Further reading (and outrages)
Learn more about the financial burdens of average people
America: Who Really Pays the Taxes? by Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele (1994)
Arrogant Capital: Washington, Wall Street, and the Frustration of American Politics by Kevin Phillips (1994)
Bait and Switch: The (Futile) Pursuit of the American Dream by Barbara Ehrenreich (2005)
Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich—and Cheat Everybody Else by David Cay Johnston (2003)
Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense (and Stick You With the Bill) by David Cay Johnston (2007)
The Two-Income Trap: Why Middle-Class Parents Are Going Broke by Elizabeth Warren and Amelia Warren Tyagi (2003)
Who Stole the American Dream? by Hedrick Smith (2012)
—Dennis Myers
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