Unstoppable (32 page)

Corporations Are Not People
(Clements),
97

Corporatists/corporatism

    
and conservatives,
14
,
15
,
172

    
dangers of,
6–7

    
and liberals,
172

    
versus the principled, separation of,
178–180

    
and Republican Party,
12–13

Cosmic Constitutional Theory: Why Americans Are Losing Their Inalienable Right to Self-Governance
(Wilkinson),
32

The Costs of War,
27

Coughlin, Father Charles,
140

Council for a Competitive Economy,
2

Council of Economic Advisers,
103

Council on Responsible Genetics,
105
,
106

Coyle, David Cushman,
141–142

    
“The Fallacy of Mass Production,”
141–142

Crane, Ed,
127–128
,
129
,
133–134

Crime/criminals.
See
Corporate crime/criminals

Criminal justice system,
107–110

Cronkite, Walter,
190
,
191

Crony capitalism,
9
,
47
,
63
,
143
,
183

DARPA.
See
Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency

Dean, Howard,
72

Debate,
67
,
190

Debs, Eugene,
167

Decentralists,
139–143
,
158
,
159

    
abilities of,
151–152

    
versus contemporary conservatives,
143–149

    
limitations of,
149–151

Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA),
89

Deferred prosecution,
101

Democracy,
81
.
See also
Direct democracy

Democratic National Convention (Chicago, 1968),
191

Diamond v. Chakrabarty,
105

Digital Due Process,
90

Direct democracy,
66
,
83–85

Direct ownership, versus stock ownership,
142

Divide and rule strategy,
xi
,
40–41

Dobbs, Lou,
100

Donaldson, William,
105

Donor disclosure,
43–44

Drug Policy Alliance Honorary Board,
109

Drugs, war on,
66
,
107–110

Duke, Mike,
16

Durbin, Richard,
79

Durnil, Gordon,
173

    
The Making of a Conservative Environmentalist,
173

Earth Day,
112
,
113

Economic Policy Institute,
167
,
183

Economist,
109

Eisenhower, Dwight,
9
,
51
,
177

Eisinger, Jesse,
155–156
,
157

    
“As Banking Titans Reflect on Errors, Few Pay Any Price,”
156

Election 1992, New Hampshire primary,
x

Electoral process,
66
,
86–88
,
153–154

“Electronic child molesters,”
11

Electronic Frontier Foundation,
90

Elementary school education, and divide and rule strategy,
41

Eminent domain,
62–63

Encyclopedia of American Conservatism,
26

Enterprises, community-rooted,
85–86

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
110
,
113

Environmentalism,
110–116
,
173–174

EPA.
See
Environmental Protection Agency

Erickson, Stephen,
183

Europe,
77
,
86

European Commission,
77

European Common Market,
119

Executive overreach of power,
58–60

Experience, in public advocacy,
192–193

Export-Import Bank,
44

Exxon/Mobil,
77

FDR.
See
Roosevelt, Franklin D
.

Factual realities,
16

Fair play,
17

“The Fallacy of Mass Production” (Coyle),
141–142

False Claims Act,
3

False Claims Amendment Act,
3–4

Fannie Mae,
103
,
127
,
128

Farmers/farming

    
and charters, prohibition on,
147

    
and cooperative-style ownership,
143
,
147

    
and decentralists and agrarians,
140
,
141
,
142
,
143

    
and farmer protection,
10–11

    
and land ownership,
142

Fascism,
7
,
168

Faux, Jeff,
167–168
,
183

FBI.
See
Federal Bureau of Investigation

FCC.
See
Federal Communications Commission

FDA.
See
Food and Drug Administration

Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),
90

Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
50

Federal contracts, full text of,
20–21

Federal Election Commission,
87

Federal Reserve,
77
,
127
,
129
,
175

    
and expansion of power,
5

Federal study commissions,
52

Federated Department Stores,
175

Fein, Bruce,
5
,
131–132

Feingold, Russ,
44

Feith, Douglas,
131

Financial crisis, 2008–2009,
101
,
103
,
128
,
148–149

    
and corporate crime/criminals,
158–159

    
and corporate impunity,
155–157

Financial resources,
69
,
181–187
,
192

Financial transaction tax,
77

Fisher, Mary Shattuck,
150

Fisher, Richard W.,
79

Focus on the Family,
96

Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
94

Food stamp program,
8

Ford, Glen,
55–56

Ford, Henry,
145

Ford Motor Company,
54

Foundations Family Counseling,
96

France,
4

Frank, Barney,
50

Fraud against the public treasury,
3–4

Freddie Mac,
103
,
127
,
128

Free and Equal,
88

Free trade,
7
,
174–176
.
See also
Free-trade agreements

Free-trade agreements,
66
,
93–95

    
and sovereignty,
5
,
19
,
61

    
See also
Free trade
;
North American Free Trade Agreement
;
World Trade Organization

Freedom,
17

Freedom of Information acts,
67

Friedman, Milton,
107
,
162
,
163
,
170

Friedman, Thomas,
175

Galbraith, John Kenneth,
189

GAO.
See
Government Accountability Office

Gardner, Howard,
39

    
Changing Minds,
39
,
186

Gasoline tax,
78

Gates, Bill, Jr.,
181

Gates, Jeff,
102

General Dynamics,
72

General Motors,
54
,
62
,
122
,
145

General Services Administration (GSA),
53–55

Generic drugs,
74

Genetic discrimination by health insurers,
10

George, Henry,
167

George III,
81

Gerberding, Julie L.,
116–117

Gerson, Michael,
30

Gibbs, Lois,
113–114

Gingrich, Newt,
48

Glass-Steagall Act,
156
,
157

Global trade.
See
Free trade

Global Trade Watch,
19
,
94
,
95

Global warming,
110–111
,
114–115

Globalization, corporate.
See
Corporate globalization

Goals, vs. means,
68
,
124–126

Goldman Sachs,
73
,
176

Goldwater, Barry,
174

Goldwater, Barry, Jr.,
115–116

Goodwyn, Lawrence,
153

Google,
90

Gorbachev, Mikhail,
171

Government, versus corporations,
127–129

Government Accountability Institute,
8

Government Accountability Office (GAO),
51
,
71–72

Government procurement, efficiency in,
65
,
74–75

Government regulation,
24
,
154
,
155

    
of wages,
145–146

Government spending,
32–33

Government surveillance,
89–90

Graham, Lindsay,
33

Grand Illusion: The Myth of Voter Choice in a Two-Party Tyranny
(Amato),
87

Grassley, Chuck,
3
,
4
,
20–21
,
52

Gravel, Mike,
85

Gray, John,
112–113

Great Depression,
139–140
,
147–148
,
149
,
151
,
168

Great Recession,
151

    
causes of,
127
,
128

Greco, Michael,
58–59
,
60

Greece,
86

The Greening of Conservative America
(Bliese),
173

Greenspan, Alan,
175

Greider, William,
122

Grossman, Richard L.,
97
,
153

GSA.
See
General Services Administration

Hannity, Sean,
169

Hayden, Tom,
55–56

Hayek, Friedrich,
26
,
27
,
28–29
,
101
,
161–162

Head Start,
68

Healthcare,
66
,
116–119

Hedge fund taxes,
21

Hemp, industrial,
4

Heritage Foundation,
31
,
47
,
48
,
124
,
134

High nag factor,
11

Hightower, Jim,
14

Holder, Eric,
109
,
123