55. Jeanne Sahadi, “47% will pay no federal income tax,” CNNMoney.com, October 3, 2009; available online at http://money.cnn.com/2009/09/30/pf/taxes/who_pays_taxes/index.htm.
56. Benjamin Niolet, “Stimulus funds pay for monkey research in N.C.,”
57. Interview with WJR in Detroit, Michigan on October 7, 2009; facts available online at http://www.rushlimbaugh.com/home/daily/site_100809/content/01125107.guest.html.
58. Christopher Caldwell, “Islam on the Outskirts of the Welfare State,”
59. “The ‘Shameless’ generation of benefit addicts: Almost five million adults live in jobless homes,”
60. Remarks to the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, March 31, 2010; available online at http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=10150147642760012.
61. Pew Research Center, “A Balance Sheet at 30 Months: How the Great Recession Has Changed Life in America,” June 30, 2010; available online at http://pewsocialtrends.org/files/2010/11/759-recession.pdf.
62. Interview with Robert Costa of
63. Remarks during first inaugural address in Washington, D.C., January 20, 1981; available online at http://www.reaganfoundation.org/pdf/Inaugural_Address_012081.pdf.
64. Dennis Cauchon, “For Feds, More Get 6-Figure Salaries,”
65. Ibid.
66. Veronique de Rugy, “Interesting Data on Increasing Public Employment,”
67. The Bureau of Public Debt, “Careers With Us,” United States Department of the Treasury; available online at http://www.publicdebt.treas.gov/careers/careers_with_us.htm.
68. Dennis Cauchon, “Federal workers earning double their private counterparts,”
69. Ibid.
70. “Charlie’s Ways and Means,”
71. Kerry Picket, “Rangel to TWT: I don’t deal in average American citizens,”
72. Remarks at a town hall meeting in Hayward, California, August 2, 2010; available online at http://www.breitbart.tv/congressman-at-town-hall-the-federal-government-can-do-most-anything-in-this-country/.
73. Remarks to the National Press Club at a luncheon, July 24, 2009; facts available online at http://www.cnsnews.com/node/51610 and http://press.org/speakers/speakers-press-club/luncheon-archive.