affair-two-party-system

Chapter 9 Our Unprecedented Opportunity for Success—or Jackassery

1. http://www.mrc.org/media-bias-101/journalists-admitting-liberal-bias-part-one

2. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/22/business/media/brian-williams-scandal-shows-power-of-social-media.html?_r=0

3. http://www.businessinsider.com/how-facebook-was-founded-2010-3

4. http://www.forbes.com/profile/mark-zuckerberg/

5. http://www.forbes.com/profile/jack-dorsey/

6. http://www.npr.org/2011/12/17/143897126/the-arab-spring-a-year-of-revolution

7. http://www.wired.com/2013/04/arabspring/

8. http://www.mccormick.northwestern.edu/news/articles/2015/04/how-facebook-sparked-a-revolution.html

9. http://www.slate.com/articles/double_x/doublex/2010/05/is_the_tea_party_a_feminist_movement.html

10. http://arc3communications.com/the-top-ten-most-social-media-savvy-u-s-politicians/

11. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2015/05/26/heres-how-the-first-president-of-the-social-media-age-has-chosen-to-connect-with-americans/

12. http://www.davemanuel.com/the-most-popular-us-politicians-by-twitter-followers-163/

13. http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2015/05/19/more-americans-are-using-social-media-to-connect-with-politicians/

14. http://www.pewinternet.org/2014/11/03/cell-phones-social-media-and-campaign-2014/

15. http://www.journalism.org/2015/06/01/millennials-political-news/

16. http://mprcenter.org/blog/2013/01/how-obama-won-the-social-media-battle-in-the-2012-presidential-campaign/

17. http://uglyrenaissancebabies.tumblr.com/

18. http://www.history.com/topics/us-presidents/kennedy-nixon-debates

19. http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/09/27/495692196/clinton-trump-showdown-is-most-watched-presidential-debate

20. http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/03/turkey-facebook-youtube-twitter-blocked

Chapter 10 What We Can Do to Fix America Now

1. https://www.lewrockwell.com/2007/07/adam-robb/restoring-the-tenth-amendment/

2. http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jul/4/states-rights-war-over-obamacare/

3. http://rare.us/story/do-welfare-programs-help-or-hurt-poverty-the-answer-may-surprise-you/

4. https://mises.org/sites/default/files/21_2_1.pdf

5. http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/hurricane-sandy/sandy-vics-60-billion-aid-article-1.1499613

6. http://www.redcross.org/support/donating-fundraising/where-your-money-goes/sandy-response

7. http://www.redcross.org/news/article/Red-Cross-Recovery-Efforts-to-Help-Sandy-Survivors

8. http://www.cato.org/publications/commentary/catastrophe-big-easy-demonstrates-big-governments-failure

9. Ibid.

10. Ibid.

11. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/424320/most-americans-support-term-limits

12. http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2013/03/29/don-young-no-stranger-to-scandal/

13. http://www.adn.com/article/20120410/document-list-outlines-fbis-florida-investigation-young

14. http://abcnews.go.com/politics/heres-congress-works/story?id=24810354

15. http://www.nationalreview.com/article/424320/most-americans-support-term-limits

16. Ibid.

17. http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/g/georgewash118444.html