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abuse of power in, 53–54, 73, 75–76, 97, 120, 142, 204–5

  checks and balances in, 23

  complexity of, 76–78, 92

  consolidation of power in, 9, 15, 55, 76, 97, 117, 121

  data collection by, 198

  debts of, 101–3

  distrust of, 23, 54, 92, 97, 117, 119, 178

  employees of, 72; see also civil servants

  empty promises in, 206–11

  expansion of, 25, 55–56, 77, 105, 129, 137, 213, 215

  information sharing within, 96–97

  limits on, 12, 129, 137, 163

  and marriage, 22–23, 120

  as opposite of liberty, 75, 76, 199, 204

  out of control, 97–98, 128

  and privacy invasion, 95–97, 128–29, 200

  private contractors used by, 96–97

  roles of, 2–3, 8, 20

  skepticism of, 54, 97, 119

  stealing by, 10–12

  surveillance authorities of, 9, 74, 117, 119, 126–29, 135–36, 189–90

  as Them vs. Us, 55, 73, 219, 221

  Graham, Lindsey, 75, 129–30, 140

  grass roots:

  civil disobedience, 110

  critics of government, 83, 149, 160, 194, 212, 213

  and elections, 157–58

  libertarians, 56, 219

  and social media, 147, 203

  and Tea Party, 56, 62–63, 213

  Grateful Dead, 43–44, 110, 126

  Great Recession, 105, 106–7, 109

  Green Party, 149

  Gross, T. Scott, 115

  Grove City College, 35–37, 148

  GSE Bailout Elimination and Taxpayer Protection Act (2011), 186–87

  Guardian, 130, 136, 149

  Haidt, Jonathan, 19

  Hamilton, Alexander, 196

  Harvard University, survey by, 118–19

  Hastert, Denny, 211–13

  Hayek, Friedrich A., 4, 6, 153, 155

  on government planning, 92, 123–24

  on monetary policy, 192

  on social justice, 15

  on the “spontaneous order,” 44, 125

  “Why I Am Not a Conservative,” 23–24

  Health and Human Services (HHS), U.S. Department of, 87, 96, 112

  health care:

  accountability in, 84

  control of, 84–85

  distance between patient and doctor, 85, 180

  employer-sponsored insurance, 85, 87

  government takeover of, 171–72, 213, 215

  and identity theft, 94

  Medicare, 89, 103, 181, 183, 215

  patients in charge of, 179–80

  portability of, 114

  and pre-existing conditions, 86, 114

  privacy of records, 90

  rationing services (“death panels”), 86

  and taxes, 85

  third party payers in, 179

  see also ObamaCare

  Healthcare.gov, 91, 112, 118

  Hensarling, Jeb, 186

  Hentoff, Nat, 129

  Holder, Eric, 63, 137, 144–45

  Holocaust, 39–42

  Homeland Security, Department of, 93

  Hoover, J. Edgar, 52, 53, 65, 76, 128

  Hope and Change Agenda, 109

  Huckabee, Mike, 144

  Hunt, H. L., 65

  IBM, 87

  identity theft, 94–95

  Identity Theft Resource Center, 94

  Ingram, Sarah Hall, 71

  insider trading, 174

  Institute for Humane Studies, 37

  Institute for Justice, 197

  insurance companies, and health care, 85, 86, 87, 92

  intellectual property, 202–3

  Internal Revenue Service (IRS), 58–68

  abolishment of, 177–78

  and civil forfeitures, 198–99

  complex laws of, 78, 81, 177–78

  and Data Hub, 93–97

  and discrimination scandal, 90, 95, 99, 116

  enforcement powers of, 90

  establishment of, 80

  expanding power of, 213

  and identity theft, 94–95

  income tax, 80, 177

  misconduct hearing, 91

  and ObamaCare, 70, 75, 89–91, 94, 109

  and penalties, 94

  as political weapon, 59–66, 67, 68, 70–71, 72, 74, 82, 90, 95, 99–100, 226

  and privacy invasion, 90, 94, 200–201

  school reports to, 62

  Search Warrant Handbook, 200–201

  tax code, 79–83, 177–78

  and tax-exempt status, 58–61, 67, 78

  Internet:

  access to, 147, 200

  and censorship, 203–4

  control of, 200, 202, 203–4

  government undermined by, 25, 151, 202, 226–27

  influence of social media, 144, 145–50, 214

  and intellectual property, 203

  and right to know, 199–204

  structures disrupted by, 97–98, 123, 125–26, 143, 146, 150, 199

  surveillance via, 126–27, 130

  Issa, Darrell, 64

  jazz, 30–31, 44, 125

  Jefferson, Thomas, 54–55, 129, 194, 196, 223

  job creation, 105

  “Join, Or Die,” 225

  justice, 7–8, 14–16, 130

  JWeekly, 41

  karma, 19

  Kelo v. City of New London, 197–98

  Kennedy, John F. (JFK), 65, 67

  Kennedy, Robert F. (RFK), 52, 65

  Kenney, Karen, 61

  Kerry, John, 183

  Keynes, John Maynard, 84, 101–2, 175

  General Theory of Employment, Interest and Money, 102

  Kibbe, Barbara (mother), 27–28

  Kibbe, Matt:

  Give Us Liberty (coauthor), 19

  Hostile Takeover, 6

  Kibbe, Sumner (father), 35

  Kibbe, Terry (wife), 37

  King, Martin Luther Jr. (MLK), 26, 50–55, 141

  “I Have a Dream,” 50–51, 54, 55

  IRS audits of, 65, 82, 100

  and March on Washington, 50, 148

  targeted by FBI, 51–53, 65, 100

  King, Peter, 134

  Klausner, Manny, 217

  knowledge:

  decentralization of, 25–26

  as power, 152

  right to know, 146, 199–204

  Kotlikoff, Laurence, 181

  Kutcher, Ashton, 17

  Lavoie, Don, 123

  law:

  complexity of, 82–83, 94, 97, 177

  compliance with, 173–75

  rule of, 11

  social processes made into, 21, 199

  Leahy, Pat, 201

  Led Zeppelin, 35

  Lee, Geddy, 34, 38, 40, 42

  Lee, Mike, 176, 201, 211

  author’s interviews with, 152, 154–55, 159, 168–69

  Leno, Jay, 131

  Lerner, Lois, 58–59, 62, 63, 67–68, 71, 76, 78, 128

  liberals, 120

  libertarianism, 56, 149, 156

  and CNN poll, 119

  and conservatism, 164, 217–18

  IRS targets of, 72

  Non-Aggression Principle in, 7–9

  and Peart, 46

  and questions asked, 170–73

  twelve-step agenda of, 173–204, 205

  liberty:

  individual responsibility for, 12–16

  and opportunity, 19–20

  protection of, 55, 226

  and rule of law, 11

  rules for, see Rules for Liberty

  weight of, 16, 26, 227

  Lifeson, Alex, 30, 40

  Lincoln Memorial, 50–51, 54

  live-and-let-live attitude, 20–23

  lobbyists, 69–71, 77, 80–81, 87, 104, 116, 122, 184

  Madison, James:

  as architect of founding generation, 223

  and Bill of Rights, 134–35

  Federalist #51, 12, 143

  and propert
y rights, 196

  and war, 194

  March on Washington (1963), 50, 148

  marriage, definitions of, 22–23, 120

  Marv’s Place, 222

  Massie, Thomas, 211

  author’s interviews with, 152, 154, 156–57, 158, 160, 165, 166–67, 168

  Matthews, Chris, 47

  McCain, John, 107, 116, 139–40, 150, 216, 218

  McConnell, Mitch, 141

  McCullagh, Declan, 200

  Meco, 29, 30

  media:

  control of, 116, 128

  news sources of, 145, 159

  Medicaid, 181

  Medicare, 89, 103, 181, 183, 215

  Mencken, H. L., 38, 206

  Menger, Carl, 124

  Mercury Records, 30, 34

  Merkel, Angela, 127

  Miles, Barry, 39–40, 42

  military, lethal force on U.S. soil, 138

  military intervention, expansion of, 122

  Miller, Stephen, 90, 91

  Mises, Ludwig von, 17–18, 124, 148, 153, 217

  Human Action, 35, 36, 75–76

  monetary policy, 190–93

  money, corruption of, 166–67, 213

  monopoly market power, 77–78

  Mother Jones, 111–12

  Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 31

  Mullen, Mike, 195

  music, 27–35, 38–46, 49, 125

  Napolitano, Andrew, 136

  national debt, 175–77, 195, 215–16

  National Public Radio, 60

  National Security Agency (NSA):

  court orders violated by, 134

  power of, 9, 213

  recent scandal of, 95

  spying on citizens, 74, 117, 119, 127, 130–31, 136, 161, 189–90

  National Treasury Employees Union, 68, 70

  Nazi party, 40–42, 45

  neo-conservatives, 120

  neo-liberals, 120

  New London, eminent domain in, 197–98

  New Music Express (NME), 39, 40

  Nixon, Richard M.:

  abuse of power by, 66, 128, 135

  impeachment of, 66

  IRS used as weapon by, 65–66, 67, 99

  and media, 116

  military draft ended by, 99

  Non-Aggression Principle (NAP), 7–9

  Obama, Barack, 4, 14, 22, 48, 57–58, 168, 171

  broken promises of, 87–88, 113, 116, 117, 128, 209, 215–16

  cult of, 122

  and education, 107

  and health care, see ObamaCare

  and presidential elections, 62–64, 76, 107, 116, 215

  and privacy, 75, 127–28, 129, 131–32, 134

  and socialism, 121

  and war, 193, 194

  and young people, 117–18

  Obama administration:

  credibility lost by, 132

  cyber-surveillance by, 127, 130–32, 149, 161–62, 189

  and drone strikes, 135, 140, 144

  and IRS, 67, 68, 116

  and presidential power, 137–41

  and scandals, 116–17

  ObamaCare, 83–97, 100–104, 129

  complexity of, 77, 85, 92–93, 94, 97

  costs of, 85–87, 112, 113

  and Data Hub, 93–97

  delays in, 76, 89, 94, 172, 209

  employer mandate in, 89

  empty promises in, 208–10

  and entitlement, 181

  exemptions from, 70–71, 75, 87–89, 174–75

  individual mandate in, 86–87, 100, 103–4, 105, 112–13, 180

  and IRS, 70, 75, 89–91, 94, 109

  and Medicare, 181

  privacy invaded by, 74–75, 95–97

  private contractors as patient navigators in, 96–97

  protests against, 110–12

  state compliance with, 89

  universal coverage of, 180

  unpopularity of, 91, 97, 118, 179

  wealth transfer in, 69–71, 100–101, 103–4, 114, 117

  and young people, 86–87, 100–101, 103–4, 109–15, 117–18

  O’Connor, Sandra Day, 197

  O’Donnell, Lawrence, 139

  Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 71, 88, 93

  opportunity, 18–20

  Parks, Rosa, 141–42

  Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, see ObamaCare

  Patriot Act, 9, 132, 134, 189, 215

  Paul, Rand, 148, 211

  author’s interviews with, 152, 159–61, 162–63, 167–68

  “A Clear Vision to Revitalize America,” 182

  “Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act,” 183

  and filibuster, 137–40, 143–45, 146, 147

  and presidential powers, 137–40, 145, 146

  Senate candidacy of, 44–45, 141

  and #StandWithRand, 143–44

  Paul, Ron, 37–38, 86

  Peace Corps, 93

  Peart, Neil, 33–34, 38, 39–40, 45–46, 48

  Pelosi, Nancy, 91–92, 174, 185, 208, 213, 215

  Planned Parenthood, 96

  police state, 189

  politics:

  and the corruption of money, 166–67, 213

  and empty promises, 206–11

  as end in itself, 214

  and power, 126, 128–29, 132, 137, 214–16

  power:

  absolute, 11, 23, 53

  and control, 204–5

  expansion of, 97–98

  fighting, 25–26

  knowledge and, 152

  and politics, 126, 128–29, 132, 137, 214–16

  see also government

  presidential elections:

  and broken promises, 210, 220

  day after, 221

  establishment candidates in, 116

  and government debt, 102

  and Internet, 144

  and IRS actions, 59, 62–64, 66, 100

  presidential power, abuse of, 99, 137–41, 145, 210, 213

  privacy:

  Fourth Amendment protection of, 75, 134, 201

  invasion of, 74–75, 90, 95–97, 126, 129, 131, 134, 200

  online, 201

  right to, 9, 97, 133, 189–90

  Private Property Rights Protection Act, 198

  progressives, 24, 54, 56, 60, 100–101, 104, 120

  promises, empty, 206–11, 215, 220

  property:

  civil forfeitures of, 198–99

  eminent domain abuse of, 197

  intellectual, 202–3

  property rights, 10–12, 196–99

  Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), 202

  Proust, Marcel, 79

  racial integration, 141–42

  Rand, Ayn, 4, 35, 46

  Anthem, 32–34, 38, 42, 45, 147

  Atlas Shrugged, 43

  Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, 35

  early years of, 42

  The Fountainhead, 33–34, 39

  on individual responsibility, 13–14, 40

  outgrowing the influence of, 47–48

  Paul influenced by, 44–45

  Rush influenced by, 28, 32, 33–34, 38, 43, 45

  We the Living, 154

  rattlesnake tattoo, 223–25

  Rawls, John, A Theory of Justice, 15

  Reagan, Ronald, 217–18

  Reid, Harry, 171, 174, 176, 208

  Republican Party, 107–9, 121–22, 144, 163, 164, 209, 213, 214–15

  responsibility, 12–16, 26, 58, 84

  Reuther, Victor, 65

  Revenue Act (1861), 80

  Richelieu, Cardinal, 74

  right to know, 146, 199–204

  Rogge, Ben, 21

  Rolling Stones, 35, 43

  Romney, Mitt, 62, 100, 107, 116, 220

  Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 15

  wage and price controls, 84–85, 86, 179

  Roosevelt, Theodore, 120

  Rothbard, Murray, 7

  Rove, Karl, 209, 220

  Rubenstein, Manya, 41–42

  Rubin, Jerry, 110<
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  Rules for Liberty, 5–6

  Don’t hurt people, 7–9

  Don’t take people’s stuff, 10–12

  Fight the power, 23–26

  Mind your own business, 20–23

  Take responsibility, 12–16

  Work for it, 16–20

  Rush, 46, 125

  All the World’s a Stage, 29, 30

  and Ayn Rand, 28, 32, 33–34, 38, 43, 45

  Caress of Steel, 34

  Clockwork Angels, 45

  and critics, 39–40, 42, 45

  “Something for Nothing,” 49

  “Spirit of Radio,” 44, 45

  2112, 27–30, 34, 38, 43, 45, 49, 147, 148, 218

  “Tom Sawyer,” 45

  Rustin, Bayard, 52

  Ryan, Paul, 144

  Salvi, Al, 67–68

  Sanger, David E., 116

  Scarboro, Jonathan, 112

  Schumer, Chuck, 176

  Schweikert, David, 211

  author’s interviews with, 152, 154, 158, 160, 161–62, 165–66, 169

  Schweizer, Peter, 212

  Scottish Enlightenment, 124

  search warrants, 136, 200, 201

  Sebelius, Kathleen, 112

  self-determination, 55

  Senate Intelligence Committee, 130–31

  Sennholz, Hans, 36, 37, 192

  Sensenbrenner, Jim, 134

  September 11 attacks, 132, 167–68

  Shulman, Douglas, 79

  Sixteenth Amendment, and income tax, 80, 177

  Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), 88

  Smith, Adam, 4, 36, 124

  on justice, 7–8

  The Theory of Moral Sentiments, 6, 10

  The Wealth of Nations, 101, 102

  Smith, Vernon, 6

  Snowden, Edward, 130

  social class distinctions, 19

  social intelligence, 123

  socialism, 24, 120–21

  social justice, 15–16

  social media:

  control of, 200, 203

  influence of, 144, 145–50, 214

  knowledge disseminated by, 25–26

  structures disrupted by, 97–98, 151

  Social Security, 103, 181–83

  Social Security Administration, 93, 94–95

  Social Security Trust Fund, 182

  society, and civilization, 21

  Solidarity movement, 148

  Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 51, 52, 65

  special interests, 69–71

  Specter, Arlen, 209

  Spirit of ’76, 55

  “spontaneous order,” 44, 125

  #StandWithRand, 143–44

  states’ rights, 142

  status quo, challenging, 43

  stealing, 10–12

  STOCK Act, 174

  Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), 202

  Stop Watching Us, 149–50

  Streisand, Barbra, 29, 30

  Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 52

  Sullivan, William, 51

  Sunlight Foundation, 174

  Supreme Court, U.S.:

  Brown v. Board of Education, 141

  Kelo v. City of New London, 197–98

  surveillance:

  and FISA, 9, 135–36, 190, 215

  via Internet, 126–27, 130

  and NSA, 74, 117, 119, 127, 130–31, 136, 161, 189–90