We Can All Do Better (27 page)

Indian Citizenship Act (1924),
135–136

Indonesia,
5

Industrial Workers of the World,
147

Inflation,
24
,
28
,
31
,
32
,
42
,
58
,
76

Infrastructure

bonds,
128

and costs on businesses,
87

erosion of,
6

and government,
96
,
101
,
103
,
145

and jobs,
25
,
26
,
158

need for massive program,
155

and taxes,
38

and transfers of money,
32

and transportation,
25–26

and U.S. economic recovery,
28

Intelligence,
117
,
128

International Monetary Fund (IMF),
27
,
29
,
111

Internet,
75
,
85
,
120
,
147
,
148
,
150
,
153
,
159

Interstate Highway System,
97
,
102

Iran,
112

Iraq,
65
,
77
,
113
,
114
,
115
,
127

Ireland,
107
,
108

Islam,
5
,
132

Italy,
110

Jackson, Andrew,
7
,
137

Jackson, Jesse,
10

Japan,
6

and China,
130

and currency,
27

and economic growth,
122

investments in the United States,
29

and manufacturing,
81
,
82

and population and immigration,
118
,
119

and U.S. debt,
27
,
28

Jefferson, Thomas,
7
,
43–44
,
51
,
105–106
,
141

Jobs,
x
,
48
,
141

creation of,
20
,
21–22
,
23–25
,
29
,
81
,
83
,
88
,
89
,
118
,
143
,
144
,
158
,
160

cutting taxes on,
89

and defense spending,
133

and education,
84–87

and elderly,
89

high-quality professional and service,
87

and immigrants,
120

losses of,
10
,
21
,
79–80
,
81
,
90
(
see also
Unemployment
)

and manufacturing,
80–84
,
85

number of people with,
88

and Republicans,
143

shortage of,
18

and technology,
4
,
83
,
85–87
,
158

worry about,
143

Johnson, Lady Bird,
139

Johnson, Lyndon (LBJ),
7
,
98
,
112
,
138–139
,
141
,
159

Justice Department,
67

Katz, Lawrence F.,
76

Kaufman, Henry,
59
,
60

Kennan, George,
111
,
112
,
115
,
133

Kennedy, John,
111–112
,
144

Kennedy, Ted,
100

Kids with Cancer,
69

King, Dr. Martin Luther, Jr.,
138
,
140
,
159

Kiva,
74

Korean War,
111
,
112

Kosovo,
114

Kuwait,
113

La Follette, Bob,
147

Labor,
48
,
80
,
89

and bargaining power,
19

and manufacturing,
80–84

and world economy,
19

See also
Jobs
;
Unions

Lakoff, George,
102
,
144

Laws,
4
,
48
,
51
,
53
,
59
,
61
,
63
,
67
,
96
,
102
,
116
,
145

Lawsuits,
33

Leadership,
49

and celebrity,
160

charismatic,
144

and democracy,
8

and fight for a more just society,
156
,
157
,
158
,
160

and foreign policy objectives,
133

and United States,
6
,
115
,
116
,
128

League of Nations,
110–111

Lebanon,
113

Lee Kuan Yew,
117

Legal system,
7
,
33
,
116

Levant,
108

Leverage,
58

Lewis, Randy,
66–67

Lewis and Clark,
102

Lexie, Albert,
64

Li Ka-shing,
123

Libya,
114
,
126

Lincoln, Abraham,
xiii
,
7
,
95–96
,
97
,
98
,
146
,
157

Lindsey, Lawrence B.,
30–31

Lobbyists and lobbying,
26

and congressmen and staff,
156

ethnic,
108

and financial industry,
54

and lawyers,
12

and news stories,
5

numbers of,
51

and political campaign money,
48

spending on,
52

and taxes,
37
,
38

and Washington club,
14
,
48

Lodge, Henry Cabot,
110–111

Long, Russell,
37

Louis XVI, King,
42–43

Love Letters,
69

LRN,
73

MacArthur, Douglas,
94

Madero, Francisco,
109

Madison, James,
152

Manning, Carolyn,
64–65

Manufacturing,
30
,
80–84
,
85
,
158

Martin, William McChesney, Jr.,
58

Mass media

and George H. W. Bush,
13

and leaks and rumors,
13

military, corporate, and White House handling of,
4–5

and Obama,
11–12

and party duopoly,
147
,
149

and politicians' vitriol,
14

and pundits,
12
,
14

and serving the public,
160

Sunday talk shows,
14–15

and superficiality, sensationalism, and opinion,
3
,
4

McCain, John,
148

McKinley, William,
49

Medicaid,
32
,
40

Medicare,
88

and deficit reduction,
32

and doctors,
79

and drugs,
100

and ideological Republicans,
98
,
100

and Nixon,
97

reforms,
40

and structural deficit,
31

taxes,
78
,
88
,
118

and taxes on “things,”
89

and Tea Party,
141

and transfers of money,
32

Meetup,
74

Mexico

and America,
6
,
107
,
109
,
110

and economic growth and trade,
120

and immigration,
119
,
120

and manufacturing,
82

and political parties,
152

Middle class,
141

and economic crisis,
34

and financial crisis,
59

and George H. W. Bush,
13

golden age of,
80

and Hillary Clinton,
148

and manufacturing,
84

and politicians' vitriol,
14

small-business owners,
143

as social and political force,
80

and spending,
24

and standard of living and income,
17
,
76
,
78

Middle East,
126

Military, U.S.,
4
,
40
,
47
,
72
,
113
,
115
,
116
,
122
,
133

See also
Defense industry
;
Defense spending

Miller, George,
100

Minton, Sherman,
50

Missile gap and missile crisis,
112

Mortgages

and debt,
24

and derivatives,
56–57

and financial reform,
60

and home values,
21

and middle class,
59

and refinancing,
22–23
,
95

subprime,
57

underwater,
78

Mosaddegh, Mohammad,
112

Moynihan, Pat,
141

Muslims,
115
,
119
,
131–132

Nader, Ralph,
147
,
151

Napoleon,
42–45

National Association of Manufacturers (NAM),
84–85

National Commission on Social Security Reform,
39–40

National Defense Education Act,
97

National Industrial Recovery Act,
95

National Institutes of Health,
102

Native Americans,
135–136

NATO,
113
,
114–115

Netherlands,
119

New America Foundation,
19
,
24
,
25

New American Party,
152

New Deal,
97
,
99

Nicaragua,
112

Nixon, Richard,
4
,
97
,
111
,
139

Nonprofits,
7
,
69–70

Norway,
119
,
120

Nuclear war and weapons,
112
,
132

Obama, Barack

and advisers,
12
,
48

and approval ratings,
12
,
48
,
151

and Australia,
127

and bin Laden,
114

and campaign financing,
48
,
61

as charismatic leader,
144

election of,
9–10
,
11

end of honeymoon of,
11–12

first speech as president,
9–11

and health care,
32
,
41

and housing,
22

and jobs,
21–22
,
25