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And I was right. But, I suppose that's a good thing.

Reading this book is designed to make you mad, to want to do something about the 'pigs at the trough' as Ariana Huffington calls them; no, not the welfare mothers with their $24...more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 3 2 false Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 04 22:10:31 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 17:48:07 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 3 2 false Mon Jan 19 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 15 08:06:43 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 23 07:47:16 -0800 2009 more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 3 2 false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 04 17:00:51 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 19:40:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 5 1 false Fri Mar 28 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 11:48:33 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 19 11:48:39 -0700 2008 The number are clear. Change in average incomes over last 30 years:
Vast majority (270 million): 3% less (from $29,968 in 1975 to $29,143 in 2005)
The Rich (3 million): 209% increase ($359,501 to $752,058)
Superrich (30,000): 650% ...more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 5 2 false Sun Mar 16 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 20:11:49 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 23:53:04 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 5 2 false Wed Aug 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 30 05:59:15 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 24 08:18:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 5 2 false Sat Feb 09 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Apr 04 19:18:11 -0700 2008 Fri Apr 04 19:35:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 4 0 false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 02:34:19 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 02:34:32 -0700 2009
Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter David Cay Johnston exposes how the wealthy have used the U.S. government to distort markets, eliminate competition, support lavish lifestyles and appropriate tax dollars. He explains how developers get r...more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 5 0 false Thu Jul 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 20:11:38 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 02 20:11:38 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 4 2 false Sat Mar 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Feb 11 08:10:23 -0800 2008 Thu Mar 27 10:36:08 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 4 1 false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Nov 24 03:00:17 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 03:45:54 -0800 2008 offering many examples of how public money is filling the pockets of private enterprises with minimal benefit to ...more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 4 0 false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 14 10:01:03 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 21:59:47 -0800 2009
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/...

If you cannot read free lunch, read his article over lunch, unless of course you want to keep your lunch down because it will turn your stomach.

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Anyway, it still appalls me how people turn their noses down on a mom g...more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 1 0 false Mon Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 21:30:45 -0700 2008 Wed Aug 06 13:21:11 -0700 2008
I am not saying that I myself am a fabulous writer, nor do I envision myself breaking ground with dry business writing, but this effort by Mr. Johnston is quite bad. Too often he slips into cliches and poorly constructed metaphors in the middle of sections ...more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 4 0 false Tue Jun 17 09:34:57 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 17 10:25:54 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 3 0 false Mon Sep 15 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 15:02:01 -0700 2008 Mon Sep 15 15:08:15 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1244650 1591841917 9781591841913 238 101 Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) 3.90 http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/1244650.Free_Lunch_How_the_Wealthiest_Americans_Enrich_Themselves_at_Government_Expense 4 0 false Sat Mar 29 09:56:09 -0700 2008 Sat Mar 29 10:03:04 -0700 2008
Quite a few things: I've never had any direct contact with either one [I said, sanctimoniously]; they're a scourge on our country [you already knew that]; Johnson's answer: they've received millions and millions in government subsidies as...more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1244650