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I want to do things that are beyond the scope of the daily newspaper, as good as it is and as important as it is... beyond the scope of even a great newspaper like The New York Times.
David Cay Johnston; How The One Percent Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (2009)
Do you take responsibility for what you do? Do you credit other people? Are you open to recognizing a mistake and correcting it, etc. ...Donald Trump flunks every one of those measures.
The Tyrant Next Time (2019)
Our democracy is in very deep trouble. ...Donald Trump is not the disease. He is the symptom.
David Cay Johnston, "It's Even Worse Than You Think (2018)
Donald Trump said "I'm going to drain the swamp." He comes here and immediately turns it into a federally protected wetland, a paradise for Wall Street.
David Cay Johnston, "It's Even Worse Than You Think (2018)
[S]tate and local governments alone spend at least $70 billion a year of taxpayer's money to subsidize factories, office buildings [etc.]... $900 per year for a family of four.
The Fine Print (2013)
Inflation, combined with the end of real growth in wages beginning in 1973, created... "bracket creep" that moved people into higher tax brackets even if... real incomes were unchanged.
Perfectly Legal (2005)
Few things benefit Trump more than ignorance. ...Unless and until some fact they cannot reconcile slaps them hard in the face, the con's marks will keep seeing the world through the credulous and distorted lens...
It's Even Worse Than You Think (2018)
Trump's private and Justice Department lawyers narrowly define emolument. ...[A]nything short of an flat-out bribe is legal ...so long as the transaction is run through one of the ...companies owned by the president.
It's Even Worse Than You Think (2018)
Just as there is an underground economy of gardeners and handymen and petty merchants who get paid in cash and pay little or no taxes, there is also an underground economy among the super rich that lets them understate their true income and overstate their tax deductions.
Perfectly Legal (2005)
The Rosetta Stone is a grant of tax relief. ...[E]ssentially it says... I, Pharaoh so and so... hereby make this grant of tax relief to these priests.
The Tyrant Next Time (2019)