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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.

Chapter Four.

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, fms.treas.gov/faq/moretopics_gifts.html.

3 Barbara Hollingsworth, ”Virginia's 'Tax Me More Fund' is a big flop,” Was.h.i.+ngton Examiner, March 29, 2010, was.h.i.+ngtonexaminer.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 Partners.h.i.+p for America's Economic Success, February 20, 2007, e tax,” a.s.sociated Press, April 7, 2010, available at MSNBC.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, /article/SB10001424052748703326204575616843991237032.html .

14 ”What Do Corporate Income Taxes Cost American Families?” Tax Watch, Tax Foundation, e_taxes_cost_families-20080818.pdf .

15 Ronald Reagan, ”Address to the Nation on the Economy,” February 5, 1981, transcript available at /Taxes/CutYourTaxes/HiddenTaxesYouPayEveryDay.aspx?page=2.

17 Scott Burns, ”US tax disparity may be flatter than it seems,” Boston Globe, January 28, 2007, /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, online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703514904575602943209741952.html#printMode.

19 David Brooks, ”The Genteel Nation,” New York Times, September 9, 2010, /2010/09/10/opinion/10brooks.html.

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

21 Ibid.

22 ”Solutions for America: Tax Reform,” Heritage Foundation, August 17, 2010,The 1600 Report, August 17, 2011, 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, 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, /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, /sites/janetnovack/2011/01/05/tax-waste-6-1-billion-hours-spent-complying-with-federal-tax-code/.

Chapter Five.

1 Quote available at Gerald R. Ford Quotes, , August 4, 2011, /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?” a.s.sociated Press, May 17, 2010, available at MSNBC.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, , July 7, 2011, /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, /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, /?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, 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 Prost.i.tutes in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi,” CNSNews.com, June 28, 2010, /node/68628.

10 ”Scores charged in ma.s.sive US healthcare fraud scams,” Reuters, September 8, 2011, 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, , September 5, 2010, /stories/2009/10/23/60minutes/main5414390.shtml.

13 Sharyl Attkisson, ”Federal fraud: Healthy workers took disability,” CBSNews.com, February 18, 2011, /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, 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, /magazine/content/11_10/b4218000828880.htm .

16 Stephen Ohlemacher, ”Can tiny changes save Social Security?” a.s.sociated Press, May 17, 2010, available at MSNBC.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, /mary-meeker-usa-inc-february-24-2011-2#-120.