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    <body><![CDATA[Infuriating look at tax policy (I now that sounds dull to most people) but its really easy to understand. And you will not believe how the tax system is structured. How is so incredibly skewed to server the rich. <br/><br/>Just to give an example from the book to peak interest, we all MUST pay soc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42891158">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading Johnston’s subsequent <em>Free Lunch</em>, I assumed I’d love this book. Here Johnston condenses his experience as an <em>NYT</em> tax journalist in order to pinpoint the big issues – circa 2003 – that enable the top percent to pay less tax than their minimum wage and middling counterparts. As s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/66355199">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[There is a quote by Ralph Reed, former director of The Christian Coalition, near the end of the book that sums up the contents pretty well:  &quot;In public policy, it matters less who has the best arguments and more who gets heard - and by whom&quot;<br/><br/>Perfectly Legal describes how our tax...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/49645062">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Insightful and immediately relevant examination of taxation. On Social Security:  Reagan's tax cuts for the rich led to huge deficits. Along comes the Greenspan Commission on SS saying it will run out of money for benefits in 31 years, according to some questionable forecasts. Payroll taxes go up to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28105488">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[despite some minor repetitions from chapter to chapter--the book was probably composed out of a number of serialized columns-- this book is an encompassing, mostly comprehensive* view of our american tax system and what has happened to it in the last thirty years.<br/>*(mostly comprehensive, though...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15776062">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A thorough look into how America's tax burden has gradually shifted onto the poor as the cry for lower taxes, as well as the continuing growth of tax loopholes, has allowed those with resources to escape their responsibilities.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an enlightening book and thereby disturbing.  It describes how the tax system favors the super rich but also discusses the merits of income redistribution which is an annoying philosophy to me.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[So infuriating! Excellent book for anyone semi-interested in wealth disparity, and with at least a little patience for economic journalism.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I picked this up thinking that it might be instructive in avoiding taxes by legal methods. However, most of the issues discussed were questionable in nature, and much had to do with tax dodges used by large corporations.<br/><br/>The most unfortunate part of the book was the writing. The tone was ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46986592">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Overall I thought that the author made some good arguments against the tax system, but too many times he starting adding nonsensical data points to his arguments that I ended up diasgreeing with him on principle. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Holy Cow! American citizens have fallen victim to a farce courtesy of the American Government. There is a common misconception that everyone has to pay their taxes and the rich pay the most. 'Perectly Legal' cracks the falsehoods by producing 100% hard facts pertaining to Congressional hearings, doc...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/11075949">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I agree with the thesis, that the tax system is designed to benefit those who can most afford them, but the structure of the book was a little disjointed for my tastes. There was no flow between chapters, and while the arguments and examples given were at the same time appalling and not at all surpr...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/13299827">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Well researched look at how our tax system came to be and it's inherent if not corruptness, then immorality. If our tax system does not already make you want to vomit, this will really make blood spirt from your eyes.  Anyone who believes the pap about &quot;liberty and justice for all&quot; is in s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64440192">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[OH. MY. GOD. Who would have thunk that book on US tax policy could be so readable--even downright riveting. If you want to know why the rich keep getting richer and the rest of us are falling by the wayside, this is the book to explain it. It's worth the lingering depression.]]></body>
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