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liberalism’s ties to

moral dilemmas related to

by parents

personal responsibility perception and

redistribution of wealth and

stigma perception and

Moore, Stephen

morality

dilemmas related to

mortgage defaults and

national debt–related

Morgan Stanley

mortgage loans

abandonment of

CDSs tied to

CRA’s impact on

high-risk

modification of

recession’s relation to

regulation of

securities made up of

underwater

Mother Jones

moviemaking subsidies

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick

Mubarak, Hosni

National Bureau of Economic Research

National Center for Children in Poverty (NCCP)

National Community Reinvestment Coalition

national debt

under Bush, George W.

estimates for future

income taxes tied to

marginalization of

morality and

National Education Association

National Flood Insurance Program

National Legal and Policy Center

National Wildlife Federation

A Nation of Victims
(Sykes)

NCCP.
See
National Center for Children in Poverty

“The Negro Family: The Case for National Action” (Moynihan)

Neighborhood Assistance Corporation of America

Network on Transitions to Adulthood (MacArthur Foundation)

Never Enough
(Voegeli)

New Deal programs

New Jersey

public employees in

Turnpike

New Trier Township, Illinois, pensions in

New York City, New York, welfare in

The New Yorker

New York
magazine

on government bailout

The New York Times

on corporate lobbying

on disaster relief

on familial mooching

on food stamp use

on government bailouts

on mortgage defaults

on moviemaking subsidies

on national debt

on real estate bubble

on WiFi theft

New York University law school

NINJA mortgages.
See also
mortgage loans

Nixon, Richard

Northwestern University Kellogg School

Northwest Florida State College

Norton, Eleanor

Notes on Virginia
(Jefferson)

Nozick, Robert

Obama, Barack

antihomelessness grants by

bailout of 2008-09 and

budgets/spending by

corporate favoritism and

green initiatives and

health care reform by

high-speed rail plan by

public employees and

unemployment benefits under

Obamacare.
See
health care reform bills

Olick, Diana

Oliver, Brian

Olson, Mancur

Onyango, Zeituni

O’Rourke, P. J.

Oxford University

Pacific University, Oregon

parental moochers

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
See also
health care reform bills

Paulson, Henry

Pemberton, Alex

Penn Central bailout

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

pensions

backdrop payments and

double-dipping related to

in Greece

labor unions’ influence on

myths associated with

of public employees

scandals associated with

Pfizer

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, school meal programs in

Phoenix, Arizona, public employees in

Pippen, Scott

Piven, Frances Fox

pork spending

Portland State University, Oregon

Posner, Richard

Poterba, James

poverty

causes of

definitions of

hunger statistics related to

property ownership related to

risk factors for

wealth redistribution’s impact on

Princeton University

public employees

disparities between private and

labor unions of

myths associated with

number statistics on

pensions/benefits of

salaries of

scandal associated with

in Wisconsin

public housing.
See
home(s)

Pueblo, Colorado, school meals in

race

dependency culture and

deterioration of family and

Rand, Ayn

Rangel, Charles B.

Rank, Mark R.

Rauh, Joshua

Rawls, John

Reagan, Ronald

Reboyras, Susan

recession of 2007.
See also
bailout of 2008-09; mortgage loans

causes of

dependency on government impacted by

Rector, Robert

Red Cross

redistribution of wealth concept

examples of

individual rights as issue in

need
v.
merit in

poverty impacted by

Reid, Harry

Republican Party, campaign donations to

The Rise and Decline of Nations
(Olson)

Rita, Hurricane

Ritholtz, Barry

Rockefeller, David

Roosevelt, Franklin D.

Ross, Karen

Ross, Kelly L.

Royer, Greg

Roy, Robin

Rubin, Robert

Rubinstein, Helen

Rutkowski, Rick

Ryan, Paul

The Sacramento Bee

Safelink subsidy

St. Petersburg Times

on mortgage defaults

on pensions

Salon.com

Samuelson, Robert

Sanders, Beulah

San Francisco, California

social service spending in

Sapienza, Paola

Schmidtz, David

on redistribution of wealth concept

Schoeni, Robert

schools.
See
educational subsidy programs; meal programs, school; student loans

Schwarzenegger, Arnold

The Seattle Times

Securities and Exchange Commission

Seligman, Martin

Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry

Serious Materials

Shelley, Percy Bysshe

Shue, Henry

Siegel, Fred

on dependent individualism

on welfare explosion

Simmons, Leon

Simpson, Alan

sit/lie ordinance (San Francisco)

SJR Farms, California

Skinner, Richard L.

S&L crisis

Social Democratic Party

Social Security

cost of/spending on

reform of

unemployment benefits’ impact on

The Social Network
(movie)

Sowell, Thomas

spending

by Bush, George W.

on food stamps

on health service subsidies

on Medicaid

on Medicare

by Obama

pork

on Social Security

on social services, San Francisco

statistics on

on welfare

Steyn, Mark

stigma of dependency

agricultural subsidies and

food stamps and

liberalism’s impact on

meal programs, school, and

mortgage defaults and

political power and

recession’s impact on

Stockman, David

Stossel, John

on agricultural subsidies

on corporate mooching

student loans

financial aid qualification and

middle-class penalization in

repayment of

subprime mortgages.
See also
mortgage loans

subsidies, parental

financial

insurance dependency age and

living at home and

revenue loss related to

subsidy/entitlement programs, government.
See also
moocher mentality;
specific programs

agricultural

antihomelessness

Cash for Clunkers and

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