Fool Me Twice (35 page)

10.
Zoe Trodd, “Writ In Blood: John Brown's Charter of Humanity, The Tribunal of History, and the Thick Link of American Political Protest,”
Journal for the Study of Radicalism
1, no. 1 (2007), 1–29,
http://muse.jhu.edu/login?auth=0&type=summary&url=/journals/journal_for_the_study_of_radicalism/v001/1.1trodd.html
.

11.
Barack Obama, “Remarks by the President on the Economy in Osawatomie, Kansas,” December 6, 2011.

12.
“John Conyers on the Occupy Movement,” YouTube, November 5, 2011,
http://youtu.be/cVqj3AHjKQk
. See Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott,
Red
Army. The Radical Network That Must Be Defeated to Save America
(New York: HarperCollins, 2011) for background on Conyers, in particular pages 50–53.

13.
Matthew Spalding, “The String-Pullers,”
National Review Online
, December 31, 2011,
http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/286840/string-pullers-matthew-spalding
.

14.
Karl Marx,
Critique of the Gotha Program
, Part 1 (first published, abridged in the journal
Die Neue Zeit
, Bd. 1, no. 18, 1890–91),
http://www.marxists.org/archive/marx/works/1875/gotha/index.htm
.

15.
About, Economic Policy Institute,
http://www.epi.org/about
/.

16.
S.71 Paycheck Fairness Act, introduced January 21, 1997, by sponsor Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-SD),
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s105-71
.

17.
Fiona Colgan and Sue Ledwith, eds.,
Gender, Diversity, and Trade Unions: International Perspectives
(London: Routledge, 2002), 239.

18.
Ibid.

19.
S.71 Paycheck Fairness Act, introduced January 21, 1997, by sponsor Sen. Thomas Daschle (D-SD). On June 5, 2012, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid put the Paycheck Fairness Act to a vote. It fell eight votes short of the 60 required to forward it to the Senate floor for debate.

20.
H.R.2023 Paycheck Fairness Act, introduced June 24, 1997, by sponsor Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-CT),
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h105-2023
.

21.
Paycheck Fairness Act, 105th through 112th Congresses,
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=s105-71&tab=related
.

22.
Ibid.

23.
Jennifer Kabbany and Julie Hyman, “Proponents of Equal Pay Unbalanced? Women's Earnings Continue to Divide Advocacy Groups, Even as Two Bills Intended to Counter Discrimination Wind Their Way Through Congress,”
Insight on the News
15, no. 18 (May 17, 1999), 41.

24.
Ibid.

25.
Heather Boushey, “Closing the Wage Gap,” Economic Policy Institute, March 4, 2002,
http://www.epi.org/publication/webfeatures_viewpoints_gender_gap
/.

26.
Ibid.

27.
Kabbany and Hyman, “Proponents of Equal Pay Unbalanced?”

28.
Diana Furchtgott-Roth, “The Myth of the Wage Gap,”
Civil Rights Journal
4, no. 1 (1999), 28.4

29.
Dianna Furchtgott-Roth, “Comparable Worth Is Back,”
American Spectator
, September 1, 2000.

30.
Boushey, “Closing the Wage Gap.”

31.
Franklin D. Roosevelt, “The President's Reemployment Agreement,” July 27, 1933. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project,
http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=14492
.

32.
Furchtgott-Roth, “Comparable Worth Is Back.”

33.
Ibid.

34.
Ibid.

35.
Ibid.

36.
John Irons and Andrew Fieldhouse, “Let the Tax Cuts for the Rich Expire,” Economic Policy Institute, August 17, 2010,
http://www.epi.org/publication/let_the_tax_cuts_for_the_rich_expire
/.

37.
Andrew Fieldhouse and Isaac Shapiro,
The Facts Support Raising Revenues from the Highest-Income Households
, Century Foundation, August 11, 2011,
http://tcf.org/publications/2011/publications/pdfs/IssueBrief310.pdf/++atfield++file
.

38.
“Chart of the Week: Nearly Half of All Americans Don't Pay Income Taxes,” Heritage Foundation, February 19, 2012,
http://blog.heritage.org/2012/02/19/chart-of-the-week-nearly-half-of-all-americans-dont-pay-income-taxes
/.

39.
Robert Longley, “Who Pays the Most Income Tax? Higher Income Earners Pay the Most, Treasury says,” About.com, undated,
http://usgovinfo.about.com/od/incometaxandtheirs/a/whopaysmost.htm
.

40.
Annie Lowrey, “99 Percenters, Meet the 53 Percenters. In Response to Occupy Wall Street, Some Conservatives Are Blasting the 47 Percent of Americans Who Don't Pay Federal Taxes. Do They Have a Point?”
Slate
, October 11, 2011,
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/mon eybox/2011/10/_53_percenters_conservative_campaign_against_americans_who_don_t.html
.

41.
Sam Youngman, “Obama Proposes Tax Hikes on Wealthy to Pay for $447B Jobs Bill,”
The Hill
, September 12, 2011,
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/180927-obama-proposes-tax-hikes-on-wealthy-business-to-pay-for-447b-jobs-bill
.

42.
Ibid.

43.
Steve Holland and Matt Spetalnick, “Obama Wants Tax Breaks Ended to Pay for Jobs Plan,” Reuters, September 12, 2011,
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/09/12/us-obama-jobs-plan-idUSTRE78B31M20110912
.

44.
Ibid.

45.
“Schakowsky Introduces Bill to Tax Millionaires and Billionaires.”

46.
Zeke Miller, “REVEALED: Obama's Jobs Plan to Raise $400 Billion in Taxes,” BusinessInsider.com, September 12, 2011,
http://www.businessin sider.com/obama-jobs-plan-would-raise-400b-in-taxes-cut-subsidies-2011-9
.

47.
Timothy P. Carney, “Obama's Backdoor Rate Hike,”
Washington Examiner
, September 12, 2011,
http://campaign2012.washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/obamas-backdoor-rate-hike
.

48.
Andrew Fieldhouse and Rebecca Thiess,
The Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act: An Analysis of Job-Creation Provisions
, Economic Policy Institute, December 13, 2011,
http://www.epi.org/publication/restore-american-dream-99-act-analysis-job
/.

49.
“Schakowsky Introduces Bill to Tax Millionaires and Billionaires,” Official website of Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), March 16, 2011,
http://scha kowsky.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=28 77&catid=22
.

50.
H.R.1124 Fairness in Taxation Act of 2011 introduced March 16, 2011, by Rep. Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), OpenCongress.org,
http://www.open congress.org/bill/112-h1124/show
.

51.
Ibid.

52.
David Callahan and Tamara Draut, “Help Wanted: America Needs a Better Jobs Plan. A Response to the Obama Jobs Speech,” Demos, September 8, 2011,
http://www.demos.org/sites/default/files/publications/HelpWanted_ResponseToObamasJobsPlan_Demos.pdf
.

53.
Profile: Demos,
Discover the Networks
,
http://www.discoverthenetworks.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=7690
.

54.
John S. Irons, “No Alternative: Time to Fix the Tax Code,” Center for American Progress, April 23, 2007,
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2007/04/tax_code.html
.

55.
Dan Mitchell, “Obama's Budget Plan: Class-Warfare Tax Policy and Bureaucrat-Controlled Health Care,” Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation, April 14, 2011,
http://freedomandprosperity.org/2011/blog/big-government/obama%E2%80%99s-budget-plan-class-warfare-tax-policy-and-bureaucrat-controlled-health-care
/.

56.
Dan Mitchell, “Even the Europeans Are Trying to Undo the Mistakes of Obama-Style Class Warfare,” Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation, July 9, 2011,
http://freedomandprosperity.org/2011/blog/big-government/even-the-europeans-are-trying-to-undo-the-mistakes-of-obama-style-class-warfare
/.

57.
Dan Mitchell, “Obama Embraces Another Class Warfare Proposal—‘Tax the Rich' Is the Universal Cure!” Center for Freedom and Prosperity Foundation, April 22, 2011, http://freedomandprosperity.org/2011/blog/big-government/obama-embraces-another-class-warfare-proposal-%E2% 80%93-%E2%80%9Ctax-the-rich%E2%80%9D-is-the-universal-cure/.

58.
Andrew G. Biggs, “The Case Against Raising the Social Security Tax Max,” American Enterprise Institute, March 22, 2011,
http://www.aei.org/article/economics/fiscal-policy/taxes/the-case-against-raising-the-social-security-tax-max
/.

59.
Editorial: “Obama's Tax Max. The President Floats Another Payroll Tax Hike,”
Wall Street Journal
, April 22, 2011,
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704071704576277133474338552.html?mod=djemEditorialPage_h
.

60.
Mitchell, “Obama Embraces Another Class Warfare Proposal—‘Tax the Rich' Is the Universal Cure!”

61.
Ibid.

62.
“Obama Tax Plan Indicates Theme of Re-Election Campaign, Despite Improbability It Will Pass Congress,” Associated Press, January 30, 2012,
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/01/30/obama-tax-plan-indicates-theme-re-election-campaign-despite-improbability-it
/.

63.
Bernie Becker, “Dems Embrace New Strategy on Taxes,”
The Hill
, January 27, 2012,
http://thehill.com/blogs/on-the-money/domestic-taxes/206971-dems-embrace-new-strategy-on-taxes
.

1.
Amie Parnes, “Obama Will Avoid Healthcare Defense During Court Review,”
The Hill
, March 21, 2012,
http://thehill.com/blogs/healthwatch/politics-elections/217197-president-will-avoid-high-profile-defense-during-court-review
.

2.
Dick Morris on
Fox & Friends
, Fox News Channel, March 28, 2012.

3.
Neera Tanden and Topher Spiro,
The Case for the Individual Mandate in Health Care Reform. A Comprehensive Review of the Evidence
, Center for American Progress, February 2012,
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2012/02/pdf/individual_mandate_execsumm.pdf
.

4.
Marla Bizzle, Denise Fraga, Laurie Seremetis, and Jeanne Lambrew,
The Specter of Socialized Medicine. What Is It and Is It Invading Our Country?
Center for American Progress, May 14, 2008,
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2008/05/socialized_medicine.html
.

5.
Ibid.

6.
Ibid.

7.
Kevin Smith, “AARP Profits from ObamaCare at the Expense of American Seniors, New Report Shows,” House Speaker John Boehner's blog, March 30, 2011,
http://www.speaker.gov/Blog/?postid=232516
.

8.
Reps. Wally Herger (R-CA) and Dave Reichert (R-WA), “Behind the Veil: The AARP America Doesn't Know,” House Ways & Means Committee, March 30, 2011,
http://waysandmeans.house.gov/UploadedFiles/AARP_REPORT_FINAL_PDF_3_29_11.pdf
.

9.
Act for the 99% introduced December 13, 2011, sponsored by Raul M. Grijalva,
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/D?d112:2:./temp/~bdJicf::|/home/LegislativeData.php|
.

10.
Andrew Fieldhouse and Rebecca Thiess, “The Restore the American Dream for the 99% Act: An Analysis of Job-Creation Provisions,” Economic Policy Institute, December 13, 2011,
http://www.epi.org/publication/restore-american-dream-99-act-analysis-job
/.

11.
Isaiah J. Poole, “How to Create 5 Million Jobs in Two Years,” Campaign for America's Future, December 14, 2011,
http://www.ourfuture.org/blog-entry/2011125014/how-create-5-million-jobs-two-years
.

12.
Ezra Klein, “If ObamaCare Is Overturned, Will That Lead to Single Payer? And Would That Be a Good Thing?”
Washington Post
, March 30, 2012,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/post/if-obamacare-is-overturned-will-that-lead-to-single-payer-and-would-that-be-a-good-thing/2012/03/29/gIQAQwypiS_blog.html
.

13.
Ibid.

14.
“CBO and JCT's Estimates of the Effects of the Affordable Care Act on the Number of People Obtaining Employment-Based Health Insurance,” Congressional Budget Office, March 15, 2012,
https://www.cbo.gov/publication/43082
.

15.
“Weekly Update: ObamaCare on the Ropes,” JudicialWatch.org, March 30, 2012,
http://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/weekly-updates/weekly-update-obamacare-on-the-ropes
/.

16.
Amy Gardner, “Supreme Court's Health-Care Ruling Could Deal Dramatic Blow to Obama Presidency,”
Washington Post
, March 30, 2012,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/supreme-courts-health-care-ruling-could-deal-dramatic-blow-to-obama-presidency/2012/03/28/gIQAfpBYhS_story.html
.

17.
Fay Voshell, “FDR Redux: Obama Challenges SCOTUS,”
American Thinker
, April 4, 2012,
http://www.americanthinker.com/2012/04/fdr_redux_obama_challenges_scotus.html
.

18.
“Governor Deval Patrick, Governor Jim Doyle and Neera Tanden Announce new health care organization,” WisconsinHealthNews.com, April 14, 2011,
http://wisconsinhealthnews.com/press-releases/governor-deval-patrick-governor-jim-doyle-and-neera-tanden-announce-new-health-care-organization
.

19.
Michael Levenson, “Patrick Helps Kick Off Twin Efforts to Defend US Health Care Law,”
Boston Globe
, April 11, 2011,
http://articles.boston.com/2011-04-15/news/29422332_1_health-care-law-governor-romney-mitt-romney
.