[MD] FYI: Free Lunch

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New Book:  Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest 
Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense 
(and StickYou with the Bill)

http://www.amazon.com/Free-Lunch-Wealthiest-Themselves-Government/dp/1591841917/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1199723114&sr=1-1

Book Description
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.



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