Table of Contents

About the Author; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part One: Individual Inequities; 1 Social Security Inequities (USD85 billion a year); 2 Tax Breaks for Homeowners (USD32.1 billion a year); 3 Runaway Pensions (USD7.6 billion a year); Part Two: Big Business Breaks; 4 Tax Avoidance by Transnationals (USD137.2 billion a year); 5 Lower Taxes on Capital Gains (USD89.8 billion a year); 6 Accelerated Depreciation (USD85 billion a year); 7 Insurance Loopholes (USD23.5 billion a year); 8 Business Meals and Entertainment (USD8.8 billion a year); 9 Tax-Free Muni Bonds (USD6.4 billion a year); 10 Export Subsidies (1.8 billion a year); Part Three: Industry Chicanery; 11 Military Waste and Fraud (USD224 billion a year); frontmatter.indd 2/23/2004, 6:42 PM 4; 12 S&L Bailout (USD32 billion a year); 13 Agribusiness Subsidies (USD30.5 billion a year); 14 Media Handouts (USD14.2 billion a year); 15 Nuclear Subsidies (USD10 billion a year); 16 Aviation Subsidies (USD5 billion a year); 17 Mining Subsidies (USD4.7 billion a year); 18 Oil and Gas Tax Breaks (USD1.7 billion a year); 19 Timber Subsidies (USD976 million a year); 20 Synfuel Tax Credits (USD600 million a year); 21 Ozone Tax Exemptions (USD320 million a year); 22 A Bouquet of Miscellaneous Ripoffs (USD16.4 billion a year); 23 What's Been Left Out (untold billions every year); Appendix A: Welfare for the Poor (USD193 billion a year); Appendix B: Glossary; Endnotes; Index; About South End Press

About the Author

Mark Zepezauer has worked as a journalist, editor and publisher since 1985. His articles, columns and reviews have appeared in the Village Voice, In These Times and the Arizona Daily Star. Zepezauer also wrote two Real Story books (now published by South End Press): The CIA's Greatest Hits (1994) and the first version of Take the Rich Off Welfare (1996), which have sold over 25,000 and 22,000 copies respectively.