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100 1  Johnston, David C. 
245 10 Free lunch :|bhow the wealthiest Americans enrich 
       themselves at government expense (and stick you with the 
       bill) /|cDavid Cay Johnston. 
264  1 New York :|bPortfolio,|c2007. 
300    viii, 323 pages ;|c24 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references and index. 
505 00 |tPreface --|gch. 1.|tWithout even asking --|gch. 2.|tMr. 
       Reagan's question --|gch. 3.|tTrust and consequences --
       |gch. 4.|tChinese magnetism --|gch. 5.|tSeizing the 
       commons --|gch. 6.|tPride and profits --|gch. 7.|tYour 
       land is my land --|gch. 8.|tBounty hunters --|gch. 9.
       |tGoin' fishin' --|gch. 10.|tJust say no --|gch. 11.
       |tBeauty and the bounty --|gch. 12.|tFalse alarm --|gch. 
       13.|tHome robbery --|gch. 14.|tIndentured scholars --|gch.
       15.|tSelling the furniture --|gch. 16.|tSuffer the little 
       children --|gch. 17.|tTrojan horse --|gch. 18.|tSightless 
       sheriffs --|gch. 19.|tPaying twice --|gch. 20.|tRising 
       snow --|gch. 21.|tUnhealthy economics --|gch. 22.|tLess 
       for more --|gch. 23.|tHooked on drugs --|gch. 24.|t"I'm 
       being trapped" --|gch. 25.|tNone dare call it stealing --
       |gch. 26.|tNot since Hoover --|tConclusions : What to do? 
       --|tAcknowledgments --|tNotes --|tIndex. 
520    How does a strong and growing economy lend itself to job 
       uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a 
       vast number of Americans? This book answers this great 
       economic question, revealing how today's government 
       policies and spending benefit the wealthy. Johnston shows 
       how, under the guise of deregulation, a whole new set of 
       regulations quietly went into effect--thwarting 
       competition, depressing wages, and rewarding misconduct. 
       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 baseball team 
       owners will collect more than $1.3 billion in public 
       funds. In these instances and more, Johnston 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.--From publisher 
       description. 
650  0 Rich people|zUnited States. 
650  0 Lobbyists|zUnited States. 
650  0 Subsidies|zUnited States. 
651  0 United States|xPolitics and government. 
856 42 |3Contributor biographical information|uhttp://www.loc.gov
       /catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2007039164-b.html 
856 42 |3Publisher description|uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/
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