Free Lunch by David Cay Johnston

"How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (And Stick You With the Bill)." Heard about this on NPR and got it. What a mind blower! This guy did some amazing research into corporate America corruption. For instance, did you know that WalMart makes a deal with the states when it moves in whereby it is granted all of the sales tax money it collects?

"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 goverment 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."

David Cay Johnston is a Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for The New York Times.

 

I want to read that book. Some told me it was really good. And it looks good too
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