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  38. Brett Molina, “Five Questions About the Business of Twitter,” USA Today, October 3, 2013, http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2013/10/03/five-questions-twitter-s1/2918277/ (accessed October 4, 2013).

  39. Sydney Brownstone, “Twitter vs. Mainstream Media: Science Proves Which Breaks News Faster,” Fastcoexist.com, July 9, 2013, http://www.fastcoexist.com/1682521/twitter-vs-mainstream-media-science-proves-which-breaks-news-faster (accessed October 4, 2013).

  40. Roy Morejon, “How Social Media is Replacing Traditional Journalism as a News Source,” Social Media Today, June 28, 2012, http://socialmediatoday.com/roymorejon/567751/how-social-media-replacing-traditional-journalism-news-source (accessed August 22, 2013).

  41. John Perry Barlow, Closing Keynote Address at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, June 8, 2013.

  42. Jim Newell, “Thousand Gather in Washington for Anti-NSA ‘Stop Watching Us’ Rally,” Guardian, October 26, 2013, http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/26/nsa-rally-stop-watching-washington-snowden (accessed November 6, 2013).

  Chapter 8: Twelve Steps

  1. “David Brooks Warns About ‘the Rise of Ted Cruz-ism,’ ” Real Clear Politics, video, September 15, 2013, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2013/09/14/david_brooks_warns_about_the_rise_of_ted_cruz-ism.html (accessed September 30, 2013).

  2. Daniel Politi, “Harry Reid: ‘The American People Will Not Be Extorted by Tea Party Anarchists,’ ” Slate, September 28, 2013, http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2013/09/28/harry_reid_on_shutdown_american_people_will_not_be_extorted_by_tea_party.html (accessed September 30, 2013).

  3. Sam Baker, “Baucus Warns of ‘Huge Train Wreck’ Enacting ObamaCare Provisions,” The Hill, April 17, 2013, http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/294501-baucus-warns-of-huge-train-wreck-in-obamacare-implementation (accessed September 30, 2013).

  4. Barbara Hagenbaugh and Sue Kirchhoff, “Timothy Geithner Says He Regrets Tax Mistakes,” USA Today, January 22, 2009, http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/economy/2009-01-21-geithner-hearing_N.htm (accessed October 9, 2013).

  5. Newsmax, “60 Minutes Uncovers Pelosi’s Insider Stock Trades,” November 13, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/insidecover/pelosi-stock-insider-60minutes/2011/11/13/id/417848 (accessed December 5, 2013).

  6. S. 2038 (112th): STOCK Act, http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s2038 (accessed September 23, 2013).

  7. Stephen Dinan, “Congress Votes to Shield Top Officials’ Financial Disclosures,” Washington Times, April 12, 2013, http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2013/apr/12/senate-votes-shield-top-officials-financial-disclo/?page=1 (accessed September 30, 2013).

  8. Elise Viebeck, “GOP Bill Hits Alleged ObamaCare Exemption Talks,” The Hill, April 26, 2013, http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/296489-gop-bill-hits-alleged-obamacare-exemption-talks#ixzz2RbQ3O72J (accessed September 23, 2013).

  9. Matt Kibbe, Hostile Takeover (New York: HarperCollins, 2012), 1.

  10. S. J. Res. 1 (113th): Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Requiring That the Federal Budget Be Balanced, http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c113:S.J.RES.1.IS: (accessed September 24, 2013).

  11. Congressional Budget Office, “The 2013 Long-Term Budget Outlook,” http://www.cbo.gov/publication/44521 (accessed September 27, 2013).

  12. “Sen. Ted Cruz Leading the Charge on Abolishing the IRS,” Fox News, video, June 3, 2013, http://video.foxnews.com/v/2429567001001/sen-ted-cruz-leading-the-charge-on-abolishing-the-irs (accessed September 23, 2013).

  13. National Center for Policy Analysis, “The Medicare/Social Security Trustees Spring Report: A Bleak Future,” http://www.ncpa.org/pdfs/A_Bleak_Future.pdf (accessed September 30, 2013).

  14. Joseph Lawler, “Economist Laurence Kotlikoff: U.S. $222 Trillion in Debt,” Real Clear Policy, December 1, 2013, http://www.realclearpolicy.com/blog/2012/12/01/economist_laurence_kotlikoff_us_222_trillion_in_debt_363.html (accessed September 27, 2013).

  15. Rand Paul, A Clear Vision to Revitalize America, March 22, 2013, http://www.paul.senate.gov/files/documents/FY2014Budget.pdf (accessed September 23, 2013).

  16. S. 2196 (112th): Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act, http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/s2196# (accessed September 23, 2013).

  17. Peter Suderman, “Rand Paul, Jim DeMint, and Mike Lee’s Medicare Plan Is a Challenge to Both Sides of the Health Care Debate,” Reason, March 16, 2012, http://reason.com/blog/2012/03/16/rand-paul-jim-demint-and-mike-lees-medic (accessed September 23, 2013).

  18. “Transcript of Speaker Pelosi’s Speech,” New York Times, September 29, 2008, http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/30/washington/30pelositranscript.html?pagewanted=all (accessed September 30, 2013).

  19. “Hensarling Re-Introduces Legislation to End Taxpayer Funded Bailout of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac,” March 18, 2011, http://hensarling.house.gov/news/press-releases/2011/03/hensarling-re-introduces-legislation-to-end-taxpayer-funded-bailout-of-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac.shtml (accessed September 23, 2013).

  20. Press Release, “Congressmen Write Landmark Surveillance Reform,” Office of Congressman Justin Amash, October 29, 2013, http://amash.house.gov/press-release/congressmen-write-landmark-surveillance-reform (accessed December 6, 2013).

  21. Katrina Trinko, “The Phone Lines Melt,” National Review, September 6, 2013, http://www.nationalreview.com/article/357771/phone-lines-melt-katrina-trinko (accessed December 15, 2013).

  22. CNN Wire Staff, “Mullen: Debt Is Top National Security Threat,” CNN, August 27, 2010, http://www.cnn.com/2010/US/08/27/debt.security.mullen/index.html?_s=PM:US (accessed December 5, 2013).

  23. Susette Kelo, et al., Petitioners v. City of New London, Connecticut, et al., 04-108 U.S. (2005), available at http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=000&invol=04-108 (accessed September 30, 2013).

  24. Bob Ewing, “Taken: Federal Lawsuit in Michigan Challenges Forfeiture Abuse,” Institute for Justice, September 25, 2013, http://www.ij.org/michigan-civil-forfeiture-release-9-25-2013 (accessed October 1, 2013).

  25. Joel Brinkley, “What Tyrants Fear Most: Social Media,” Chicago Tribune, November 27, 2012, http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2012-11-27/opinion/sns-201211271500—tms—amvoicesctnav-c20121127-20121127_1_social-media-bloggers-president-alexander-lukashenko (accessed December 16, 2013).

  26. Scott Gottlieb, “Suit Alleges IRS Improperly Seized 60 Million Personal Medical Records,” Forbes, May 15, 2013, http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottgottlieb/2013/05/15/the-irs-raids-60-million-personal-medical-records (accessed October 3, 2013).

  27. Declan McCullagh, “IRS Claims It Can Read Your E-mail without a Warrant,” CNET, April 10, 2013, http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-57578839-38/irs-claims-it-can-read-your-e-mail-without-a-warrant/ (accessed October 3, 2013).

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  Chapter 9: Not a One-Night Stand

  1. George Jean Nathan and Ho Lo Mencken, “Repetition Generals,” The Smart Set, December 1919, p.71.

  2. Jill Lawrence, “Former House Leaders Say the Current Group Has It Rough,” National Journal, September 23, 2013, http://www.nationaljournal.com/daily/former-house-leaders-say-the-current-group-has-it-rough-20130923 (accessed November 4, 2013).

  3. Peter Schweizer, Throw Them All Out (Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2011).

  4. Grace Wyler and Z
eke Miller, “Beyond Insider Training: Here’s How Members of Congress Get Rich off Earmarks,” November 15, 2011, http://www.businessinsider.com/congress-insider-trading-earmarks-real-estate-nancy-pelosi-rich-tax-payer-money-2011-11?op=1#ixzz2jPlZMcXW (accessed November 4, 2013).

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  6. Matthew Yglesias, “It’s Worth Actually Reading Obama’s 2006 Debt Ceiling Speech,” Slate, October 9, 2013, http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2013/10/09/obama_s_2006_debt_ceiling_speech.html (accessed November 4, 2013).

  7. Jeffrey Lord, “Cruz Leads the Reaganite Rebellion,” American Spectator, September 24, 2013, http://spectator.org/archives/2013/09/24/cruz-leads-the-reaganite-rebel/print (accessed November 4, 2013).

  8. Manuel Klausner, “Inside Ronald Reagan,” Reason, July 1975, http://reason.com/archives/1975/07/01/inside-ronald-reagan (accessed November 4, 2013).

  9. Benjamin Franklin in a pseudonymous letter published in the Pennsylvania Journal on December 27, 1775.

  INDEX

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  accountability:

  and health care, 84

  and monetary policy, 185, 191, 192

  as personal responsibility, 13, 84

  and public knowledge, 152, 168, 185, 212

  of public officials, 24–25, 64, 193, 194

  secrecy as barrier to, 24–25, 136

  and war powers, 193, 194

  Acton, Lord, 5, 23

  Adams, Samuel, 26, 148, 223

  Affordable Care Act (ACA), see ObamaCare

  Alexander, Lamar, 176

  Alinsky, Saul, Rules for Radicals, 4–5, 40

  Amadeus (movie), 31

  Amash, Justin, 148, 190, 211

  author’s interviews with, 152, 155–56, 163–65

  American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 149, 162, 201

  American dream, 107

  Anthem Entertainment Group Inc., 45

  Atwater, Lee, 214

  Auschwitz concentration camp, 39–42

  Axelrod, David, 56, 64

  bailouts, 69, 184–87, 213, 216

  Barlow, John Perry, 126, 146

  Bastiat, Frédéric, 153

  Baucus, Max, 67, 172

  Beatles, 43

  beautiful chaos, 125

  Belsom, Dianne, 61

  Bill of Rights, 132–36, 196

  bin Laden, Osama, 145

  Boettke, Peter, 36–37

  Boston Marathon, 2013 bombing, 133–34

  Boston Tea Party (1773), 56, 148

  Brennan, John, 138

  Bridenstine, Jim, 157

  Brinkley, Joel, 200

  British Petroleum (BP), 77

  Brooks, David, 171

  Brown, Scott, 208

  Brown, Sherrod, 68

  Brown v. Board of Education, 141

  Buchanan, James, 101, 102

  budget:

  balancing, 175–77, 215

  and entitlements, 181

  Bull Moose Party, 120

  “Burn Your ObamaCare Card,” 110–12

  Bush, George W., 22, 67, 129, 155, 209, 215

  Bush, Jeb, 144

  campaign finance laws, 78, 211

  Camp, Dave, 70, 175

  capitalism, 19

  Captain & Tennille, 29, 30

  Carney, Tim, 68

  censorship, 129, 203–4

  Center for the Study of Market Processes, 37

  central bank, 191–92

  Chambliss, Saxby, 130

  Christie, Chris, 144

  Churchill, Winston, 168–69

  Citizens for a Sound Economy (CSE), 37–38

  civil forfeitures, 198–99

  civilization, 21

  civil liberties, curtailment of, 122, 128, 129–32, 134, 137, 203, 213

  civil rights, protection of, 129, 132, 142–43

  Civil Rights Act (1957), 142

  civil servants, 71–73

  and ambiguous rules, 177

  and health care, 83, 87–89, 93, 174–75

  job protection for, 72

  meaningless security clearances of, 95, 96–97

  power of, 127

  tenure of, 91

  Civil War, U.S., and taxes, 80

  Clapper, James, 131

  classical liberals, 120

  Clean Air Act, 82

  Clinton, Bill, 67, 112

  Clinton, Hillary, 4, 167–68

  CNN, 119

  Coca-Cola, 77

  Code Pink, 149

  coercion, 76

  Color of Change, 149

  Coltrane, John, 31, 44, 125

  Committee to Protect Journalists, 116

  community, cohesion of, 14, 16

  community service, 13, 22

  compassionate conservatism, 22

  complexity, 76–78

  of federal tax code, 79–83, 177

  of ObamaCare, 77, 85, 92–93, 94, 97

  “Complexity Industrial Complex,” 77

  compromise, 47, 48–49

  compulsion, 76, 82

  Congress, U.S.:

  and acts of war, 193–94

  and broken promises, 210–11

  and the Constitution, 136

  and federal budget, 175–77

  political will missing from, 204

  spending favors to members of, 215

  conservatives:

  as IRS targets, 60, 72

  and libertarians, 164, 217–18

  and progressives, 24

  usage of term, 120

  Constitution, U.S., 129, 205

  and Bill of Rights, 132–36, 196

  and Congress, 136

  copyright clause, 202–3

  and presidential powers, 209–10

  and property, 196–98

  contracts, 11

  control, 76, 84

  copyright protection, 202–3

  Cox, Stephen, 42

  creative disruption, 30, 31–32, 125

  Cruz, Ted, 148, 171, 178, 211

  author’s interviews with, 152, 153, 157–58, 164, 165, 169

  Cummings, Elijah, 78

  Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), 203–4

  Daily Kos, 149

  Davis, Danielle, 222–23

  Davis, Joel, 222–23

  Davis, Miles, 30–31, 44, 125

  “death panels,” 86

  debt ceiling, 176

  Debt Commission, 176

  Defense Department, U.S., 93

  Delta Air Lines, 77

  Democratic Party, 121–22, 213

  Douglas, Michael, 162

  drone strikes, 135, 137–41, 144

  due process, right to, 9, 135, 143

  Durbin, Dick, 67–68

  EBay, 199

  education:

  costs of, 106–7

  parental control of, 187–89

  Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), 201

  Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 126, 146, 204

  Ellis, Joseph J., 55

  Emanuel, Rahm, 132

  eminent domain, 197

  Enlightenment, 124

  entitlements, 181–83

  entrepreneurship, 17–18, 125

  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), 82

  Evans, William, 149

  fair use doctrine, 203

  faith-based initiative, 22

  Fannie Mae, 186–87

  Farmer, Robert, 45

  Federal Advisory Council, 106

  Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 51–53, 65, 100, 226

  Federal Data Services Hub, 93–97

  Federal Elections Commission (FEC), 67, 68

  Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (FEHBP), 70, 71, 88, 183<
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  Federalist, The, 12, 143

  Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC), 191

  Federal Reserve Act, amendment (1977), 191

  Federal Reserve System, 190–93

  federal sugar program, 81

  Feinstein, Dianne, 130

  Ferguson, Andrew, 124

  Fifth Amendment:

  due process clause, 135

  and privacy, 189

  and self-incrimination, 135

  takings clause, 196

  filibuster:

  Paul’s use of, 137–40, 143–45, 146, 147

  Thurmond’s use of, 141–42, 143

  First Amendment:

  freedom of the press, 133

  free speech, 63, 74, 78, 100, 128, 133, 204

  on redress of grievances, 17, 52

  religious freedom, 133

  right of assembly, 63

  flat tax, 178

  Forbes, Steve, 173

  Ford, Gerald R., 218

  Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 9, 135–36, 190, 215

  Foundation for Economic Education, 37

  Founders, 18, 55, 80, 198, 202

  Fourth Amendment:

  and privacy, 75, 134, 201

  searches and seizures, 133, 189

  Frank, Barney, 16

  Franklin, Benjamin, 9, 223–24, 225

  Freddie Mac, 186–87

  freedom:

  and community, 148

  free society, 123

  of the individual, 55, 128, 129

  and information, 126, 146, 148

  and music, 32, 33–35, 38

  not free, 43, 49

  power vs., 54

  principle of, 18

  protection of, 129

  responsibility of, 58

  and social intelligence, 123

  FreedomWorks, 38, 149, 157

  and “Burn Your ObamaCare Card,” 110–12

  critics of, 46–47, 212

  and federal budget, 176

  polling by, 108

  star tattoo, 223

  Free Enterprise Institute, 153

  Friedman, Milton, 153

  Game of Thrones, 172

  Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma), 26

  Garcia, Jerry, 44

  Garrow, David J., 52

  Geithner, Timothy, 174

  General Motors bailout, 185

  George Mason University (GMU), 37–38, 148

  Gerritson, Becky, 72–73

  Getty, J. Paul, 65

  Gibb, Andy, 29, 30

  Gillespie, Nick, 114

  Gingrich, Newt, 100

  Golden Rule, 23

  gold standard, 192

  government: