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"Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (And Stick You with the Bill)"

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist David Cay Johnston joins us to talk about his new book, "Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (And Stick You with the Bill)." Johnston reveals how government subsidies and new regulations have quietly funneled money from the poor and the middle class to the rich and politically connected. [includes rush transcript]

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[Quietlydoesit]

America is a gold mine for rich parasites to become richer on the backs of ordinary workers whilst simultaneously insulting the poor for wanting a fairer cut of the wealth they have created.

[principles101]

Forget party affiliation...Neither the Democrats or the Republicans have helped the middle class...it's the individual who cares about the people who will help bring back the economy and Constitutional rights. Obama, Hitlary, Romney, Huckabee won't do it...but Ron Paul will...and so would Dennis Kucinich before he opted out because the mogul corporate media wouldn't give any attention to these people. People insanely voted for the people who were given mass media attention. Stupidity!

[circusboy90210]

@Quietlydoesit its not parasitic to offer goods and services. the poor are the parasites who pay no taxes and expect the rich to pay for everything and overtax the real producers , the people with capital. work does not create wealth if you are merely being compensated for your time. capital makes wealth, only when you capitalize your own ideas is your labor creating the wealth.

[debisis]

DEMAND A SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE...one way to curb the greed among big and small businesses ...and the gov't.

[cdimmm]

article 4 section 4.. republic now

[hapz3000]

@aliano10 hmmm maybe i will try that...sounds good thanks

[x2436ab]

USA....The land of the free and The Worlds Greatest Democracy!....Yeah! Sure!

Sh*t the F**k Up and continue living in your f***ed up dream about USA!!

USA = The Greatest Fascist Country on this planet!

Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin and Mao would envy the non-American African traitor Barack Obama who calls himself 'President of The United States' and what Fascist State he, and his corrupted buddies (including the 200 percent corrupted Bush-family), have created.

Have a nice day!

[doctorw2]

@Gazija81 dont you understand that your wall street and government are in bed with each other making profits overseas at the expense of american citizens? they are depriving you of education so that you cant compete in the global market economy and not threaten their very lucrative foreign low wage labour scheme. i salute the people who started the occupation movement in the united states all of us must stand against global economic terrorism and finacial tyrany.

[Gazija81]

@doctorw2 yes its seems most of american people are stupid but 95% are in public scools where no teacher gives shit about student , while rich folks children pay for home schools and private schools eather way. By the time poor people kids get to the college they have no money to pay it and they will luck in studies becouse of public bull shit education. Did you realize recently how much did government cut on education to save money. No bus transportation. No activities. Its getting worse

[TheDJSTALKER]

Well...you know the 95% poor 5% rich story right? Well...If you really think about it, the 5% NEED the other 95% of people to work for them, its that simple, so that bullshit about how EVERYBODY can be rich is totally false and if you think that way you are not using common sense. There wont be a time where everyone is equal and rich in the same time... And as "motivators" say : business is a key to sucess- well it maybe , but you need someone to work for you eventually - poor people.

[doctorw2]

american people are really stupid and complacent they let the finacial elite just piss all over them and just beg for more no wonder their credit rating was downgraded.