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I've found the book in the English bookstore in LIlle France. The book is full of hard data about the plundering of public money by US companies to build their empires.
Of particular interest to me : how football moguls grab public money to build the stadiums
I would only suggest M Johnston to come to France and research how the soccer business here is taking money from our pockets, thanks to credulous city officials, to build huge football stadiums with our taxes.
Fabulous salaries for players, high dividends for the shareholders are only possible because these people do not invest one euro of their own money to build the workplace of their employees.
Definitely a must !
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Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You with the Bill) by David Cay Johnston
andredelepierre, February 12, 2008
I've found the book in the English bookstore in LIlle France. The book is full of hard data about the plundering of public money by US companies to build their empires.Of particular interest to me : how football moguls grab public money to build the stadiums
I would only suggest M Johnston to come to France and research how the soccer business here is taking money from our pockets, thanks to credulous city officials, to build huge football stadiums with our taxes.
Fabulous salaries for players, high dividends for the shareholders are only possible because these people do not invest one euro of their own money to build the workplace of their employees.
Definitely a must !
(14 of 24 readers found this comment helpful)