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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 07:46 PM
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Amazon.com recommends "Free Lunch" by David Cay Johnston
It looks pretty good, plus I can get "Perfectly legal" for less than $5? Wow!!

Here's a blurb for "Free Lunch"

"The U.S. government is serving out a free lunch, but, alas, it's a feeding frenzy for those already fat on cash cows. As big businesses continue to reap the benefits of government subsidies--many unnecessary and... "

It looks like I will be stimulating the economy with some consumer purchases.
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canoeist52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 07:57 PM
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1. Just finished it
Had to read it in smaller chunks. It made my blood boil.
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lordsummerisle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 08:53 PM
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2. Same here
You can't read it without being totally outraged.
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zeos3 Donating Member (912 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 09:14 PM
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3. Both are great books
As the other posts state, however, they do make the blood boil so maybe reading in small chunks is best.
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hfojvt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-21-09 10:50 PM
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4. I decided to get extra copies of Perfectly Legal
to donate to libraries. Plus, Tom Tomorrow's "Hell in a Handbasket" is only $5.98
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