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3 Katherine Bradley, ”Confronting the Unsustainable Growth of Welfare Ent.i.tlements: 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, 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, /Article.asp?id=2225336.

6 Dinesh D'Souza, ”10 Great Things,” National Review Online, July 2, 2003, /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, /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, /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, /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, 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, /watchdog/130511318.html.

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

24 Scott s.h.i.+frel, ”$8 million food stamp fraud mastermind pleads guilty to scam,” New York Daily News, August 10, 2011, 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, /news/atlanta/housing-crisis-reaches-full-589653.html.

26 Katherine Bradley, ”Confronting the Unsustainable Growth of Welfare Ent.i.tlements: 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, rsc.jordan.house.gov/Solutions/wra.htm; and Katherine Bradley, ”Picking Up Where '96 Welfare Reform Left Off,” National Review Online, March 17, 2011, /blogs/print/262372.

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

33 Michael Peltier, ”Florida to test all welfare recipients for drugs,” Reuters, May 31, 2011, /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, 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.

Chapter Eight.

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

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

3 ”Great Suppression II,” UBS, September 19, 2011, 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, /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, thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/health-reform-implementation/177581-hhs-grants-106-new-healthcare-waivers.

7 Milton R. Wolf, ”Obamacare waiver corruption must stop,” Was.h.i.+ngton Times, May 20, 2011, /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, 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, /NewsAnda.n.a.lysis/Article/587194/201110051841/ObamaCares-Broken-Promises.aspx.

11 Robert J. Samuelson, ”Stuck in a vicious health-care cost circle,” Was.h.i.+ngton Post, September 29, 2011, /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, /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, 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,” Was.h.i.+ngton Examiner , July 12, 2009, was.h.i.+ngtonexaminer.com/editorials/2009/07/obamacare-would-hurt-small-business.