7 Jake Tapper, “White House Plays Hardball; Says Fired IG Walpin Was ‘Confused, Disoriented” Engaged in ‘Inappropriate Conduct,’” ABC News, Political Punch, June 16, 2009; available at: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/white-house-plays-hardball-says-fired-ig-walpin-was-confused-disoriented-engaged-in-inap-propriate-co.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
8 Byron York, “Fired AmeriCorps IG responds: White House charges are false,” Washington Examiner, June 17, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Fired-AmeriCorps-IG-responds-White-House-charges-are-false-48257187. html [accessed June 30, 2010].
9 Ibid.
10 Ibid.
11 Quin Hillyer, “IG Witness Blows Up White House Excuse,” The Washington Times, June 17, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtontimes.com/weblogs/watercooler/2009/jun/17/ig-witness-blows-white-house-excuse / [accessed June 30, 2010].
12 Byron York, “White House refuses to answer Senate questions on AmeriCorps IG firing,” Washington Examiner, June 17, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/NEW-White-House-refuses-to-answer-Senates-questions-on-AmeriCorps-IG-firing-48285832.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
13 Byron York, “AmeriCorps stonewalls questions of White House involvement in IG firing,” Washington Examiner, July 9, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/AmeriCorps-stonewalls-questions-of-White-House-involvement-in-IG-firing-50354822.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
14 Ibid.
15 Byron York, “Americorps IG sues government over ‘unlawful’ firing,” Washington Examiner, July 18, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/AmeriCorps-IG-sues-government-over-unlawful-firing-51094442.html. [accessed June 30, 2010].
16 Byron York, “Probe finds new clues in Americorps IG scandal,” Washington Examiner, July 31, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Probe-finds-new-clues-in-AmeriCorps-IG-scandal—52109667.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
17 Jake Tapper, “President Obama Fires Controversial Inspector General,” ABC News Political Punch, June 12, 2009; available at: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/president-obama-fires-controversial-inspector-general-.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
18 Byron York, “Probe finds new clues in Americorps IG scandal,” op. cit.
19 Byron York, “Walpin scandal update: Grassley blocks nomination, accuses administration of stonewalling,” Washington Examiner, September 21, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Walpin-scandal-update-Grassley-blocks-nomination-accuses-administration-of-stonewalling-60063967.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
20 Sam Stanton, “U.S. Attorney Rules in Favor of Federal Official Obama Fired,” Sacramento Bee, November 10, 2009; available at: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2009/11/1078657/us-attorney-rules-in-favor-of-.html [accessed July 7, 2010].
21 Editors, “Editorial: Walpin-gate Opens Wider,” The Washington Times, November 15, 2009; available at: http://www.washington-times.com/news/2010/jun/16/walpin-gate-swings-wide-open/ [accessed June 30, 2010].
22 Byron York, “Inspector General: Rhee visited me to intervene for Johnson,” The Washington Examiner, November 24, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Inspector-general_-Rhee-intervened-for-Johnson-8577747-71924762.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
23 Byron York, “Congressional Report: Rhee did ‘damage control’ after sex charges against fiance Kevin Johnson,” The Washington Examiner, November 20, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Exclusive-Congressional-Report-Rhee-did-damage-control-after-sex-charges-against-fiancee-Kevin-Johnson.html. [accessed June 30, 2010].
24 Ibid.
25 Byron York, “Grassley: ‘Evidence points’ to political motive in Americorps firing,” Washington Examiner, November 20, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Grassley-Evidence-points-to-political-motive-in-AmeriCorps-firing-70638472.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
26 Byron York, “New documents: White House scrambled to justify AmeriCorps firing after the fact,” The Washington Examiner, November 23, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/New-documents-White-House-scrambled-to-justify-AmeriCorps-firing-after-the-fact-71483647. html. [accessed June 30, 2010].
27 Ibid.
28 Byron York, “Did AmeriCorps official lie about possible First Lady link to IG firing?” The Washington Examiner, December 14, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/politics/Did-AmeriCorps-official-lie-about-possible-First-Lady-link-to-IG-firing-79209617.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
29 Byron York, “White House blocks testimony by former top aide to First Lady,” The Washington Examiner, December 22, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/White-House-blocks-testimony-by-former-top-aide-to-First-Lady—79891752. html [accessed June 30, 2010].
30 Byron York, “Walpin update: New charges of political motive in IG firing; prosecutor who aided Obama ally sought job from Obama,” Washington Examiner, March 2, 2010; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Walpin-update-New-charges-of-political-motive-in-IG-firing-prosecutor-who-aided-Obama-ally-sought-job-from-Obama-85949732.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
31 Editorial, “Obama’s Sacked Inspector General,” The Washington Times, November 25, 2009; available at: http://www.washington-times.com/news/2009/nov/25/obamas-sacked-inspector-general/ ?page=2 [accessed June 30, 2010].
32 Tom Hamburger and Peter Wallsten, “Dispute Grows Over TARP Chief’s Powers,” Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2009; available at: http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jun/18/nation/na-tarp-inspector18 [accessed June 30, 2010].
33 Jake Tapper and Matt Jaffe, “Treasury Department Challenges Independence of TARP Inspector General,” ABC News, Political Punch, June 18, 2009; available at: http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2009/06/treasury-department-challenges-independence-oftarp-inspector-general.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
34 Evan Perez and Deborah Solomon, “Treasury Retreats From Standoff With TARP Watchdog,” The Wall Street Journal, September 3, 2009; available at: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125193355469281319.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
35 Editorial, “Inspectors need independence,” Washington Times, August 23, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/aug/23/inspectors-need-independence/?feat=article_ related_stories [accessed June 30, 2010].
36 Byron York, “Walpin defeat means president can fire IGs at will,” The Washington Examiner, June 19, 2010; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/walpin-defeat-means-president-can-fire-igs-at-will-96714994.html [accessed June 30, 2010].
Chapter 12
1 Hibah Yousuf, “Economists: The stimulus didn’t help,” CNN-Money. com, April 26, 2010; available at: http://money.cnn.com/2010/04/26/news/economy/NABE_survey/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
2 Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, “Report Says Health Care Will Cover More, Cost More,” The Daily Caller, April 22, 2010; available at: http://dailycaller.com/2010/04/22/report-health-overhaul-will-increase-nations-tab/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
3 Steven Erlanger, Katrin Bennhold and David E. Sanger, “Debt Aid Package for Europe Took Nudge from Washington,” The New York Times, May 10, 2010; available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/11/business/global/11reconstruct.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
4 Howard Schneider and Scott Wilson, “President Obama Urges G-20 Nations to Spend; They Pledge to Halve Deficits,” The Washington Post, June 28, 2010; available at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/06/27/AR2010062701754.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
5 Elisabeth Meinecke, “Gingrich Calls Greece Bailout ‘Absurd,’” Human Events, May 23, 2010; video available at: http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=37086 [accessed Jul
y 2, 2010].
6 David Goldman, “Stimulus is Now $75 Billion More Expensive,” CNNMoney.com, January 26, 2010; available at: http://money.cnn. com/2010/01/26/news/economy/stimulus_cbo/index.htm [accessed July 2, 2010].
7 “What GOP Leaders Deem Wasteful in Senate Stimulus Bill,” CNNPolitics.com, February 4, 2009; available at: http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/02/gop.stimulus.worries/index.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
8 Stephen W. Smith, “Biden Vows To ‘Follow The Money,’” CBS News, Political Hotsheet, February 25, 2009; available at: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-4827236-503544.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
9 Barbara Hollingsworth, “Phantom zip codes also found in Virginia,” The Washington Examiner, January 6, 2010; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Phantom-zip-codes-also-found-in-Virginia-80795072.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
10 Barbara Hollingsworth, “Stimulus Watch: Now it’s fake zip codes,” The Washington Examiner, January 4, 2010; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Now-its-fake-zip-codes-80627972.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
11 Jeremy Redmon and John Perry, “For-profit Colleges Reap Big Benefit from Stimulus,” Atlanta Journal-Constitution, June 6, 2010; available at: http://www.ajc.com/news/for-profit-colleges-reap-541761.html[accessed July 2, 2010].
12 Veronique de Rugy, “Did the Stimulus Create Jobs?” Reason.com, December 11, 2009; available at: http://reason.com/archives/2009/12/11/did-the-stimulus-create-jobs [accessed July 2, 2010].
13 Carl Hulse, “Job Bill Passes in Senate With 11 Republican Votes,” The New York Times, March 17, 2010; available at: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/us/politics/18cong.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
14 “Why Obama’s Stimulus Failed,” The Heritage Foundation’s Morning Bell, June 7, 2010; available at: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/07/morning-bell-why-obamas-stimulus-failed/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
15 David M. Dickson, “CBO Report: Debt Will Rise to 90% of GDP,” The Washington Times, March 26, 2010; available at: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2010/mar/26/cbos-2020-vision-debt-will-rise-to-90-of-gdp/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
16 Ibid.
17 Steve McCann, “America’s Growing Vulnerability to Catastrophe,” American Thinker, May 3, 2010; available at: http://www.american-thinker.com/2010/05/americas_growing_vulnerability_1.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
18 Brian Riedl, “Obama Budget Raises Taxes and Doubles the National Debt,” The Heritage Foundation, March 9, 2010; available at: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2010/03/Obama-Budget-Raises-Taxes-and-Doubles-the-National-Debt [accessed July 2, 2010].
19 Conn Carroll, “Budget 2011: Past Deficits vs. Obama’s Deficits in Pictures,” The Heritage Foundation, February 5, 2010; available at: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/02/05/past-deficits-vs-obamas-deficits-in-pictures/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
20 Brian Riedl, “The Obama Budget: Spending, Taxes, and Doubling the National Debt,” The Heritage Foundation, March 16, 2009; available at: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2009/03/The-Obama-Budget-Spending-Taxes-and-Doubling-the-National-Debt [accessed July 2, 2010].
21 Dick Morris, “Behind Obama’s Phony Deficit Numbers,” DickMorris. com, February 1, 2010; available at: http://www.dickmorris.com/blog/2010/02/01/behind-obamas-phony-deficit-numbers/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
22 Martin Crutsinger, “Federal Budget Deficit Hits April Record,” Townhall.com, May 12, 2010; available at: http://townhall.com/news/business/2010/05/12/federal_budget_deficit_hits_april_record [accessed July 2, 2010].
23 Steve McCann, “America’s Growing Vulnerability to Catastrophe,” op cit.
24 Ibid.
25 “Obama Budget Projects $1.56T Deficit,” CBSNews.com, February 1, 2010; available at: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/02/01/politics/main6162494.shtml [accessed July 2, 2010].
26 Ibid.
27 “Ryan to Geithner: Why Propose a Budget You Admit Is Not Credible, Not Sustainable?” State News Service, February 3, 2010.
28 Brian Riedl, “Obama’s Faith-Based Economics,” The Foundry, February 18, 2010; available at: http://blog.heritage.org/?p=26669 [accessed July 2, 2010].
29 Brian Riedl, “Obama Budget Raises Taxes and Doubles the National Debt,” op. cit.
30 Ibid.
31 Curtis Dubay, “Small Businesses Face Steep Tax Hikes Unless Congress Acts Soon,” The Heritage Foundation, May 6, 2010; available at: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Testimony/Small-Businesses-Face-Steep-Tax-Hikes-Unless-Congress-Acts-Soon [accessed July 2, 2010].
32 Justin Fishel, “Obama Announces $75 Billion Foreclosure Prevention Plan,” FoxNews.com, February 18, 2009; available at: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/02/18/obama-announces-billion-foreclosure-prevention-plan/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
33 Peter S. Goodman, “U.S. Loan Effort Is Seen as Adding to Housing Woes,” The New York Times, January 1, 2010; available at: http://community.nytimes.com/comments/www.nytimes.com/2010/01/02/business/economy/02modify.html?src=tp [accessed July 2, 2010].
34 Ibid.
35 Alan Zibel, “Borrowers Exit Troubled Obama Mortgage Program,” Townhall.com, June 21, 2010; available at: http://townhall.com/news/business/2010/06/21/borrowers_exit_troubled_obama_mortgage_program [accessed July 2, 2010].
36 Les Christie, “75% of modified home loans will redefault,” CNN-Money. com, June 16, 2010; available at: http://money.cnn.com/2010/06/16/real_estate/failing_HAMP_mods/index.htm [accessed July 2, 2010].
37 Ben Lieberman, “The Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill: Is the Economic Pain Justified by the Environmental Gain?” The Heritage Foundation, June 2, 2009; available at: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Testimony/The-Waxman-Markey-Global-Warming-Bill-Is-the-Economic-Pain-Justified-by-the-Environmental-Gain [accessed July 2, 2010].
38 Ben Lieberman, “A Clean Energy Economy Is A Weak Economy,” The Heritage Foundation, April 16, 2010; available at: http://www.heritage.org/Research/Commentary/2010/04/In-Green-Spain-Unemployment-Nearly-Twice-Our-Woeful-10-Percent-Rate [accessed July 2, 2010].
39 “Cap and Trade Was Never About the Climate,” The Foundry, March 6, 2009; available at: http://blog.heritage.org/2009/03/06/cap-and-trade-was-never-about-climate/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
40 Ben Lieberman, “The Waxman-Markey Global Warming Bill: Is the Economic Pain Justified by the Environmental Gain?” op. cit.
41 Chip Knappenberger, “The American Power Act: A Climate Dud,” MasterResource Blog, May 12, 2010; available at: http://www.masterresource.org/2010/05/the-american-power-act-a-climate-dud/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
42 Patrick J. Michaels, “Kerry and Lieberman Unveil Their Climate Bill: Such a Deal!” Cato @ Liberty, May 12, 2010; available at: http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/2010/05/12/kerry-and-lieberman-unveil-their-climate-bill-such-a-deal/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
43 “Obamacare’s True Costs Coming to Light,” Heritage Foundation’s Morning Bell, June 2, 2010; available at: http://blog.heritage.org/2010/06/02/morning-bell-obamacares-true-costs-coming-to-light/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
44 Julie Crawshaw, “Study: Obamacare Fails to Pay for High Risk Pools,” MoneyNews.com, June 3, 2010; available at: http://www.moneynews.com/StreetTalk/Obamacare-Pay-High-Risk/2010/06/03/id/360969 [accessed July 2, 2010].
45 Connie Hair, “Medicare Report: Obamacare Bad for Seniors,” Human Events, April 27, 2010; available at: http://www.human-events.com/article.php?id=36680 [accessed July 2, 2010].
46 Robert B. Bluey, “The Inconvenient Number Cruncher,” Politico, April 30, 2010; available at: http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0410/36614.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
47 Paul Howard, “Obamacare’s Hidden Costs - Democrats Have Unleashed a Tidal Wave of Unintended Consequences,” City Journal, May 13, 2010; available at: http://www.city-journal.org/2010/eon0513ph.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
48 Editorial, “ObamaCare Mulligan,” The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2010; available at: http://onl
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49 The Prowler, “What Lies Beneath,” The American Spectator, April 26, 2010; available at: http://spectator.org/archives/2010/04/26/what-lies-beneath [accessed July 2, 2010].
50 Editorial, “One Million Votes Against Obamacare,” The Washington Times, May 12, 2010; available at: http://www.washington-times.com/news/2010/may/12/one-million-votes-against-obamacare/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
51 Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, “Small Business Lobby to Go to Court on Health Law,” Townhall.com, May 14, 2010; available at: http://dailycaller.com/2010/05/13/small-business-lobby-joins-challenge-to-health-law / [accessed July 2, 2010]. See also, “State Attorneys General Sue Over Health Bill,” msnbc.com, March 23, 2010; available at: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/36001783/ns/politics-health_care_reform/ [accessed July 2, 2010].
52 Michael D. Tanner, “The Mythology of Health Care Reform,” Cato Institute, March 3, 2006; available at: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=5871 [accessed July 2, 2010].
53 Michael D. Tanner, “Who Are the Uninsured?” The Cato Institute, August 20, 2009; available at: http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=10449 [accessed July 2, 2010].
54 Sally C. Pipes, “Understanding all the facts about the uninsured,” The Washington Examiner, October 25, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Sunday_Reflections/Understanding-all-the-facts-about-the-uninsured-8430034-65806797.html [accessed July 2, 2010].
55 Sally Pipes, The Top Ten Myths of American Health Care: A Citizen’s Guide (San Francisco, CA: Pacific Research Institute, 2008), 39.
56 David Freddoso, “Taking the red pill, Mr. President,” The Washington Examiner, July 23, 2009; available at: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/Take-the-red-pill-Mr-President-51473502. html. [accessed July 2, 2010].
57 Barack Obama, “Obama’s 17-Minute, 12-second Answer on Taxes and Health Care,” USA Today, April 4, 2010; available at: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2010/04/obamas-17-minute-12-second-answer-on-taxes/1 [accessed July 2, 2010].
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