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- ISBN
- 9781591840695
- Book Title
- Perfectly Legal : The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich--And Cheat e Verybody Else
- Item Length
- 8.3in
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.8in
- Genre
- Law, Business & Economics
- Topic
- Economic History, Business Ethics, Taxation, Taxation / General, Money & Monetary Policy, Personal Finance / General
- Item Width
- 5.5in
- Item Weight
- 11.4 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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Now updated with a new prologue! Since the mid-1970s, there has been a dramatic shift in America's socioeconomic system, one that has gone virtually unnoticed by the general public. Tax policies and their enforcement have become a disaster, and thanks to discreet lobbying by a segment of the top 1 percent, Washington is reluctant or unable to fix them. The corporate income tax, the estate tax, and the gift tax have been largely ignored by the media. But the cumulative results are remarkable: today someone who earns a yearly salary of £60,000 pays a larger percentage of his income in taxes than the four hundred richest Americans.Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter David Cay Johnston exposes exactly how the middle class is being squeezed to create a widening wealth gap that threatens the stability of the country. By relating the compelling tales of real people across all areas of society, he reveals the truth behind: Û Middle class tax cuts and exactly whom they benefit. Û How workers are being cheated out of their retirement plans while disgraced CEOs walk away with millions. Û How some corporations avoid paying any federal income tax. Û How a law meant to prevent cheating by the top 2 percent of Americans no longer affects most of them, but has morphed into a stealth tax on single mothers making just £28,000. Û Why the working poor are seven times more likely to be audited by the IRS than everyone else. Û How the IRS became so weak that even when it was handed complete banking records detailing massive cheating by 1,600 people, it prosecuted only 4 percent of them. Johnston has been breaking pieces of this story on the front page of The New York Times for seven years. With Perfectly Legal, he puts the whole shocking narrative together in a way that will stir up media attention and make readers angry about the state of our country.
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1591840694
ISBN-13
9781591840695
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43398881
Product Key Features
Book Title
Perfectly Legal : The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich--And Cheat e Verybody Else
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Economic History, Business Ethics, Taxation, Taxation / General, Money & Monetary Policy, Personal Finance / General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Law, Business & Economics
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
8.3in
Item Height
0.8in
Item Width
5.5in
Item Weight
11.4 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Hj2362.J64 2003
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Twelfth Grade
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Reviews
"Truly shocking." - The New York Times Book Review "Readers should take their blood pressure pills." - The Dallas Morning News "Everyone who wants to understand what''s happening with the tax system should read Perfectly Legal ... by David Cay Johnston, who shows how idealogues have made America safe for wealthy people who don''t feel like paying taxes." - Paul Krugman , The New York Times "Even if you suspected all along that the system favors the rich, you''re going to be shocked to learn just how badly you''re being screwed." - Greg Palast , author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy "Want to know how business execs get nearly free peraonal trips on their corporate jets? Johnston is your man." - Business Week "This is a book that will either shame us or prod us into taking back the system." - Ralph Nader, "Truly shocking."-- The New York Times Book Review "Readers should take their blood pressure pills."-- The Dallas Morning News "Everyone who wants to understand what's happening with the tax system should read Perfectly Legal ... by David Cay Johnston, who shows how idealogues have made America safe for wealthy people who don't feel like paying taxes."-- Paul Krugman , The New York Times "Even if you suspected all along that the system favors the rich, you're going to be shocked to learn just how badly you're being screwed."-- Greg Palast , author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy "Want to know how business execs get nearly free peraonal trips on their corporate jets? Johnston is your man."-- Business Week "This is a book that will either shame us or prod us into taking back the system."-- Ralph Nader, "Truly shocking." -- The New York Times Book Review "Readers should take their blood pressure pills." -- The Dallas Morning News "Everyone who wants to understand what's happening with the tax system should read Perfectly Legal ... by David Cay Johnston, who shows how idealogues have made America safe for wealthy people who don't feel like paying taxes." -- Paul Krugman , The New York Times "Even if you suspected all along that the system favors the rich, you're going to be shocked to learn just how badly you're being screwed." -- Greg Palast , author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy "Want to know how business execs get nearly free peraonal trips on their corporate jets? Johnston is your man." -- Business Week "This is a book that will either shame us or prod us into taking back the system." -- Ralph Nader, "Truly shocking." - The New York Times Book Review "Readers should take their blood pressure pills." - The Dallas Morning News "Everyone who wants to understand what's happening with the tax system should read Perfectly Legal ... by David Cay Johnston, who shows how idealogues have made America safe for wealthy people who don't feel like paying taxes." - Paul Krugman , The New York Times "Even if you suspected all along that the system favors the rich, you're going to be shocked to learn just how badly you're being screwed." - Greg Palast , author of The Best Democracy Money Can Buy "Want to know how business execs get nearly free peraonal trips on their corporate jets? Johnston is your man." - Business Week "This is a book that will either shame us or prod us into taking back the system." - Ralph Nader
Table of Content
Acknowledgments Prologue Chapter 1: Taxes - They're Not for Everyone Chapter 2: A Nickel an Hour More Chapter 3: The Rich Get Fabulously Richer Chapter 4: Big Payday Chapter 5: Plane Perks Chapter 6: When the Old Man Is Dead and Buried Chapter 7: The Stealth Tax Chapter 8: How Social Security Taxes Subsidize the Rich Chapter 9: Preying on the Working Poor Chapter 10: Handcuffing the Tax Police Chapter 11: Mr. Rossotti's Customers Chapter 12: For Want of a Keystroke Chapter 13: Mr. Kellogg's Favorite Loophole Chapter 14: Mass Market Tax Evasion Chapter 15: Getting Off the Hook Chapter 16: Profiting Off Taxes Chapter 17: Profits Trump Patriotism Chapter 18: Letters to Switerzland Chapter 19: Gimme Shelter Chapter 20: Only the Rich Deserve a Comfortable Retirement Chapter 21: Is Reform Possible? Conclusions Notes Index
Copyright Date
2003
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2003-061660
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