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13. Planning to Retire U.S. News and World Report. 13 March 2009. (money.usnews.com/money/blogs/planning-to-retire/2009/03/13/retirement-accounts-have-now-lost-34-trillion)

14. Elizabeth Mendes. In U.S., Fear of Big Government at Near-Record Level. Gallup. 12 December 2011. (click here)

15. Big Donors Swamp Small Donors. electoral-vote.com. (click here)

16. R. Jeffrey Smith and Dan Eggen. Lobbyists Flock to Capitol Hill Jobs. The Washington Post. 17 March 2011. (click here)

17. Steve Benen. Lobbyists Go Back to Writing Laws. Washington Monthly. 18 March 2011. (click here)

18. Anna Palmer. House Republicans Huddle with Lobbyists to Kill Financial Reform Bill. Roll Call. 8 December 2009. (http://www.rollcall.com/news/-41311-1.html)

19. Derek Thompson. Google's CEO: The Laws Are Written by Lobbyists. The Atlantic. 1 October 2010. (click here)

20. ALEC: The Voice of Corporate Special Interests In State Legislatures. People for the American Way. (click here)

21. James B. Stewart. In Superrich, Clues to What Might Be in Romney's Returns. The New York Times. 10 August 2012. (click here=2)

22. Sam Pizzigati. Mitt's Offshore Shenanigans: The Bigger Story. Too Much. 21 July 2012. (toomuchonline.org/mitts-offshore-shenanigans-tax-havens/)

23. Estimating the Price of Offshore. Tax Justice Network. 22 July 2012. (http://www.taxjustice.net/cms/front_content.php?idcat=148)

24. Bernard Condon. Study: Companies paid more to CEOs than in US Tax. Associated Press. 16 August 2012. (hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/U/US_CEO_PAY_TAXES?SITE=VARIT&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-08-16-10-17-27)

25. Barry Ritholtz. Corporate Tax Rates, Then and Now. The Big Picture. 14 April 2011. (click here)

26. The Corporate Welfare State. The Wall Street Journal. 8 November 2011. (online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576631192120542046.html)

27. Government Spends More on Corporate Welfare Subsidies than Social Welfare Programs. Think By Numbers. (thinkbynumbers.org/government-spending/corporate-welfare/corporate-welfare-statistics-vs-social-welfare-statistics/)

28. Savings and Loan Crisis. Wikipedia. (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savings_and_loan_crisis#Consequences)

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