Extortion : how politicians extract your money, buy votes, and line their own pockets / Peter Schweizer.

By:

Schweizer, Peter, 1964-

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publisher: Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2013Description: 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9780544103344 (hardcover)
0544103343 (hardcover)

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.973

LOC classification:

JK 2249 S413e 2013

Contents:

"Throw fear" -- America's most expensive tollbooth -- Protection : for a price -- The underground Washington economy -- The double-milker : you may not be interested in Washington, but Washington is interested in you -- Slush funds -- Trust me : you're gonna need to pay me -- Protection for a price : what about the Washington Corrupt Practices Act? -- It's a family affair -- Protection for the rest of us.

Summary: 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 ... Until now, Washington's extortion racket has gone unreported. Yet thanks to an extraordinary effort by Peter Schweizer and the investigative research staff of the Government Accountability Institute, we now know the racketeering methods and the players who profit from them

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Shelving location	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Libro	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Biblioteca Juan Bosch	Ciencias Sociales	Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso)	JK 2249 S413e 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		00000160009

"Throw fear" --
America's most expensive tollbooth --
Protection : for a price --
The underground Washington economy --
The double-milker : you may not be interested in Washington, but Washington is interested in you --
Slush funds --
Trust me : you're gonna need to pay me --
Protection for a price : what about the Washington Corrupt Practices Act? --
It's a family affair --
Protection for the rest of us.

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 ... Until now, Washington's extortion racket has gone unreported. Yet thanks to an extraordinary effort by Peter Schweizer and the investigative research staff of the Government Accountability Institute, we now know the racketeering methods and the players who profit from them

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