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, http://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, http://www.wmal.com/Article.asp?id=2225336.

6 Dinesh D'Souza, "10 Great Things," National Review Online, July 2, 2003, http://www.nationalreview.com/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, http://www.heritage.org/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, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/08/how-poor-are-americas-poor-examining-the-plague-of-poverty-in-america.

10 "The Father Factor," National Fatherhood Initiative, http://www.fatherhood.org/media/consequences-of-father-absence-statistics.

11 Information formerly available at http://beta2.tbo.com/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, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/09/marriage-america-s-greatest-weapon-against-child-poverty 13 Katherine Bradley, "Confronting the Unsustainable Growth of Welfare Ent.i.tlements: Principles of Reform and the Next Steps," op. cit.

14 Ibid.

15 Ibid.

16 Ed Feulner, "A Better Way to Reform Welfare," Was.h.i.+ngton Times, April 5, 2011, http://www.was.h.i.+ngtontimes.com/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, http://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, http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/130511318.html.

23 Dawson Bell, "Michigan wants lotto winner off food stamps," USA Today, May 19, 2011, http://www.usatoday.com/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, http://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, http://www.ajc.com/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, http://rsc.jordan.house.gov/Solutions/wra.htm; and Katherine Bradley, "Picking Up Where '96 Welfare Reform Left Off," National Review Online, March 17, 2011, http://www.nationalreview.com/blogs/print/262372.

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

33 Michael Peltier, "Florida to test all welfare recipients for drugs," Reuters, May 31, 2011, http://www.reuters.com/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, http://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, http://www.gallup.com/poll/123149/cost-is-foremost-healthcare-issue-for-americans.aspx.

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

3 "Great Suppression II," UBS, September 19, 2011, http://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, http://www.forbes.com/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, http://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, http://www.was.h.i.+ngtontimes.com/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, http://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, http://www.investors.com/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, http://www.was.h.i.+ngtonpost.com/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, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/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, http://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, http://was.h.i.+ngtonexaminer.com/editorials/2009/07/obamacare-would-hurt-small-business.

15 Sally Pipes, "The Best Jobs Program? Full Repeal Of ObamaCare," op. cit.

16 J. Lester Feder & Kate Nocera, "CBO: Health law to shrink workforce by 800,000," Politico, February 10, 2011, http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0211/49273.html.

17 Kathryn Nix, "House Education and Workforce Committee: Obamacare Is a Job Killer," Heritage Foundation The Foundry, February 17, 2011, http://blog.heritage.org/2011/02/17/house-education-and-workforce-committee-obamacare-is-a-job-killer/.

18 John Merline, "ObamaCare's Growing List Of Broken Promises," op. cit.

19 Marissa Cevallos, "One in three employers may drop health benefits, report says," Los Angeles Times, June 7, 2011, http://articles.latimes.com/2011/jun/07/news/la-heb-healthcare-employer-20110607.

20 Examiner Editorial, "Scary truth about Obamacare keeps seeping out," Was.h.i.+ngton Examiner, September 25, 2011, http://was.h.i.+ngtonexaminer.com/opinion/2011/09/scary-truth-about-obamacare-keeps-seeping-out.

21 Jeffrey H. Anderson, "CBO: Obamacare Would Cost Over $2 Trillion," Weekly Standard, March 18, 2010, http://www.weeklystandard.com/print/blogs/cbo-obamacare-would-cost-over-2-trillion.

22 Editorial, "The Uninsured," New York Times, August 22, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/23/opinion/23sun1.html?pagewanted=print.

23 Betsy McCaughey, Obama Health Law: What It Says And How to Overturn It (New York: Encounter Books, 2010), 15.

24 Ibid., 50.

25 The Honorable Tom Feeney, "Interstate Compet.i.tion and Choice in Health Insurance: The American Way," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #2386, March 16, 2010, http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2010/03/interstate-compet.i.tion-and-choice-in-health-insurance-the-american-way.

26 Review & Outlook, "The Compet.i.tion Cure," Wall Street Journal, August 23, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203550604574360923109310680.html. .

27 Ed Moirressey, "Tort reform the key to cutting health-care costs?" HotAir.com, July 30, 2009, http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/30/tort-reform-the-key-to-cutting-health-care-costs/.

28 Ibid.

29 Jim Angle, "GOP-Proposed Tort Reform Would Reduce Health Care Costs, a.n.a.lysts Say," FoxNews.com, March 3, 2010, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/03/03/gop-proposed-tort-reform-reduce-health-care-costs-a.n.a.lysts-say/.

Chapter Nine.

1 "Border States Deal With more Illegal Immigrant Crime Than Most, Data Suggest," FoxNews.com, April 30, 2010, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/04/29/border-states-dealing-illegal-immigrant-crime-data-suggests/ .

2 Jack Martin and Eric Ruark, "The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers," Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), July 2010 (rev. February 2011), http://www.fairus.org/site/DocServer/USCostStudy_2010.pdf?docID=4921.

3 "Criminal Alien Statistics: Information on Incarcerations, Arrests, and Costs," United States Government Accountability Office Report to Congressional Requesters, March 2011, http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d11187.pdf.

4 Solomon Moore, "Study Shows Sharp Rise in Latino Federal Convicts," New York Times, February 18, 2009, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/19/us/19immig.html.

5 Ibid.

6 Terence P. Jeffrey, "Justice Department: Border Patrol Agents a.s.saulted Daily, Kidnappings Every 35 Hours in Phoenix, 1 in 5 Teens Using Drugs Predominantly Supplied by Mexican Traffickers," CNSNews.com, April 28, 2010, http://www.cnsnews.com/node/64910.

7 "Al Qaeda seeks tie to local gangs," Was.h.i.+ngton Times, September 28, 2004, http://www.was.h.i.+ngtontimes.com/news/2004/sep/28/20040928-123346-3928r/.

8 Jana Winter, "Feds Issue Terror Watch for the Texas/Mexico Border," FoxNews. com, May 26, 2010, http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/05/26/terror-alert-mexican-border/.

9 Ray Walser, Ph.D., Jena Baker McNeill, and Jessica Zuckerman, "The Human Tragedy of Illegal Immigration: Greater Efforts Needed to Combat Smuggling and Violence," Heritage Foundation Backgrounder #2568, June 22, 2011, http://www.heritage.org/Research/Reports/2011/06/The-Human-Tragedy-of-Illegal-Immigration-Greater-Efforts-Needed-to-Combat-Smuggling-and-Violence.

10 Caroline Black, "Illegal Immigrant Carlos Montano Charged with Killing Nun in Drunk Driving Crash," CBSNews.com, August 4, 2010, http://www.cbsnewscom/2102-504083_162-20012650.html?tag=contentMain;contentBody. .

11 Jack Martin and Eric Ruark, "The Fiscal Burden of Illegal Immigration on United States Taxpayers," op. cit.

12 "Study: 70% of Texas' illegal immigrant families receive welfare," Chron.com, http://blog.chron.com/txpotomac/2011/04/study-70-of-texas-illegalimmigrant-families-receive-welfare/.

13 "Welfare Tab for Children of Illegal Immigrants Estimated at $600M in L.A. County," FoxNews.com, January 19, 2011, http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/19/welfare-tab-children-illegal-immigrants-estimated-m-la-county/.

14 "The Debate Over 'Anchor Babies' And Citizens.h.i.+p," NPR Talk of the Nation, http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=129279863.

15 Nell Henderson, "Effect of Immigration on Jobs, Wages Is Difficult for Economists to Nail Down," Was.h.i.+ngton Post, April 15, 2006, http://www.was.h.i.+ngtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/14/AR2006041401686.html.

16 Ibid.

17 Charles Kadlec, "The Great African-American Depression," Forbes, September 6, 2011, http://www.forbes.com/sites/charleskadlec/2011/09/06/the-great-african-american-depression/.

18 David Jackson, "Obama's line about alligators on the border draws fire," USA Today, May 14, 2011, http://content.usatoday.com/communities/theoval/post/2011/05/obamas-line-about-alligators-on-the-border-draws-fire/1.

19 "Mexico Sees Record Drop in Remittances," a.s.sociated Press, January 27, 2010, available at CBSNews.com, http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/01/27/world/main6148649.shtml.

20 "Merit-based Permanent Immigration: A Look at Canada's Point System," Senate Republican Policy Committee, May 22, 2007, http://rpc.senate.gov/public/_files/052207MeritBasedImmigLookatCanadaPointSystemLB.pdf.

21 "The United States v Canada," The Economist Democracy in America blog, May 20, 2011, http://www.economist.com/blogs/democracyinamerica/2011/05/immigration.

22 "Merit-based Permanent Immigration: A Look at Canada's Point System," Senate Republican Policy Committee, op. cit.

23 Daniel B. Wood, "Where U.S.-Mexico border fence is tall, border crossings fall," Christian Science Monitor, April 1, 2008, http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2008/0401/p01s05-usgn.html.

24 Ibid.

25 David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey, "Obama's illegal move on immigration," Was.h.i.+ngton Post, September 2, 2011, http://www.was.h.i.+ngtonpost.com/opinions/obamas-illegal-move-on-immigration/2011/09/01/gIQATKQexJ_story.html.

26 James R. Edwards, Jr., "Obama's Backdoor Amnesty for 300,000 Immigrants," Human Events, September 12, 2011, http://www.humanevents.com/articlephp?print=yes&id=46102.

27 Ibid.

28 Amy Woods, "Rep. King Upset With Amnesty for Obama Uncle," NewsMax.com, September 10, 2011, http://www.newsmax.com/InsideCover/RepKing-Upset-Amnesty-ObamaUncle/2011/09/10/id/410436.

29 Hans von Spakovsky, "Pampering Illegals, Endangering Americans: The Obama Administration's Immigration Policy," Heritage Foundation The Foundry, August 9, 2010, http://blog.heritage.org/2010/08/09/pampering-illegals-endangering-americans-the-obama-administration%E2%80%99s-immigration-policy/. See also, www.iceunion.org/download/250cca-pbnds-letter.pdf .