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- catalog abstract ""Every day corporations and other wealthy special interests pump another $2 million into the coffers of our elected officials in Washington and their party committees. For their money they get an estimated $160 billion a year in tax breaks, subsidies, and other sweet deals. That's $160 billion lifted from taxpayers' pockets - or about $1,500 per taxpayer per year! But that's not the worst of it. Their money also buys them the opportunity to shape public policy to suit their bottom lines. Blending satirical bite with research, this call to arms breaks the issue into manageable, kitchen-table topics and makes it accessible with graph, tables, sidebars, quizzes, and fascinating factoids."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b13271484.
- catalog contributor b13271485.
- catalog created "c2004.".
- catalog date "2004".
- catalog date "c2004.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2004.".
- catalog description ""Every day corporations and other wealthy special interests pump another $2 million into the coffers of our elected officials in Washington and their party committees. For their money they get an estimated $160 billion a year in tax breaks, subsidies, and other sweet deals. That's $160 billion lifted from taxpayers' pockets - or about $1,500 per taxpayer per year! But that's not the worst of it. Their money also buys them the opportunity to shape public policy to suit their bottom lines. Blending satirical bite with research, this call to arms breaks the issue into manageable, kitchen-table topics and makes it accessible with graph, tables, sidebars, quizzes, and fascinating factoids."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Primer / The Basics: Who's Buying Whom: How Money in Politics Really Works -- Our Pockets Are Being Picked -- Prescription Drugs: Rx: Rip-off--How Big Pharma Stays on Top -- Minimum Wage: Nickel and Dimed by Congress -- Cable TV: Monopoly Is So Much Fun -- Banking Deregulation: When Big Banks Happen to Little People (Part 1) -- Corporate Fraud: How Congress Unleashed the Looters -- Our Health Is Being Endangered -- Health Care Reform: The Incredible Shrinking Health Care Debate -- Drug Safety: Who Watches the Watchdogs? -- Tobacco Policy: When Is a Drug Not a Drug? -- Food Safety: Not Anybody's Idea of a "Happy Meal" -- Pesticides and Food: Dare Your Kid Eat a Peach? -- Our Environment Is Being Despoiled -- Energy Policy: The Secret Life of Dick Cheney -- Air Pollution: Why Johnny Can't Breathe -- Superfund: Return of the Toxic Avoiders -- Fuel Inefficiency: Rigged Contest: Hummer versus Hybrid -- Our Safety Is Being Jeopardized -- Homeland Insecurity: The Homegrown Chemical Weapons Threat -- Gun Politics: Of Killer Pens and AK-47s -- Workplace Injuries: How Long Can You "Study" a Problem Before It Goes Away? -- Our Rights Are Being Abridged -- Law and Order: Pardon You? It Depends -- Privacy and Predatory Lending: When Big Banks Happen to Little People (Part 2) -- Bankruptcy Deform: There Are Some Things Money Can Just Keep Trying to Buy -- Our Treasury Is Being Plundered -- Tax Fairness: The Rich Get Richer ... and the Poor Get Audited -- Return on Investment: Corporate Welfare, Land-grab Style -- Agriculture Subsidies: The Farmer in the Till -- Bailouts and Boondoggles: Homeland Security or Profit Security? -- Media Democracy: All the News That's Fit to Omit -- Conclusion: What Is to Be Done?".
- catalog extent "xi, 227 p. :".
- catalog identifier "047167995X (pbk.)".
- catalog issued "2004".
- catalog issued "c2004.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons,".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "328.73/078 22".
- catalog subject "JK1118 .S573 2004".
- catalog subject "Lobbying United States.".
- catalog subject "Pressure groups United States.".
- catalog subject "United States. Congress Ethics.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Primer / The Basics: Who's Buying Whom: How Money in Politics Really Works -- Our Pockets Are Being Picked -- Prescription Drugs: Rx: Rip-off--How Big Pharma Stays on Top -- Minimum Wage: Nickel and Dimed by Congress -- Cable TV: Monopoly Is So Much Fun -- Banking Deregulation: When Big Banks Happen to Little People (Part 1) -- Corporate Fraud: How Congress Unleashed the Looters -- Our Health Is Being Endangered -- Health Care Reform: The Incredible Shrinking Health Care Debate -- Drug Safety: Who Watches the Watchdogs? -- Tobacco Policy: When Is a Drug Not a Drug? -- Food Safety: Not Anybody's Idea of a "Happy Meal" -- Pesticides and Food: Dare Your Kid Eat a Peach? -- Our Environment Is Being Despoiled -- Energy Policy: The Secret Life of Dick Cheney -- Air Pollution: Why Johnny Can't Breathe -- Superfund: Return of the Toxic Avoiders -- Fuel Inefficiency: Rigged Contest: Hummer versus Hybrid -- Our Safety Is Being Jeopardized -- Homeland Insecurity: The Homegrown Chemical Weapons Threat -- Gun Politics: Of Killer Pens and AK-47s -- Workplace Injuries: How Long Can You "Study" a Problem Before It Goes Away? -- Our Rights Are Being Abridged -- Law and Order: Pardon You? It Depends -- Privacy and Predatory Lending: When Big Banks Happen to Little People (Part 2) -- Bankruptcy Deform: There Are Some Things Money Can Just Keep Trying to Buy -- Our Treasury Is Being Plundered -- Tax Fairness: The Rich Get Richer ... and the Poor Get Audited -- Return on Investment: Corporate Welfare, Land-grab Style -- Agriculture Subsidies: The Farmer in the Till -- Bailouts and Boondoggles: Homeland Security or Profit Security? -- Media Democracy: All the News That's Fit to Omit -- Conclusion: What Is to Be Done?".
- catalog title "Is that a politician in your pocket? : Washington on $2 million a day / Micah L. Sifry and Nancy Watzman.".
- catalog type "text".