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Extortion

Extortion

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

by Peter Schweizer
Hardback
Publication Date: 22/10/2013

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A bombshell investigation reveals how Washington really works: politicians extort money from us, then use it to buy each other s votes. Best-selling author Peter Schweizer reveals:

*Obama s "Protection Money": How the Obama Administration targeted industries for criminal investigation but chose not to pursue key political donors.

*John Boehner s "Tollbooth": How the Speaker of the House extracts money by soliciting political donations before he will hold crucial votes on the House floor.

*The "Slush Fund": How politicians extract "campaign contributions" and then convert them to bankroll lavish lifestyles complete with limos, private jets, golf at five-star resorts, fine wines, and cash for family members.

*Capitol Hill s "Underground Economy": How congressmen use a little-known loophole that allows them to secretly link their votes to cash.

Extortion finally makes clear why Congress is so dysfunctional: it s all about making money, not making law."
ISBN:
9780544103344
9780544103344
Category:
Political structure & processes
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
22-10-2013
Language:
English
Publisher:
Houghton Mifflin
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
250
Dimensions (mm):
234x162x23mm
Weight:
0.43kg
Peter Schweizer

Peter Schweizer is the New York Times bestselling author of Secret Empires, Clinton Cash, Extortion, Throw Them All Out, Architects of Ruin, and other books that have revealed political wrongdoing, and has been featured on 60 Minutes, in the New York Times, and elsewhere. He is the co-founder and president of the Government Accountability Institute, a team of investigative researchers and journalists committed to exposing crony capitalism, misuse of taxpayer monies, and other governmental corruption or malfeasance.

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