Don't Hurt People and Don't Take Their Stuff: A Libertarian Manifesto (30 page)

     
weight of, 16, 26, 227

Lifeson, Alex, 30, 40

Lincoln Memorial, 50–51, 54

live-and-let-live attitude, 20–23

lobbyists, 69–71, 77, 80–81, 87, 104, 116, 122, 184

Madison, James:

     
as architect of founding generation, 223

     
and Bill of Rights, 134–35

     
Federalist
#51, 12, 143

     
and property rights, 196

     
and war, 194

March on Washington (1963), 50, 148

marriage, definitions of, 22–23, 120

Marv’s Place, 222

Massie, Thomas, 211

     
author’s interviews with, 152, 154, 156–57, 158, 160, 165, 166–67, 168

Matthews, Chris, 47

McCain, John, 107, 116, 139–40, 150, 216, 218

McConnell, Mitch, 141

McCullagh, Declan, 200

Meco, 29, 30

media:

     
control of, 116, 128

     
news sources of, 145, 159

Medicaid, 181

Medicare, 89, 103, 181, 183, 215

Mencken, H. L., 38, 206

Menger, Carl, 124

Mercury Records, 30, 34

Merkel, Angela, 127

Miles, Barry, 39–40, 42

military, lethal force on U.S. soil, 138

military intervention, expansion of, 122

Miller, Stephen, 90, 91

Mises, Ludwig von, 17–18, 124, 148, 153, 217

     
Human Action,
35, 36, 75–76

monetary policy, 190–93

money, corruption of, 166–67, 213

monopoly market power, 77–78

Mother Jones,
111–12

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 31

Mullen, Mike, 195

music, 27–35, 38–46, 49, 125

Napolitano, Andrew, 136

national debt, 175–77, 195, 215–16

National Public Radio, 60

National Security Agency (NSA):

     
court orders violated by, 134

     
power of, 9, 213

     
recent scandal of, 95

     
spying on citizens, 74, 117, 119, 127, 130–31, 136, 161, 189–90

National Treasury Employees Union, 68, 70

Nazi party, 40–42, 45

neo-conservatives, 120

neo-liberals, 120

New London, eminent domain in, 197–98

New Music Express (NME)
, 39, 40

Nixon, Richard M.:

     
abuse of power by, 66, 128, 135

     
impeachment of, 66

     
IRS used as weapon by, 65–66, 67, 99

     
and media, 116

     
military draft ended by, 99

Non-Aggression Principle (NAP), 7–9

Obama, Barack, 4, 14, 22, 48, 57–58, 168, 171

     
broken promises of, 87–88, 113, 116, 117, 128, 209, 215–16

     
cult of, 122

     
and education, 107

     
and health care,
see
ObamaCare

     
and presidential elections, 62–64, 76, 107, 116, 215

     
and privacy, 75, 127–28, 129, 131–32, 134

     
and socialism, 121

     
and war, 193, 194

     
and young people, 117–18

Obama administration:

     
credibility lost by, 132

     
cyber-surveillance by, 127, 130–32, 149, 161–62, 189

     
and drone strikes, 135, 140, 144

     
and IRS, 67, 68, 116

     
and presidential power, 137–41

     
and scandals, 116–17

ObamaCare, 83–97, 100–104, 129

     
complexity of, 77, 85, 92–93, 94, 97

     
costs of, 85–87, 112, 113

     
and Data Hub, 93–97

     
delays in, 76, 89, 94, 172, 209

     
employer mandate in, 89

     
empty promises in, 208–10

     
and entitlement, 181

     
exemptions from, 70–71, 75, 87–89, 174–75

     
individual mandate in, 86–87, 100, 103–4, 105, 112–13, 180

     
and IRS, 70, 75, 89–91, 94, 109

     
and Medicare, 181

     
privacy invaded by, 74–75, 95–97

     
private contractors as patient navigators in, 96–97

     
protests against, 110–12

     
state compliance with, 89

     
universal coverage of, 180

     
unpopularity of, 91, 97, 118, 179

     
wealth transfer in, 69–71, 100–101, 103–4, 114, 117

     
and young people, 86–87, 100–101, 103–4, 109–15, 117–18

O’Connor, Sandra Day, 197

O’Donnell, Lawrence, 139

Office of Personnel Management (OPM), 71, 88, 93

opportunity, 18–20

Parks, Rosa, 141–42

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
see
ObamaCare

Patriot Act, 9, 132, 134, 189, 215

Paul, Rand, 148, 211

     
author’s interviews with, 152, 159–61, 162–63, 167–68

     
“A Clear Vision to Revitalize America,” 182

     
“Congressional Health Care for Seniors Act,” 183

     
and filibuster, 137–40, 143–45, 146, 147

     
and presidential powers, 137–40, 145, 146

     
Senate candidacy of, 44–45, 141

     
and #StandWithRand, 143–44

Paul, Ron, 37–38, 86

Peace Corps, 93

Peart, Neil, 33–34, 38, 39–40, 45–46, 48

Pelosi, Nancy, 91–92, 174, 185, 208, 213, 215

Planned Parenthood, 96

police state, 189

politics:

     
and the corruption of money, 166–67, 213

     
and empty promises, 206–11

     
as end in itself, 214

     
and power, 126, 128–29, 132, 137, 214–16

power:

     
absolute, 11, 23, 53

     
and control, 204–5

     
expansion of, 97–98

     
fighting, 25–26

     
knowledge and, 152

     
and politics, 126, 128–29, 132, 137, 214–16

     
see also
government

presidential elections:

     
and broken promises, 210, 220

     
day after, 221

     
establishment candidates in, 116

     
and government debt, 102

     
and Internet, 144

     
and IRS actions, 59, 62–64, 66, 100

presidential power, abuse of, 99, 137–41, 145, 210, 213

privacy:

     
Fourth Amendment protection of, 75, 134, 201

     
invasion of, 74–75, 90, 95–97, 126, 129, 131, 134, 200

     
online, 201

     
right to, 9, 97, 133, 189–90

Private Property Rights Protection Act, 198

progressives, 24, 54, 56, 60, 100–101, 104, 120

promises, empty, 206–11, 215, 220

property:

     
civil forfeitures of, 198–99

     
eminent domain abuse of, 197

     
intellectual, 202–3

property rights, 10–12, 196–99

Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), 202

Proust, Marcel, 79

racial integration, 141–42

Rand, Ayn, 4, 35, 46

     
Anthem,
32–34, 38, 42, 45, 147

     
Atlas Shrugged,
43

     
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal,
35

     
early years of, 42

     
The Fountainhead,
33–34, 39

     
on individual responsibility, 13–14, 40

     
outgrowing the influence of, 47–48

     
Paul influenced by, 44–45

     
Rush influenced by, 28, 32, 33–34, 38, 43, 45

     
We the Living,
154

rattlesnake tattoo, 223–25

Rawls, John,
A Theory of Justice,
15

Reagan, Ronald, 217–18

Reid, Harry, 171, 174, 176, 208

Republican Party, 107–9, 121–22, 144, 163, 164, 209, 213, 214–15

responsibility, 12–16, 26, 58, 84

Reuther, Victor, 65

Revenue Act (1861), 80

Richelieu, Cardinal, 74

right to know, 146, 199–204

Rogge, Ben, 21

Rolling Stones, 35, 43

Romney, Mitt, 62, 100, 107, 116, 220

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 15

     
wage and price controls, 84–85, 86, 179

Roosevelt, Theodore, 120

Rothbard, Murray, 7

Rove, Karl, 209, 220

Rubenstein, Manya, 41–42

Rubin, Jerry, 110

Rules for Liberty, 5–6

     
Don’t hurt people, 7–9

     
Don’t take people’s stuff, 10–12

     
Fight the power, 23–26

     
Mind your own business, 20–23

     
Take responsibility, 12–16

     
Work for it, 16–20

Rush, 46, 125

     
All the World’s a Stage,
29, 30

     
and Ayn Rand, 28, 32, 33–34, 38, 43, 45

     
Caress of Steel,
34

     
Clockwork Angels,
45

     
and critics, 39–40, 42, 45

     
“Something for Nothing,” 49

     
“Spirit of Radio,” 44, 45

     
2112,
27–30, 34, 38, 43, 45, 49, 147, 148, 218

     
“Tom Sawyer,” 45

Rustin, Bayard, 52

Ryan, Paul, 144

Salvi, Al, 67–68

Sanger, David E., 116

Scarboro, Jonathan, 112

Schumer, Chuck, 176

Schweikert, David, 211

     
author’s interviews with, 152, 154, 158, 160, 161–62, 165–66, 169

Schweizer, Peter, 212

Scottish Enlightenment, 124

search warrants, 136, 200, 201

Sebelius, Kathleen, 112

self-determination, 55

Senate Intelligence Committee, 130–31

Sennholz, Hans, 36, 37, 192

Sensenbrenner, Jim, 134

September 11 attacks, 132, 167–68

Shulman, Douglas, 79

Sixteenth Amendment, and income tax, 80, 177

Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP), 88

Smith, Adam, 4, 36, 124

     
on justice, 7–8

     
The Theory of Moral Sentiments,
6, 10

     
The Wealth of Nations,
101, 102

Smith, Vernon, 6

Snowden, Edward, 130

social class distinctions, 19

social intelligence, 123

socialism, 24, 120–21

social justice, 15–16

social media:

     
control of, 200, 203

     
influence of, 144, 145–50, 214

     
knowledge disseminated by, 25–26

     
structures disrupted by, 97–98, 151

Social Security, 103, 181–83

Social Security Administration, 93, 94–95

Social Security Trust Fund, 182

society, and civilization, 21

Solidarity movement, 148

Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), 51, 52, 65

special interests, 69–71

Specter, Arlen, 209

Spirit of ’76, 55

“spontaneous order,” 44, 125

#StandWithRand, 143–44

states’ rights, 142

status quo, challenging, 43

stealing, 10–12

STOCK Act, 174

Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), 202

Stop Watching Us, 149–50

Streisand, Barbra, 29, 30

Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), 52

Sullivan, William, 51

Sunlight Foundation, 174

Supreme Court, U.S.:

     
Brown v. Board of Education,
141

     
Kelo v. City of New London,
197–98

surveillance:

     
and FISA, 9, 135–36, 190, 215

     
via Internet, 126–27, 130

     
and NSA, 74, 117, 119, 127, 130–31, 136, 161, 189–90

     
and Patriot Act, 9, 132, 189, 215

     
and Stop Watching Us, 149–50

     
warrantless, 74, 130–32, 136, 189–90

Syria, military action in, 193, 194

Taparelli d’Azeglio, Luigi, 15

TARP bailout, 185, 216

tattoos, 222–25

tax code, 79–83, 174

     
complexity of, 177

     
and health-care costs, 85

     
scrapping, 177–78

Tax Day (2009), 56

tax reform, 177–78

Tea Party, 56, 59–61, 62–64, 68, 72, 90, 143, 144, 213

technology, changing, 201–4, 220, 226

Tenth Amendment, 142

Them vs. Us, 55, 73, 219, 221

Thurmond, Strom, 141–42, 143

Toomey, Pat, 209

transparency, 185

TrendPo, 143

Tsarnaev, Dzhokhar, 134

twelve-step agenda, 173–204, 205