spit_me
11.05.08, 16:29
To tytul ksiazki ktora czytam opisujacej jak mozni tego swiata
w spolce z politykami rypia amerykanskiego podatnika ,...
Polecam ja wmieszkajacym w Stanach , szczegolnie zakutym lbom ,
jak felusiak ,...
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The bestselling author of Perfectly Legal returns with a powerful
new exposé
How does a strong and growing economy lend itself to job
uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number
of Americans? Free Lunch provides answers to this great economic
mystery of our time, revealing how today’s government policies and
spending reach deep into the wallets of the many for the benefit of
the wealthy few.
Johnston cuts through the official version of events and shows how,
under the guise of deregulation, a whole new set of regulations
quietly went into effect— regulations that thwart competition,
depress wages, and reward misconduct. From how George W. Bush got
rich off a tax increase to a $100 million taxpayer gift to Warren
Buffett, Johnston puts a face on all of the dirty little tricks that
business and government pull. A lot of people appear to be getting
free lunches—but of course there’s no such thing as a free lunch,
and someone (you, the taxpayer) is picking up the bill.
Johnston’s many revelations include:
• How we ended up with the most expensive yet inefficient health-
care system in the world
• How homeowners’ title insurance became a costly, deceitful, yet
almost invisible oligopoly
• How our government gives hidden subsidies for posh golf courses
• How Paris Hilton’s grandfather schemed to retake the family
fortune from a charity for poor children
• How the Yankees and Mets owners will collect more than $1.3
billion in public funds
In these instances and many more, Free Lunch shows how the lobbyists
and lawyers representing the most powerful 0.1 percent of Americans
manipulated our government at the expense of the other 99.9 percent.
With his extraordinary reporting, vivid stories, and sharp analysis,
Johnston reveals the forces that shape our everyday economic lives—
and shows us how we can finally make things better ,...
“If you’re concerned about congressional earmarks, stock options
(especially backdated options), hedge fund tax breaks, abuse of
eminent domain, subsidies to sports teams, K Street lobbyists, the
state of our health-care system, to say nothing of the cavernous gap
between rich and poor, you’ll read this fine book—as I did—with a
growing sense of outrage. Free Lunch makes it clear that it’s high
time for ‘We the People’ to stand up and be counted.”
John C. Bogle, founder and former chairman, The Vanguard Group
www.freelunchthebook.com/
