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Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets

Extortion: How Politicians Extract Your Money, Buy Votes, and Line Their Own Pockets - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Peter SchweizerPublish date:2014-10-07Pages:256
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PaperbacksISBN-13:9780544334557ISBN-10:544334558UPC:9780544334557Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:American Government, Political ProcessBook Topic:Legislative BranchSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCNHT8GN3T
"Schweizer names guilty parties . . . He exposes powerful figures in politics, law firms, and corporations." -- Forbes

Washington is no longer about lawmaking, it's about moneymaking

Conventional wisdom holds that Washington is broken because outside special interests bribe politicians. The reverse is true: politicians have developed a new set of brass-knuckle legislative tactics designed to extort wealthy industries and donors into forking over big donations -- cash that lawmakers often funnel into the pockets of their friends and family.

Inside this best-selling bombshell of a book, Schweizer reveals the exorbitant secret "fees" each political party charges politicians for top committee assignments; how fourteen members of Congress bagged hundreds of thousands of dollars using a little-known self-loan loophole; how politicians use PACs to bankroll lavish lifestyles; and much more. Washington's extortion racket has gone unreported -- until now.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Harper PaperbacksISBN-13:9780544334557ISBN-10:544334558UPC:9780544334557Book Category:Political ScienceBook Subcategory:American Government, Political ProcessBook Topic:Legislative BranchSize:8.20 x 5.40 x 0.70 inchesWeight:0.4497Product ID:SCNHT8GN3T
Best-selling author of Throw Them All Out, PETER SCHWEIZER is president of the Government Accountability Institute and a fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. He has written for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere.
Publisher: Harper Paperbacks

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