Welfare for the Rich: How Your Tax Dollars End Up in Millionaires PocketsAnd What You Can do About It

by Phil Harvey, Lisa Conyers, David Boaz (Introduction)

Overview

Welfare for the Rich is the first book to describe and analyze the many ways that federal and state governments provide handouts—subsidies, grants, tax credits, loan guarantees, price supports, and many other payouts—to millionaires, billionaires, and the companies they own and run. Many journalists, scholars, and activists have focused on one or more of these dysfunctional programs. A few of the most egregious examples have even become famous. But Welfare for the Rich is the first attempt to paint a comprehensive, easily accessible picture of a system largely designed by the richest Americans—through lobbyists, lawyers, political action committees, special interest groups, and other powerful influencers—with the specific goal of making sure the government keeps wealth and power flowing from the many to the few.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940162867098
Publisher:	Post Hill Press
Publication date:	08/04/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Phil Harvey, the founder of two thriving businesses, is a philanthropist who also founded several important nonprofit organizations. He is the author of five books.

Lisa Conyers is a political consultant who focuses on economics and public policy.

Editorial Reviews

Welfare for the Rich masterfully documents how governments violate free market principles by passing laws that bestow special favors, subsidies, and power to the wealthy. Readers will share the righteous indignation of authors Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers when they discover how their tax dollars are being wasted on pet projects and programs for the rich.

President and General Counsel, Institute for Justice - Scott G. Bullock

Harvey and Conyers offer concrete, feasible, fair solutions to end the thousands of government programs that are taking from the poor to give to the rich. Welfare for the Rich is based on thorough research that will make any normal person's blood boil, as one ripoff after another is brought to light. Get angry. And then get real. Kudos to Harvey and Conyers for offering a realistic path to an equitable and just society.

George M. Yeager Chair for Advancing Liberty, Atlas Network, Senior Fellow, Cato Institute - Dr. Tom G. Palmer

As governor of New Mexico, I became all too familiar with government programs and policies that favored the wealthy and well-connected at taxpayer expense. Today, citizens of all political persuasions can surely agree that taxpayer money should not be channeled to those who need it least. Thanks to Phil Harvey and Lisa Conyers for demonstrating the scope of this waste.

Presidential Candidate 2016, Former Governor of New Mexico - Gary Johnson

Conyers and Harvey describe—in infuriating detail—all the ways that the wealthy and the well-connected use the power of the state to divert your money into their pockets. This robust defense of free markets is both timely and terrifying.

Editor in Chief, Reason - Katherine Mangu-Ward

The political left has long demanded government intervention to reduce economic inequality. Increasingly, the political right is joining in this call. Yet as Harvey and Conyers make crystal clear, government itself is a major contributor to inequality and more government programs will only make things worse. Far better would be to heed Harvey's and Conyers's humane proposition for less government by simply eliminating the government's costly "help-the-rich" programs.

Professor of Economics George Mason University - Donald J. Boudreaux