The Crash of 2016: The Plot to Destroy America--and What We Can Do to Stop It

110 Thomas Jefferson quote revolution.

111 John F. Kennedy quote, violent revolution.

112 Robert Draper, Do Not Ask What Good We Do: Inside the U.S. House of Representatives (New York: Free Press, 2012).

113 Daily Kos member keepmehonest, “Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan & Kevin McCarthy: Plot to Sabotage US Economy with Frank Luntz,” DailyKos, June 8, 2012, http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/06/08/1098434/-Eric-Cantor-Paul-Ryan-Kevin-McCarthy-Plot-To-Sabotage-US-Economy-with-Frank-Luntz.

114 CNBC, February 19, 2009.

115 http://tobaccocontrol.bmj.com/content/early/2013/02/07/tobaccocontrol-2012-050815.abstract.

116 Robert Draper, http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/vbi08b00/pdf.

117 Bob Davis, “Rule Breaker,” Wall Street Journal, July 16, 2004, http://mercatus.org/media_clipping/rule-breaker-washington-tiny-think-tank-wields-big-stick-regulation.

118 http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/billionaires-role-in-hiring-decisions-at-florida-state-university-raises/1168680.

119 Ibid.

120 Ben Dimiero, “LEAKED EMAIL: Fox Boss Caught Slanting News Reporting,” Media Matters for America, December 9, 2010, http://mediamatters.org/blog/2010/12/09/leaked-email-fox-boss-caught-slanting-news-repo/174090.

121 Ibid.

122 Media Matters Staff, “Luntz Births Another GOP Talking Point: It’s a ‘Government Option’ Not a ‘Public Option,’” MediaMatters for America, August 19, 2008, http://mediamatters.org/video/2009/08/19/luntz-births-another-gop-talking-point-its-a-go/153496.

123 Ben Dimiero, “FOXLEAKS: Fox Boss Ordered Staff to Cast Doubt on Climate Science,” Media Matters for America, December 15, 2010, http://mediamatters.org/blog/2010/12/15/foxleaks-fox-boss-ordered-staff-to-cast-doubt-o/174317.

124 “Fox News’ Chris Wallace: Is Obama Even President?” Los Angeles Times, January 20, 2009, http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/showtracker/2009/01/fox-news-chris.html.

125 “Why Obama Voted Against Roberts,” Wall Street Journal, June 2, 2009, http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124390047073474499.html.

126 Lee Epstein, William Landis, and Richard Posner, “How Business Fares in the Supreme Court,” http://www.minnesotalawreview.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/EpsteinLanderPosner_MLR.pdf.

127 http://www.spiegel.de/international/europe/greek-debt-crisis-how-goldman-sachs-helped-greece-to-mask-its-true-debt-a-676634.html.

128 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ps5JL268ZQE.

129 http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-goldmansachs-lawsuit-idUSTRE79R4JE20111028.

130 http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544-162-20003526-503544.html.

131 Ross Douthat, “Conspiracies, Coups and Currencies,” New York Times, November 19, 2011.

132 http://dailyreckoning.com/goldman-bets-against-the-assets-it-sold-to-aig/.

133 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/09/26/trader-to-bbc-goldman-sachs-goldman-sachs-rules-the-world-n_981658.html.

134 Interview with Rev. David Bullock, The Big Picture with Thom Hartmann, January 5, 2012.

135 Ibid.

136 http://www.mackinac.org/14756.

137 ALEC website, http://www.alec.org/about-alec/.

138 Interview with Mark Pocan, Radio Show, August 5, 2011.

139 Common Cause, http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7Bfb3c17e2-cdd1-4df6-92be-bd4429893665%7D/MONEYPOWERANDALEC.pdf.

140 ThinkProgress, http://thinkprogress.org/green/2011/08/05/288979/revealed-bp-is-top-funder-of-alec-annual-meeting-in-oil-soaked-louisiana/.

141 Mark Pocan, “Inside ALEC,” http://progressive.org/inside_alec.html.

142 Mark Pocan interview.

143 Ibid.

144 Common Cause, http://www.commonblog.com/2012/01/31/alec-exposed-for-24-hours/.

145 ALEC website, http://www.alec.org/about-alec/history/.

146 Mark Pocan radio interview.

147 Common Cause, http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/%7Bfb3c17e2-cdd1-4df6-92be-bd4429893665%7D/MONEYPOWERANDALEC.pdf.

148 Common Cause, http://www.commonblog.com/2011/08/03/have-you-met-alec-in-minnesota/.

149 The Uptake, http://www.theuptake.org/2012/02/11/mn-governor-vetos-alec-template-bills/.

150 Heritage Foundation, December 18, 2008, http://blog.heritage.org/2008/12/18/conservative-leader-paul-weyrich-dies-first-to-lead-heritage/.

151 Paul Weyrich, Youtube: RWW blog, August 1980, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pN7IB-d7Hfw&feature=player_embedded.

152 PBS, http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/fixers/reports/primer.html.

153 Roll Call, http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_75/-202990-1.html.

154 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/12/cash-hoarding-companies-spend-lend-economy_n_1666424.html.

155 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887323894704578115180435402750.html.