[MD] FYI: Free Lunch

[MarshaV]

SA,

I heard the author interviewed on the radio, and 
he says he gives many actual detailed 
examples.  He says the people aren't being told 
by anyone what is actually going on.  News not 
reporting the facts or using terminology to 
camouflage the truth. Things like the union 
lobbies making side deals with the corporate 
lobbies, and not informing the unions.  Citizens 
sense they're getting screwed, but have no 
specifics.  This book has documented specifics 
how corporations are pulling all the strings.  He 
said it started with Reagan's deregulation, but 
Reagan had no idea how it would be 
used.  Politicians (both parties) are cooperating 
to get money for their campaigns.  It's one big mess.

Marsha




At 02:40 PM 1/7/2008, you wrote:
>Marsha,
>
>       Now this is more specific and detailed about
>real issues.  I'm glad you included some examples, for
>I will not be able to get a chance to read this
>anytime soon.  So, who's really the government?  The
>people who vote for representatives or the 1% who
>pays-off the representatives?  This question has been
>asked many times here, drugged through the mud, and
>reslapped over and over again.  Any headway into
>morals and how society will change - hard and fast or
>easy and slow about the tension and fear.  As you
>mentioned Marsha, economic fear is will the mortage be
>paid and will we get through the winter, but what kind
>of jobs people have is a factor too.  People are
>working and changing society everyday, but these works
>are in existing institutions that the only change that
>is likable for the most part is increased profit
>change.
>
>SA
>
>
>
>      [Marsha]
> > 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.
> >
> >
> >
> > Shoot for the moon.  Even if you miss, you'll land
> > among the stars...
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