Time to Get Tough: Making America #1 Again

NOTES

1 Sara Murray, “About 1 in 7 in U.S. Receive Food Stamps,” Wall Street Journal, Real Time Economics, May 3, 2011.

2 “Wholesale Prices Spike on Steep Rise in Food, Oil,” Associated Press, March 16, 2011, http://abcnews.go.com/Business/wireStory?id=13146470.

3 Tom Shanker and David E. Sanger, “U.S. to Aid South Korea With Naval Defense Plan,” New York Times, May 30, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/31/world/asia/31koreanavy.html?pagewanted=2.

1 F. Michael Maloof, “Guess which country kicked out U.S. congressional delegation,” WorldNetDaily, June 18, 2011, http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=312317.

2 GAO Report No. GAO-10-304, “Iraqi-U.S. Cost-Sharing: Iraq Has a Cumulative Budget Surplus, Offering the Potential for Further Cost-Sharing,” Government Accountability Office, September 13, 2010; accessible text file available at: http://www.gao.gov/htext/d10304.html.

3 Jim Geraghty, “Obama: On gas prices, ‘I would have preferred a gradual adjustment,’” National Review Online The Campaign Spot, June 11, 2008, http://www.nationalreview.com/campaign-spot/9477/obama-gas-prices-i-would-have-preferred-gradual-adjustment.

4 Neil King Jr. and Stephen Power, “Times Tough for Energy Overhaul,” Wall Street Journal, December 12, 2008, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122904040307499791html..

5 Posted by Ed Morrissey, “Obama: I’ll make energy prices ‘skyrocket,’” HotAir.com, November 2, 2008 http://hotair.com/archives/2008/11/02/obama-ill-make-energy-prices-skyrocket/.

6 Jeff Cox, “Gas Prices May Be Falling, But Food Keeps Going Up,” CNBC.com, June 23, 2011, http://www.cnbc.com/id/43498072.

7 Lucia Graves, “Obama Says He Has No Regrets About Solyndra Loan,” Huffington Post, October 3, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/03/obama-solyndra-loan_n_993085.html.

8 Brad Plumer, “Five myths about the Solyndra collapse,” Washington Post, September 14, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/five-myths-about-the-solyndra-collapse/2011/09/14/gIQAfkyvRK_blog.html.

9 Lucia Graves, “Obama Says He Has No Regrets About Solyndra Loan,” Huffington Post, October 3, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/03/obama-solyndra-loan_n_993085.html

10 Brad Plumer, “Five myths about the Solyndra collapse,” Washington Post, September 14, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/five-myths-about-the-solyndra-collapse/2011/09/14/gIQAfkyvRK_blog.html.

11 “Hugo Chavez Mouthpiece Says U.S. Hit Haiti With ‘Earthquake Weapon,’” FOXNews.com, January 21, 2010, http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/01/21/hugo-chavez-mouthpiece-says-hit-haiti-earthquake-weapon/.

12 Rob Hastings, “Saudi Arabia is ‘biggest funder of terrorists,’” The Independent, December 6, 2010, http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/saudi-arabia-is-biggest-funder-of-terrorists-2152327.html.

13 Thomas W. Evans, “Sue OPEC,” New York Times, June 19, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/19/opinion/19evans.html.

14 Robert Zubrin, “Obama Covers for OPEC,” op. cit.

15 Thomas W. Evans, “Sue OPEC,” op. cit.

16 Ibid.

17 Khawaja Mohammad Hasan, Abu Dhabi, “Cheap, clean & green transport initiative,” Khaleej Times Online, January 30, 2011, http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticle08.asp?xfile=/data/openspace/2011/January/openspace_January29xml§ion=openspace..

18 Rob Lever, “Amid US gas boom, split over ‘fracking,’” AFP, June 26, 2011, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5j_sM-PZ5NWAybKbWdOMpoXvh67ng?docId=CNG.bb9547ce35c8697828233d280f68bf54.291.

19 David Ropeik, “How Risky Is It, Really?” Psychology Today, May 31, 2010, http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/how-risky-is-it-really/201005/it-s-not-justabout-oil-in-the-ocean-it-s-how-it-got-there.

20 “Natural sources of marine oil pollution,” GPA, http://oils.gpa.unep.org/facts/natural-sources.htm.

21 “Top 10 Proofs Obama Wants High Energy Prices,” Human Events, June 20, 2011, p. 19.

1 Transcript, “The Democrats’ First 2008 Presidential Debate,” New York Times, April 27, 2007, http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/27/us/politics/27debate_transcripthtml?pagewanted=print..

2 Kathy Chu, “Most Americans think China is No. 1 economy; it isn’t,” USA Today, February 15, 2011, http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2011-02-14-chinapoll14_ST_N.htm.

3 “The China Job Drain,” Alliance for American Manufacturing, http://www.americanmanufacturing.org/china-job-loss.

4 Gideon Rachman, “Think Again: American Decline,” Foreign Policy, January/ February 2011, http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/01/02/think_again_american_decline.

5 Ibid., and Graeme Wearden, “US-China trade deficit grows to record $27obn,” The Guardian, February 11, 2011, http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/feb/11/us-chinese-trade-gap-grows.

6 Peter Navarro, “How China unfairly bests the U.S.,” Los Angeles Times, June 21, 2011, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/21/opinion/la-oe-navarro-trade-china-20110621.

7 Ibid.

8 John Hechinger, “U.S. Teens Lag as China Soars on International Test,” Bloomberg, December 7, 2010, http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-12-07/teens-in-u-s-rank-25th-on-math-test-trail-in-science-reading.html.

9 Andrew J. Rotherham, “Shanhai Surprise: Don’t Sweat Global Test Data,” TIME, January 20, 2011, http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,2043312,00.html.

10 Anne Flaherty, “Pentagon: China’s Military Power Growing,” ABC News, August 16, 2010.

11 Aprille Muscara, “Wikileak Cables Reveal China’s Modernising Military Might,” Global Issues, January 13, 2011, http://www.globalissues.org/news/2011/01/13/8172.

12 Bryan Krekel, “Capability of the People’s Republic of China to Conduct Cyber Warfare and Computer Network Exploitation,” The US-China Economic and Security Review Commission, Northrop Grumman Corporation, October 9, 2009, 52, http://www.uscc.gov/researchpapers/2009/NorthropGrumman_PRC_Cyber_Paper_FINAL_Approved%20Report_16Oct2009.pdf.

13 Scott Robertson, “AISI calls for China currency remedy,” Metal Bulletin, April 7, 2010.

14 Ibid.

15 Alan Tonelson, “Economic Watch: It’s Time to Stop Kowtowing on Yuan Manipulation,” Washington Times, March 30, 2010, Section A, p. 4.

16 Patrice Hill, “Penalties sought for China over currency practices,” Washington Times, September 16, 2010, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/sep/16/lawmakers-seek-penalties-for-china/.

17 Chris Isidore, “How ‘The Donald’ could incite a trade war,” CNNMoney.com, April 18, 2011, http://money.cnn.com/2011/04/17/news/economy/trump_china_trade_war/index.htm.

18 James Bacchus, “What A Trade War With China Would Look Like,” Forbes.com, February 2, 2009, http://www.forbes.com/2009/01/31/trade-wto-china-opinions-contributors_0202_james_bacchus.html.

19 “National Income and Product Accounts Gross Domestic Product, 2nd quarter 2011 (third estimate) Corporate Profits, 2nd quarter 2011 (revised estimate),” Bureau of Economic Analysis, report released September 29, 2011,. http://www.beagov/newsreleases/national/gdp/gdpnewsrelease.htm.

20 “Weekly Address: President Obama: ‘We Can Out-Compete Any Other Nation,’” WhiteHouse.gov, January 22, 2011, http://m.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2011/01/22/weekly-address-president-obama-we-can-out-compete-any-other-nation.

21 Jamie Reno, “’Made in the USA’ Makes a Comeback,” NewsMax, November 2011, 23.

22 Ibid.

23 Ibid.

24 James Bacchus, “What A Trade War With China Would Look Like,” op. cit.

25 Patrice Hill, “Penalties sought for China over currency practices,” op. cit.

26 Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments (Cambridge University Press, 2002), 95.

27 “The Makings of a Trade War With China,” The Daily Beast, September 27, 2010, http://www.newsweek.com/2010/09/27/the-makings-of-a-trade-war-with-china.html.

28 Jacob Greber, “Krugman Says China Is Devaluing Its Currency, ‘Stealing’ Jobs,” Bloomberg, October 23, 2009, http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive &sid=aUVeLdpK4Yqg.

29 Peter Navarro, “How China unfairly bests the U.S.,” op. cit.

30 Ibid.

31 Josh Kraushaar, “Nerves Show on Team Obama,” National Journal Against the Grain, June 28, 2011, http://www.nationaljournal.com/columns/against-the-grain/nerves-show-on-team-obama-20110628.

32 Government Press Release, “China to Boost Military Spending,” INTERNATIONAL PRESS SERVICE, March 4, 2011, http://infoweb.newsbank.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB &p_theme=aggregated5 &p_action=doc &p_docid=134C3E70680B7700 &p_docnum=1 &p_queryname=1.

33 Siobhan Gorman, August Cole, and Yochi Dreazen, “Computer Spies Breach Fighter-Jet Project,” Wall Street Journal, April 21, 2009.

34 “Spies Breach Pentagon Fighter-Jet Project: Report,” Agence France-Presse, April 21, 2009, http://infoweb.newsbank.com.proxy.lib.fsu.edu/iw-search/we/InfoWeb?p_product=AWNB &p_theme=aggregated5 &p_action=doc &p_docid=127BB775B218BCD0 &p_docnum=1 &p_queryname=19.

35 Krekel, “Capability of China to Conduct Cyber Warfare,” op. cit., 7.

36 Ibid., 52.

37 Ibid.

38 Government Press Release, “China to Boost Military Spending,” op cit.

39 Aprille Muscara, “China: Wikileak Cables Reveal China Focus on Military Upgrades,” Inter Press Service English News Wire.

40 Kelvin Wong, Nichola Saminather, and Hui-yong Yu, “The Chinese Go on a Global Homebuying Spree: Facing domestic restrictions, buyers boost markets abroad,” Bloomberg Businessweek, June 23, 2011.

1 Ronald Reagan, An American Life: The Autobiography (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1990), 233.

2 Gifts to the United States Government, U.S. Department of the Treasury, http://fms.treas.gov/faq/moretopics_gifts.html.

3 Barbara Hollingsworth, “Virginia’s ‘Tax Me More Fund’ is a big flop,” Washington Examiner, March 29, 2010, http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/virginia-s-tax-me-more-fund-big-flop.

4 Ronald Reagan, An American Life: The Autobiography, 232.

5 Ibid., 233.

6 “Economic Overview of Federal Tax Expenditures,” Invest in Kids Working Group, The Partnership for America’s Economic Success, February 20, 2007, http://www.partnershipforsuccess.org/docs/ivk/iikmeeting_slides200702weinstein.pdf.

7 Stephen Ohlemacher, “Half of U.S. pays no federal income tax,” Associated Press, April 7, 2010, available at MSNBC.com, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36226444/ns/business-personal_finance/t/half-us-pays-no-federal-income-tax/.

8 Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames, How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer to Today’s Economy (New York: Crown Business, 2009), 148.

9 Jason Pye, “Top 1% pays more in taxes than bottom 95%,” United Liberty, July 30, 2009, http://www.unitedliberty.org/articles/top-1-pays-more-in-taxes-than-bottom-95.

10 Neil Cavuto, Your Money or Your Life (New York: Regan Books, 2005), 84.

11 Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames, How Capitalism Will Save Us, 148.

12 Ronald Reagan, An American Life: The Autobiography, 232.

13 “The Dead Enders,” Wall Street Journal Review & Outlook, December 1, 2010, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703326204575616843991237032.html.

14 “What Do Corporate Income Taxes Cost American Families?” Tax Watch, Tax Foundation, http://www.taxfoundation.org/files/corporate_income_taxes_cost_families-20080818.pdf.

15 Ronald Reagan, “Address to the Nation on the Economy,” February 5, 1981, transcript available at http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1981/20581c.htm.

16 “Hidden taxes you pay every day,” MSN Money Central, http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Taxes/CutYourTaxes/HiddenTaxesYouPayEveryDay.aspx?page=2.

17 Scott Burns, “US tax disparity may be flatter than it seems,” Boston Globe, January 28, 2007, http://www.boston.com/business/taxes/articles/2007/01/28/us_tax_disparity_may_be_flatter_than_it_seems/.

18 W. Kurt Hauser, “There’s No Escaping Hauser’s Law,” Wall Street Journal, November 26, 2010, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703514904575602943209741952.html#printMode.

19 David Brooks, “The Genteel Nation,” New York Times, September 9, 2010, http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/10/opinion/10brooks.html.

20 “Night of the Living Death Tax,” Wall Street Journal Review & Outlook, March 31, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123846422014872229.html.

21 Ibid.

22 “Solutions for America: Tax Reform,” Heritage Foundation, August 17, 2010, http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/08/Tax-Reform.

23 Adam Aigner-Treworgy, “Obama talks estate tax at final bus tour stop,” CNN.com The 1600 Report, August 17, 2011, http://whitehouse.blogs.cnn.com/2011/08/17/obama-talks-estate-tax-at-final-bus-tour-stop/.

24 Curtis Dubay, “The Economic Case Against the Death Tax,” Heritage Foundation The Foundry, July 21, 2010, http://blog.heritage.org/2010/07/21/the-economic-case-against-the-death-tax/.

25 Sam Stein, “Obama Wants Higher Capital Gains Tax Rate: Too Far Or Not Enough?” Huffington Post, February 26, 2009, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/02/26/obama-wants-higher-capita_n_170237.html

26 J. D. Foster, “Obama’s Capital Gains Tax Hike Unlikely to Increase Revenues,” Heritage Foundation, March 24, 2010, http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/03/Obamas-Capital-Gains-Tax-Hike-Unlikely-to-Increase-Revenues.

27 Janet Novack, “Tax Waste: 6.1 Billion Hours Spent Complying With Federal Tax Code,” Forbes, January 5, 2011, http://www.forbes.com/sites/janetnovack/2011/01/05/tax-waste-6-1-billion-hours-spent-complying-with-federal-tax-code/.

1 Quote available at Gerald R. Ford Quotes, http://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/grf/quotes.asp.

2 Guest Writer, “The debt ceiling deal-an agreement to do nothing,” MLive.com, August 4, 2011, http://www.mlive.com/opinion/grandrapids/index.ssf/2011/08/guest_commentary_debt_ceiling.html?utm_source=Justin+Amash+for+Congress+Email+List &utm_campaign=af602ae2f7-Justin_s_Editorial_on_Debt_Ceiling_8_4_2011 &utm_medium=email.

3 Stephen Ohlemacher, “Can tiny changes save Social Security?” Associated Press, May 17, 2010, available at MSNBC.com, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37195779/ns/business-personal_finance/t/can-tiny-changes-save-social-security/#.TojfqLLh5Bk.

4 Ronald Reagan “Remarks on Signing the Social Security Amendments of 1983,” April 20, 1983, http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1983/42083a.htm

5 “Sen. Rubio: ‘We Don’t Need New Taxes, We Need New Taxpayers,’” RealClearPolitics. com, July 7, 2011, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/07/07/sen_rubio_we_dont_need_new_taxes_we_need_new_taxpayers.html.

6 “Government Waste By the Numbers: Report Identifies Dozens of Overlapping Programs,” FoxNews.com, March 1, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/01/government-waste-numbers-report-identifies-dozens-duplicative-programs/.

7 Emily Kopp, “OPM commits to stopping payments to dead people,” FederalNewsRadio. com, September 23, 2011, http://www.federalnewsradio.com/?nid=520 &sid=2560010.

8 “Dr. Coburn Releases New Oversight Report: ‘Wastebook 2010: A Guide to Some of the Most Wasteful Government Spending of 2010,’” Tom Coburn, M.D., December 20, 2010, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/pressreleases?ContentRecord_id=054487a3-ff6e-4df9-a025-48de764abe55.

9 Edwin Mora, “U.S. Has Paid $1.44 Million for Project That is Studying the ‘Social Milieu’ of Male Prostitutes in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi,” CNSNews.com, June 28, 2010, http://www.cnsnews.com/node/68628.

10 “Scores charged in massive US healthcare fraud scams,” Reuters, September 8, 2011, http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/09/08/idINIndia-59213620110908.

11 “Medicare fraud strike force charges 91 individuals for approximately $295 million in false billing,” HHS.gov news release, September 7, 2011, http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2011pres/09/20110907c.html.

12 “Medicare Fraud: A $60 Billion Crime,” CBSNews.com, September 5, 2010, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/10/23/60minutes/main5414390.shtml.

13 Sharyl Attkisson, “Federal fraud: Healthy workers took disability,” CBSNews.com, February 18, 2011, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2011/02/18/eveningnews/main20033639.shtml?tag=cbsnewsTwoColUpperPromoArea.

14 Tom Murse, “LIHEAP Fraud Costs Taxpayers At Least $116 Million,” About.com US Government Info, November 2, 2010, http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/moneymatters/a/LIHEAP-Outrageous-Example-of-Fraud.htm.

15 Mary Meeker, “USA Inc.: Red, White, and Very Blue,” Businessweek, February 24, 2011, http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/11_10/b4218000828880.htm.

16 Stephen Ohlemacher, “Can tiny changes save Social Security?” Associated Press, May 17, 2010, available at MSNBC.com, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37195779/ns/business-personal_finance/t/can-tiny-changes-save-social-security/#.TojfqLL-H5BK.

17 “Mary Meeker’s Definitive Guide To The American Public Debt Crisis,” Business Insider, http://www.businessinsider.com/mary-meeker-usa-inc-february-24-2011-2#-120.

18 “The Obama Fisc,” Wall Street Journal Review & Outlook, January 27, 2010, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703906204575027181656362948.html.

19 Victor Davis Hanson, “Obama’s Spending Addiction,” RealClearPolitics.com, July 28, 2011, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2011/07/28/obamas_spending_addiction_110741.html.

1 George Washington, “Fifth Annual Address,” December 3, 1793.

2 David Ignatius, “Caution fills Obama’s playbook,” Washington Post, September 23, 2009, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/caution-fills-obamas-playbook/2011/09/22/gIQAdNKfrK_story.html.

3 Sam Youngman and Jordy Yager, “Obama to resume Gitmo military trials,” The Hill, March 7, 2011, http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/147871-obama-military-commissions-to-resume-for-gitmo-detainees.

4 Editorial, “Mr. Obama’s defense cuts,” Washington Post, April 20, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-obamas-defense-cuts/2011/04/20/AFlMqNEE_story.html.

5 “Defending Defense: China’s Military Build-up: Implications for U.S. Defense Spending,” American Enterprise Institute, Heritage Foundation, Foreign Policy Initiative, March 2011, http://www.aei.org/docLib/DefendingDefenseChina.pdf.

6 Ibid.

7 Joseph A. Bosco, “China Lobbies Washington for Arms,” Weekly Standard, June 1, 2011, http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/china-lobbies-washington-arms_573140.html..

8 Dan Blumenthal and Michael Mazza, “Asia Needs a Larger U.S. Defense Budget,” Wall Street Journal, July 5, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304803104576425414030335604.html.

9 Irwin M. Stelzer, “Our Broken China Policy,” Weekly Standard, January 17, 2011, http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/our-broken-china-policy_526878.html.

10 Dan Blumenthal, “China Humiliates Gates, Obama,” Weekly Standard, January 12, 2011, http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/china-humiliates-gates-obama_533550.html.

11 Thomas Donnelly, “The Real Meaning of China’s ‘Stealth Fighter,’” Weekly Standard, January 13, 2011, http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs/real-meaning-chinas-stealth-fighter_533614.html.

12 Ewen MacAskill, “WikiLeaks: Hillary Clinton’s question: how can we stand up to Beijing?” The Guardian, December 4, 2010, http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/dec/04/wikileaks-cables-hillary-clinton-beijing.

13 Irwin M. Stelzer, “Our Broken China Policy,” op. cit.

14 “Defending Defense: China’s Military Build-up: Implications for U.S. Defense Spending,” op. cit.

15 Julian E. Barnes and Megan K. Stack, “Russia’s Putin praises Obama’s missile defense decision,” Los Angeles Times, September 19, 2009, http://articles.latimes. com/2009/sep/19/world/fg-missile-defense19.

16 Ibid.

17 “Obama: Missile defense plan not about Russia,” MSNBC.com, September 20, 2009, http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32937784/ns/world_news-europe/t/obama-missile-defense-plan-not-about-russia/#.TpDQobLh6uI.

18 Paul Richter, “Russia pushing back on tougher sanctions against Iran,” Los Angeles Times, September 24, 2010, http://articles.latimes.com/2010/sep/24/world/la-fg-russia-sanctions-20100925.

19 Daniel Halper, “U.S. Intelligence Confirms: Russia Bombed U.S. Embassy,” op. cit.

20 Graham Allison, “Obama should test Iran’s nuclear offer,” Washington Post, October 6, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obama-should-test-irans-nuclear-offer/2011/10/06/gIQAdAmDRL_story.html.

21 Jay Solomon, “Iran Rejects Proposed U.S. Military Hot Line,” Wall Street Journal, October 4, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203791904576609093178338996.html.

22 Trita Parsi, “Iran’s growing bluster spells danger,” Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2011, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/02/opinion/la-oe-parsi-iran-20111002.

23 Jay Solomon, “Iran Rejects Proposed U.S. Military Hot Line,” op. cit.

24 Ibid.

25 William J. Broad, John Markoff, and David E. Sanger, “Israeli Test on Worm Called Crucial in Iran Nuclear Dely,” New York Times, January 15, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/world/middleeast/16stuxnet.html?pagewanted=all.

26 David E. Sanger, “Iran Moves to Shelter Its Nuclear Fuel Program,” New York Times, September 1, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/02/world/middleeast/02iran.html.

27 See “Obama: Iran Doesn’t Pose a Threat… Iran is a Grave Threat,” posted on YouTube.com, May 20, 2008, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaG6s05MKeM.

28 Sara A. Carter, “U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units,” Washington Examiner, October 2, 2011, http://washingtonexaminer.com/politics/2011/10/us-confirms-attacks-pakistani-military-units.

29 Max Boot, “Frenemies in Pakistan,” Weekly Standard, October 10, 2011, http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/frenemies-pakistan_594669.html.

30 Sara A. Carter, “U.S. confirms attacks by Pakistani military units,” op. cit.

31 Max Boot, “Frenemies in Pakistan,” op. cit.

32 Neil Munro, “Free for all: Up to 20,000 anti-aircraft missiles stolen in Libya,” Daily Caller, September 27, 2011, http://dailycaller.com/2011/09/27/free-for-all-up-to-20000-anti-aircraft-missiles-stolen-in-libya/.

33 Brian Ross and Matthew Cole, “Nightmare in Libya: Thousands of Surface-to-Air Missiles Unaccounted for,” ABCNews.com, September 27, 2011,. http://abcnewsgo.com/Blotter/nightmare-libya-20000-surface-air-missiles-missing/story?id=14610199.

34 Neil Munro, “Free for all: Up to 20,000 anti-aircraft missiles stolen in Libya,” op. cit.

35 “Iran ‘discreetly aided Libyan rebels,’” AFP, August 28, 2011, http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jj6m9cMuH8ZXj5AgMQLjLVHFDhlA?docId=CNG.9b666507647200654b641466e2317b3d.501..

1 Katherine Bradley, “Confronting the Unsustainable Growth of Welfare Entitlements: Principles of Reform and the Next Steps,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #2427, June 24, 2010, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/06/confronting-the-unsustainable-growth-of-welfare-entitlements-principles-of-reform-and-the-next-steps.

2 Ed Feulner, “A better way to reform welfare,” Washington Times, April 5, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/5/a-better-way-to-reform-welfare/.

3 Katherine Bradley, “Confronting the Unsustainable Growth of Welfare Entitlements: Principles of Reform and the Next Steps,” op. cit.

4 Jack Dolan, “Welfare recipients get $12,000 from strip club ATMs,” Los Angeles Times, July 1, 2010, http://articles.latimes.com/2010/jul/01/local/la-me-welfare-20100701.

5 Mark Weaver, “FFX Subsidized Housing Tenants Live Large On Your Dime,” WMAL.com, http://www.wmal.com/Article.asp?id=2225336.

6 Dinesh D’Souza, “10 Great Things,” National Review Online, July 2, 2003, http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/207396/10-great-things-dinesh-dsouza.

7 Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield, “Understanding Poverty in the United States: Surprising Facts About America’s Poor,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #2607, September 13, 2011, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2011/09/understanding-poverty-in-the-united-states-surprising-facts-about-americas-poor.

8 Ibid.

9 Robert Rector, “How Poor Are America’s Poor? Examining the ‘Plague’ of Poverty in America,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #2604, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/08/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-plague-of-poverty-in-america.

10 “The Father Factor,” National Fatherhood Initiative, http://www.fatherhood.org/media/consequences-of-father-absence-statistics.

11 Information formerly available at http://beta2.tbo.com/news/opinion/2008/apr/04/pa-the-welfare-system-needs-an-exit-plan-ar-132691/.

12 Robert Rector, “Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #2465, September 16, 2010, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/09/marriage-america-s-greatest-weapon-against-child-poverty

13 Katherine Bradley, “Confronting the Unsustainable Growth of Welfare Entitlements: Principles of Reform and the Next Steps,” op. cit.

14 Ibid.

15 Ibid.

16 Ed Feulner, “A Better Way to Reform Welfare,” Washington Times, April 5, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/apr/5/a-better-way-to-reform-welfare/.

17 Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield, “Understanding Poverty in the United States: Surprising Facts About America’s Poor,” op. cit.

18 James Bovard, “The Food-Stamp Crime Wave,” Wall Street Journal, June 23, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304657804576401412033504294.html.

19 Ibid.

20 Ibid.

21 Ibid.

22 Jason Stein, “State takes 1,200 Milwaukee County inmates off FoodShare,” JSOn-line. com, September 24, 2011, http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/130511318.html.

23 Dawson Bell, “Michigan wants lotto winner off food stamps,” USA Today, May 19, 2011, http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-05-19-lottery-winner-food-stamps_n.htm.

24 Scott Shifrel, “$8 million food stamp fraud mastermind pleads guilty to scam,” New York Daily News, August 10, 2011, http://articles.nydailynews.com/2011-08-10/news/29890597_1_food-stamp-mail-fraud-guilty-plea.

25 Craig Schneider and Tammy Joyner, “Housing crisis reaches full boil in East Point; 62 injured,” AJC.com, August 11, 2010, http://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta/housing-crisis-reaches-full-589653.html.

26 Katherine Bradley, “Confronting the Unsustainable Growth of Welfare Entitlements: Principles of Reform and the Next Steps,” op. cit.

27 Robert Rector and Rachel Sheffield, “Understanding Poverty in the United States: Surprising Facts About America’s Poor,” op. cit.

28 “A Sad Day for Poor Children,” New York Times, August 1, 1996.

29 Ed Feulner, “A Better Way to Reform Welfare,” op. cit.

30 Ibid.

31 “The Welfare Reform Act of 2011,” RSC, http://rsc.jordan.house.gov/Solutions/wra.htm; and Katherine Bradley, “Picking Up Where ’96 Welfare Reform Left Off,” National Review Online, March 17, 2011, http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/262372.

32 “H.R. 1167: Welfare Reform Act of 2011,” Republican Study Committee, March 2011, http://rsc.jordan.house.gov/UploadedFiles/Summary_WelfareReformAct.pdf.

33 Michael Peltier, “Florida to test all welfare recipients for drugs,” Reuters, May 31, 2011, http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/05/31/us-florida-welfare-drugs-idUSTRE74U6W320110531.

34 Ibid.

35 “Florida government defends requiring drug tests for welfare recipients,” CNN News Blogs, June 5, 2011, http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/06/05/florida-government-defends-requiring-drug-tests-for-welfare-recipients/.

36 Michael Peltier, “Florida to test all welfare recipients for drugs,” op. cit.

1 Lydia Saad, “Cost Is Foremost Healthcare Issue for Americans,” Gallup, September 23, 2009, http://www.gallup.com/poll/123149/cost-is-foremost-healthcare-issue-for-americans.aspx.

2 Melissa Allison, “Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz discusses turnaround,” Seattle Times, March 12, 2011,http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2014461881_starbucks13.html.

3 “Great Suppression II,” UBS, September 19, 2011, http://coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve &File_id=c968aed0-e358-451b-9f68-c98078f75156.

4 Ibid.

5 Sally Pipes, “The Best Jobs Program? Full Repeal Of ObamaCare,” Forbes, September 19, 2011, http://www.forbes.com/sites/sallypipes/2011/09/19/the-best-jobs-program-full-repeal-of-obamacare/.

6 Sam Baker, “HHS grants 106 new healthcare waivers,” The Hill Healthwatch, August 19, 2011, http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/177581-hhs-grants-106-new-healthcare-waivers.

7 Milton R. Wolf, “Obamacare waiver corruption must stop,” Washington Times, May 20, 2011, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/20/obamacare-waiver-corruption-must-stop/.

8 Grace-Marie Turner, James C. Capretta, Thomas P. Miller, and Robert E. Moffit, Why Obamacare is Wrong for America (New York: Broadside, 2011), 45.

9 Julian Pecquet and Sam Baker, “Spotlight back on healthcare law,” The Hill Healthwatch, September 27, 2011, http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/184293-spotlight-back-onto-health-law.

10 John Merline, “ObamaCare’s Growing List Of Broken Promises,” Investors.com, October 5, 2011, http://www.investors.com/NewsAndAnalysis/Article/587194/201110051841/ObamaCares-Broken-Promises.aspx.

11 Robert J. Samuelson, “Stuck in a vicious health-care cost circle,” Washington Post, September 29, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/stuck-in-a-vicious-health-care-cost-circle/2011/09/29/gIQAPoFd7K_blog.html.

12 “Health Reform Will Create 400,000 Jobs ‘Almost Immediately,’” ReaClearPolitics. com, February 25, 2010, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2010/02/25/pelosi_health_reform_will_create_400000_jobs_almost_immediately.html.

13 Grace-Marie Turner, “ObamaCare’s job-killing impact is just getting started,” Chicago Tribune, April 1, 2010, http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2010-04-01/news/ct-oped-0402-business-20100401_1_drug-benefits-drug-program-tax-change.

14 Examiner Editorial, “Obamacare would hurt small business,” Washington Examiner, July 12, 2009, http://washingtonexaminer.com/editorials/2009/07/obamacare-would-hurt-small-business.

15 Sally Pipes, “The Best Jobs Program? Full Repeal Of ObamaCare,” op. cit.

16 J. Lester Feder & Kate Nocera, “CBO: Health law to shrink workforce by 800,000,” Politico, February 10, 2011, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49273.html.

17 Kathryn Nix, “House Education and Workforce Committee: Obamacare Is a Job Killer,” Heritage Foundation The Foundry, February 17, 2011, http://blog.heritage.org/2011/02/17/house-education-and-workforce-committee-obamacare-is-a-job-killer/.

18 John Merline, “ObamaCare’s Growing List Of Broken Promises,” op. cit.

19 Marissa Cevallos, “One in three employers may drop health benefits, report says,” Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2011, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/07/news/la-heb-healthcare-employer-20110607.

20 Examiner Editorial, “Scary truth about Obamacare keeps seeping out,” Washington Examiner, September 25, 2011, http://washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2011/09/scary-truth-about-obamacare-keeps-seeping-out.

21 Jeffrey H. Anderson, “CBO: Obamacare Would Cost Over $2 Trillion,” Weekly Standard, March 18, 2010, http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/blogs/cbo-obamacare-would-cost-over-2-trillion.

22 Editorial, “The Uninsured,” New York Times, August 22, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/opinion/23sun1.html?pagewanted=print.

23 Betsy McCaughey, Obama Health Law: What It Says And How to Overturn It (New York: Encounter Books, 2010), 15.

24 Ibid., 50.

25 The Honorable Tom Feeney, “Interstate Competition and Choice in Health Insurance: The American Way,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #2386, March 16, 2010, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/03/interstate-competition-and-choice-in-health-insurance-the-american-way.

26 Review & Outlook, “The Competition Cure,” Wall Street Journal, August 23, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203550604574360923109310680.html..

27 Ed Moirressey, “Tort reform the key to cutting health-care costs?” HotAir.com, July 30, 2009, http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/30/tort-reform-the-key-to-cutting-health-care-costs/.

28 Ibid.

29 Jim Angle, “GOP-Proposed Tort Reform Would Reduce Health Care Costs, Analysts Say,” FoxNews.com, March 3, 2010, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/03/gop-proposed-tort-reform-reduce-health-care-costs-analysts-say/.

1 “Border States Deal With more Illegal Immigrant Crime Than Most, Data Suggest,” FoxNews.com, April 30, 2010, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/29/border-states-dealing-illegal-immigrant-crime-data-suggests/.

2 Jack Martin and Eric Ruark, “The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers,” Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), July 2010 (rev. February 2011), http://www.fairus.org/site/DocServer/USCostStudy_2010.pdf?docID=4921.

3 “Criminal Alien Statistics: Information on Incarcerations, Arrests, and Costs,” United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters, March 2011, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11187.pdf.

4 Solomon Moore, “Study Shows Sharp Rise in Latino Federal Convicts,” New York Times, February 18, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/us/19immig.html.

5 Ibid.

6 Terence P. Jeffrey, “Justice Department: Border Patrol Agents Assaulted Daily, Kidnappings Every 35 Hours in Phoenix, 1 in 5 Teens Using Drugs Predominantly Supplied by Mexican Traffickers,” CNSNews.com, April 28, 2010, http://www.cnsnews.com/node/64910.

7 “Al Qaeda seeks tie to local gangs,” Washington Times, September 28, 2004, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2004/sep/28/20040928-123346-3928r/.

8 Jana Winter, “Feds Issue Terror Watch for the Texas/Mexico Border,” FoxNews. com, May 26, 2010, http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/26/terror-alert-mexican-border/.

9 Ray Walser, Ph.D., Jena Baker McNeill, and Jessica Zuckerman, “The Human Tragedy of Illegal Immigration: Greater Efforts Needed to Combat Smuggling and Violence,” Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #2568, June 22, 2011, http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/06/The-Human-Tragedy-of-Illegal-Immigration-Greater-Efforts-Needed-to-Combat-Smuggling-and-Violence.

10 Caroline Black, “Illegal Immigrant Carlos Montano Charged with Killing Nun in Drunk Driving Crash,” CBSNews.com, August 4, 2010, http://www.cbsnewscom/2102-504083_162-20012650.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody..

11 Jack Martin and Eric Ruark, “The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers,” op. cit.

12 “Study: 70% of Texas’ illegal immigrant families receive welfare,” Chron.com, http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/04/study-70-of-texas-illegalimmigrant-families-receive-welfare/.

13 “Welfare Tab for Children of Illegal Immigrants Estimated at $600M in L.A. County,” FoxNews.com, January 19, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/19/welfare-tab-children-illegal-immigrants-estimated-m-la-county/.

14 “The Debate Over ‘Anchor Babies’ And Citizenship,” NPR Talk of the Nation, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129279863.

15 Nell Henderson, “Effect of Immigration on Jobs, Wages Is Difficult for Economists to Nail Down,” Washington Post, April 15, 2006, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401686.html.

16 Ibid.

17 Charles Kadlec, “The Great African-American Depression,” Forbes, September 6, 2011, http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2011/09/06/the-great-african-american-depression/.

18 David Jackson, “Obama’s line about alligators on the border draws fire,” USA Today, May 14, 2011, http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/05/obamas-line-about-alligators-on-the-border-draws-fire/1.

19 “Mexico Sees Record Drop in Remittances,” Associated Press, January 27, 2010, available at CBSNews.com, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/27/world/main6148649.shtml.

20 “Merit-based Permanent Immigration: A Look at Canada’s Point System,” Senate Republican Policy Committee, May 22, 2007, http://rpc.senate.gov/public/_files/052207MeritBasedImmigLookatCanadaPointSystemLB.pdf.

21 “The United States v Canada,” The Economist Democracy in America blog, May 20, 2011, http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/05/immigration.

22 “Merit-based Permanent Immigration: A Look at Canada’s Point System,” Senate Republican Policy Committee, op. cit.

23 Daniel B. Wood, “Where U.S.-Mexico border fence is tall, border crossings fall,” Christian Science Monitor, April 1, 2008, http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2008/0401/p01s05-usgn.html.

24 Ibid.

25 David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, “Obama’s illegal move on immigration,” Washington Post, September 2, 2011, http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-illegal-move-on-immigration/2011/09/01/gIQATKQexJ_story.html.

26 James R. Edwards, Jr., “Obama’s Backdoor Amnesty for 300,000 Immigrants,” Human Events, September 12, 2011, http://www.humanevents.com/articlephp?print=yes &id=46102.

27 Ibid.

28 Amy Woods, “Rep. King Upset With Amnesty for Obama Uncle,” NewsMax.com, September 10, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/RepKing-Upset-Amnesty-ObamaUncle/2011/09/10/id/410436.

29 Hans von Spakovsky, “Pampering Illegals, Endangering Americans: The Obama Administration’s Immigration Policy,” Heritage Foundation The Foundry, August 9, 2010, http://blog.heritage.org/2010/08/09/pampering-illegals-endangering-americans-the-obama-administration%E2%80%99s-immigration-policy/. See also, www.iceunion.org/download/250cca-pbnds-letter.pdf.

1 Catherine Rampell, “Many With New College Degree Find the Job Market Humbling,” New York Times, May 18, 2011, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/19/business/economy/19grads.html?_r=1.

2 Associated Press, “Americans give record $295B to charity,” USA Today, June 25, 2007, http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-06-25-charitable_N.htm.

Afterword

1 L. Gordon Crovitz, “Steve Jobs’s Advice for Obama,” Wall Street Journal, October 31, 2011, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203687504577003763659779448.html.

2 X-PRIZE Foundation’s official website, see “Who we are” in the “About” section, http://www.xprize.org/about/who-we-are.