Самоубийство сверхдержавы - Патрик Бьюкенен

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Игрок в американский футбол, впоследствии тренер, прославился как наставник команды «Грин-Бэй пэкерс» в 1960-х гг.

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Быт. 3:4.

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Имеется в виду Э. Уоррен, который исполнял обязанности председателя Верховного суда США с 1953 по 1969 г. При Уоррене были вынесены вердикты по таким делам, как, в частности, «Браун против Совета по образованию» (сегрегация). Консерваторы жестко критиковали «суд Уоррена», а Общество Джона Берча требовало импичмента самого Уоррена.

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Федеральный закон (1996) признает брак союзом между мужчиной и женщиной и определяет супругов как лиц разного пола. В 2013 г. Верховный суд частично отменил этот закон.

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Четыре закона федералистов от 1798 г., в частности, наделяли президента правом высылать из страны подозрительных иностранцев и карать за распространение клеветы. Именно последнее поставили в вину нескольким сторонникам Т. Джефферсона; это привело к серии протестов. Когда Джефферсон стал президентом, эти законы были отменены (1801).

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Перевод Б. Грибанова. Цит. по: Сэндберг К. Линкольн. М.: Молодая гвардия, 1961.

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Перевод С. Шифриной. Цит. по: Кинг М. Л. Есть у меня мечта… Избранные труды и выступления. М.: Наука, 1970.

Комментарии

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Kahlil Gibran, The Garden of the Prophet (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1933) // Перевод В. Маркова. Цит. по: Степанянц М. Т. Философские аспекты суфизма. М.: Наука, 1987.

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Lee Congdon, George Kennan: A Writing Life (Wilmington, DE: ISI Books, 2008), 154.

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David Ignatius, «An Old-School Trick: Put Country First», Washington Post, Sept. 16, 2010.

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Joe Stumpe and Monica Davey, «Abortion Doctor Shot to Death in Kansas Church», New York Times, June 1, 2009; Mark Guarino, «Killing of Anti-Abortion Protester Has Both Sides Questioning Violence», Christian Science Monitor, Sept. 12, 2009.

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William McGurn, «Harry Reid’s ‘Evil’ Moment», Wall Street Journal, Aug. 18, 2009.

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Dana Milbank, «The High Ground Feels a Little Lonely», Washington Post, Sept. 16, 2009.

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Rich Benjamin, «Inside the Mind of Joe Wilson», Salon.com, Sept. 11, 2009.

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Greg Bluestein, «Carter Sees Racism in Wilson’s Outburst», New York Times, Sept. 16, 2009.

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Ewen MacAskill, «Jimmy Carter: Animosity Towards Barack Obama Is Due to Racism», The Guardian, Sept. 16, 2009.

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«MTV Awards: West Disrupts Swift’s Speech; Tribute to MJ», cnn.com, Sept. 14, 2009.

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Ronald Brownstein, «The New Color Line», National Journal, Oct. 10, 2009.

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«Vast Majority Believes America Today Is Deeply Divided (10/30–11/4)», USA Network Poll, Dec. 1, 2009.

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Ross Douthat, «Scenes from a Marriage», New York Times, Jan. 16, 2011.

14

Ignatius, «An Old-School Trick».

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Gus Lubin, «Jimmy Carter Says US Is More Polarized Now Than During Civil War», Business Insider, Sept. 21, 2010.

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«Jerry Brown: California, Country Facing Regime Crisis Similar to the Civil War», CBS, April 10, 2011.

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Fred Barnes, «The Republicans’ Best Weapon», Weekly Standard, Feb. 2, 2009.

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«Obama: Critics Talk About Me ‘Like a Dog’», Daily Intel, New York magazine, Sept. 6, 2010.

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Theodore Roosevelt, Before Knights of Columbus, New York City, Oct. 12, 1915, quoteland.com/author/Theodore-Roosevelt-Quotes/120/?p=2.

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Charles K. Rowley, «Adam Smith Would Not Be Optimistic in Today’s Economic World», Daily Telegraph, Sept. 6, 2009.

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Robert A. Pape, «First Draft of History: Empire Falls», National Interest, Jan./Feb. 2009, 21.

22

Leslie H. Gelb, «Necessity, Choice and Common Sense: A Policy for a Bewildering World», Foreign Affairs, May/June 2009, 56.

23

Ben Geman, «Obama Defends Escalation of Afghan War in Address to 2010 West Point Class», The Hill, May 22, 2010.

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Michael Settle, «If Money Isn’t Loosened Up, This Sucker Is Going to Go Down», Herald Scotland, Dec. 30, 2009.

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Lawrence Kudlow, «Bush Boom Continues», Human Events, Dec. 11, 2007.

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«‘We’re Greece’ in a Few Years: Sen. Gregg», cnbc.com, Nov. 3, 2010.

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David Malpass, «Near Zero Rates Are Hurting the Economy», Wall Street Journal, Dec. 4, 2009.

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Gelb, «Necessity, Choice and Common Sense», 58.

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Pape, «First Draft of History», 21.

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Ibid., 27.

31

Neil Irwin, «Aughts Were a Lost Decade for U.S. Economy, Workers», Washington Post, Jan. 2, 2010.

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Harold Meyerson, «Why Germany and China Are Winning», Washington Post, July 1, 2010.

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Patrick J. Buchanan, «The Metrics of National Decline», Feb. 17, 2009, msnbc.com (Source: Charles W. McMillion, MBG Information Services).

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«Fox News Poll: 57 % Think Next Generation Will Be Worse Off», foxnews.com, Apr. 9, 2010.

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David M. Dickson, «Volcker Blames Recession on Trade Imbalances», Washington Times, Feb. 5, 2009.

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Buchanan, «The Metrics of National Decline».

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Mark Drajem, «China’s Trade Gap with U.S. Climbs to Record, Fueling Yuan Tension», bloomberg.com, Oct. 14, 2010.

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Ibid.

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Ibid.

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«Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status: Fiscal Years 1820–2009», Department of Homeland Security, dhs.gov; «Persons Obtaining Legal Permanent Resident Status by Gender, Age, Marital Status and Occupation: Fiscal Year 2009», Department of Homeland Security, dhs.gov.

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«New Data Shows China Responsible for 78.5 Percent of U.S. Trade Deficit in Manufactured Goods in 2009; Figure Up from 27.3 Percent in 2001», press statement, American Manufacturing Trade Action Coalition, Washington, DC, Aug. 18, 2009.

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Senator Fritz Hollings, «Fifth Column: The Enemy Within the Trade War», huffingtonpost.com, Oct. 16, 2009.

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Charles W. McMillion, «Globalization and America’s Lost Decade», MBG Information Services, March 2010, 1, 40; «Lost Manufacturing Jobs in Decade», MBG Information Services, Jan. 2011, mbginfosvcs.com.

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James R. Hagerty, «U.S. Factories Buck Decline», Wall Street Journal, Jan. 19, 2011.

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Stephen Moore, «We’ve Become a Nation of Takers, Not Makers», Wall Street Journal, Apr. 1, 2011.

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Warren E. Buffett and Carol Loomis, «America’s Growing Trade Deficit Is Selling the Nation Out from Under Us. Here’s a Way to Fix the Problem and We Need to Do It Now», Fortune, Nov. 10, 2003, cnnmoney.com.

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David S. Heidler and Jeanne T. Heidler, Henry Clay: The Essential American (New York: Random House, 2010), 240.

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Dan Molinski and John Lyons, «China’s $20 Billion Bolsters Chavez», Wall Street Journal, Apr. 18, 2010.

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John Pomfret, «More Political Ads Portray China as Benefiting from Weak U.S. Economy», Washington Post, Oct. 28, 2010.

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Peter Whoriskey, «As Cheaper Chinese Tires Roll In, Obama Faces an Early Trade Test», Washington Post, Sept. 8, 2009.

51

Larry Elder, «The Soft Bigotry of President Bush», Jewish World Review, July 4, 2002.

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Ibid.

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Ibid.

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Betty Liu and Matthew Leising, «U.S. to Lose $400 Billion on Fannie, Freddie, Wallison Says», bloomberg.com, Dec. 31, 2009.

55

John Weicher, «Closing the Gap: The Quiet Success of the Bush Administration’s Push for Minority Homeownership», Weekly Standard, Oct. 11, 2006.

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Karen Kwiatkowski, «An American Tale», lewrockwell.com, Dec. 16, 2003.

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«The Coming Debt Panic», Washington Post, Dec. 14, 2009.

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David M. Walker, Rosenthal Lecture, Institute of Medicine, Nov. 9, 2009, pgpf.org; Dennis Cauchon, «U.S. Owes $62 Trillion», USA Today, June 7, 2011.

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Ben Pershing, «Democrats Clear Spending Bill in Senate», Washington Post, Dec. 14, 2009.

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Patrick J. Buchanan, «Fat City», townhall.com, Dec. 15, 2009.

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Pershing, «Democrats Clear Spending Bill».

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Jeff Zeleny, «Obama Weighs Quick Undoing of Bush Policy», New York Times, Nov. 9, 2008.

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«FY10 Omnibus Disclosed Earmark Numbers», Taxpayers for Common Sense, Dec. 10, 2009, taxpayer.net.

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Andrew G. Biggs and Jason Richwine, «Those Underpaid Government Workers», American Spectator, September 2010, 14.

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Ibid.

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Dennis Cauchon, «For Feds, More Get 6-Figure Salaries», USA Today, Dec. 11, 2009.

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Ibid.

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Dennis Cauchon, «More Fed Workers Pay Tops $150 K: Number Doubled Under Obama», USA Today, Nov. 10, 2010.

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Lena H. Sun, «D.C. Area Tops in Well-being Survey», Washington Post, Nov. 10, 2010.

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Dennis Cauchon, «Federal Pay Tops Private Workers: Compensation Gap Doubled in Decade», USA Today, Aug. 10, 2010.

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Dennis Cauchon, «Obama’s Pay Freeze for Federal Workers Only Limits Raises», USA Today, Dec. 1, 2010.

72

Garet Garrett, The People’s Pottage (Caldwell, ID: Caxton Printers, 1958), 1.

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Andy Soltis, «Tax Refugees Staging Escape from New York», New York Post, Oct. 27, 2009.

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Kenneth Lovett, «New Yorkers Under 30 Plan to Flee City; Cite High Taxes, Few Jobs as Reasons», nydailynews.com, May 13, 2011.

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Gerald Prante, «Summary of Latest Federal Income Tax Data», Tax Foundation, July 30, 2009, taxfoundation.org.

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«Policy Basics: The Earned Income Tax Credit», Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, Dec. 4, 2009, cbpp.org.

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Edwin S. Rubenstein, «The Earned Income Tax Credit and Illegal Immigration: A Study in Fraud, Abuse and Liberal Activism», Social Contract, Spring 2009, 3.

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Stephen Ohlemacher, «Nearly Half of U.S. Households Escape Fed Income Tax», Associated Press, April 7, 2010, finance.yahoo.com.

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John D. McKinnon, «High-Earning Households Pay Growing Share of Taxes», wsj.com, May 3, 2011.

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Barack Obama, Reclaiming the American Dream Speech, Bettendorf [IA], Nov. 7, 2007, «Barack Obama and Joe Biden: Making College Affordable for Everyone», barackobama.com.

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Lawrence W. Reed, «A Subtle Destroyer», Mackinac Center for Public Policy, April 8, 2005, mackinac.org.

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«Food Stamp Rolls Continue to Rise», Wall Street Journal, Dec. 8, 2010.

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Anemona Hartocollis, «New York Asks to Bar Use of Food Stamps to Buy Sodas», New York Times, Oct. 6, 2010.

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Christine Armario and Dorie Turner, «Nearly 1 in 4 Fails Military Entrance Exam», Washington Examiner, Dec. 22, 2010.

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John Maynard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace (London: Macmillan, 1919), 220.

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«Cheap Cigarettes from Cigarettes Below Cost», cigarettes-below-cost.com.

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Thomas E. Woods, Meltdown: A Free-Market Look at Why the Stock Market Collapsed, the Economy Tanked, and Government Bailouts Will Make Things Worse (Washington, D.C.: Regnery, 2009), 1.

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Lawrence W. Reed, «The Greatest Spending Administration in All of History», Mackinac Center for Public Policy, Jan. 1, 1998, mackinac.org.

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Paul Krugman, «Franklin Delano Obama», New York Times, Nov. 10, 2008.

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