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Bookmark and Share Tax favors, IBM, and the murder of Vernon Hunter

As a Lame Duck Congress discusses potential tax increases in December 2010 David Cay Johnston reminds us how the nominal rates mean little - except to ordinary Americans who are employees. For the rich and powerful, those with lawyers and lobbyists, a small tweak in the tax code can make IBM $60 Million dollars richer and put others literally out of business. This case study explains how the real issues in our budgetary crisis relates to behind the scenes and deeply buried lines in the tax code that enrich the connected at the expense of the rest of us. David Cay Johnston is the author of "Free Lunch:How The Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves At Government Expense (And Stick You With The Bill)"

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