Blue Collar Conservatives: Recommitting to an America That Works (27 page)

Social Security,
70
,
74
,
165–66

     
fraud and,
58–59
,
167

     
importance of,
60
,
159
,
173

     
reform of,
75–76
,
160–64
,
178

Social Security Disability Income (SSDI),
59
,
167

South America,
62

South Carolina,
113
,
116

South Carolina Hospital Association,
116

Southern California,
64

Soviet communism,
83

Spartanburg, South Carolina,
94

Stafford Loans,
138–39

Starbucks,
64

Stewart, Jon,
5–6

St. Louis, MO,
18
,
133

Story County, IA,
180

Stryker Instruments,
119

Sullivan County, PA,
147–48

Supplemental Security Income (SSI),
59
,
167

sweater vests,
21
,
156–58

T

taxes (U.S.).
See also
Fair Tax
;
Flat Tax

     
Democrats and,
53–54

     
healthcare and,
114
,
116–19
,
122

     
loopholes,
6

     
lower rates of,
43
,
45

     
manufacturers and,
150–55

     
reforming,
36
,
51–52
,
74
,
85
,
140
,
152–55
,
160–75

     
Republicans and,
6
,
32
,
43
,
48
,
51

Tea Party, Tea Partiers,
41
,
49

Thatcher, Margaret,
83
,
122

Third Way (think tank),
92–93

trickle-down economics,
53
,
62

U

Uncle Tom’s Cabin
,
79

United States,
31
,
63
,
78
,
157
,
179

     
demographics of the,
8
,
28

     
economy of the,
31–32
,
151–54

     
government of the,
8
,
121

     
natural resources of the,
147

University of California, Berkeley,
17–18

University of Pittsburgh,
16

Urbandale, IA,
180

U.S. Department of Labor (Labor Department),
120

U.S. Senate,
41

     
Santorum’s service in the,
16
,
60–61
,
97
,
99
,
116
,
162
,
166

Utica Shale,
36
,
148
,
177

V

value-added tax,
171

Vietnam War,
14

W

Wall Street,
3
,
5–6
,
61–62
,
174

Wall Street Journal
,
63
,
110

Walmart,
146
,
155

War on Poverty,
44
,
76–77
,
100

“war on women,”
33
,
48
,
66

Washington (state),
110

Washington, D.C.,
18–19
,
64
,
68
,
77

     
dysfunction of,
39
,
140
,
160–61
,
178

     
growing power of,
2
,
180

     
legislation from,
51
,
112–13
,
151

Washington, George,
102–3

Washington Post
,
90–91

Washington Post
“Fact Checker,”
108

Wayward Sons
,
93

Wehner, Peter,
8–9
,
168–69

welfare programs,
56–57
,
72
,
111
,
161
,
172

     
dependence on,
20
,
31
,
57–58
,
76–78
,
110

     
fraud and,
61

welfare reform,
48
,
59–60
,
72–73
,
97
,
166

     
Obama and,
32
,
60
,
67

West Coast,
21

Western civilization,
182

West Virginia,
14
,
147

Whitehead, Barbara Dafoe,
96

Whole Foods,
64

William Penn High School,
134

Wisconsin,
6
,
57
,
187

World War II,
11
,
14–15
,
40
,
143
,
157–58

Z

Zinn, Howard,
182–83