Table of Contents
Acknowledgments ix
Foreword David Boaz, Cato Institute xi
Introduction xv
1 Unhealthy Harvest: Millionaire Farmers and the Hand That Feeds Them 1
2 The Tariff Trap: Taxing Millions to Enrich a Few 27
3 The Sky-High Price of Big League Dreams: State Subsidies for Stadiums, Movies, and Mickey Mouse 48
4 Land of the Free? That's Not What the Zoning Laws Say 65
5 Thumbs on the Scale: How Big Businesses Tilt the Rules in Their Favor 81
6 Energy: How America's Wealthiest Industry Gets Your Tax Dollars 111
7 Grabbing the Taxpayers' Money-There's an App for That 139
8 Taxes and Tax Breaks 154
9 Do Banks Need Uncle Sam as Their Sugar Daddy? 188
10 Lobbying-The Right of Which People? 203
11 Joining Forces and Fighting Back 216
Bibliography 227
Index 275