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> [“You’ll learn in this book how other courts, including the United States Supreme Court, have diminished the rights of consumers, voters and workers while enhancing corporate power.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/you-ll-learn-in-this-book-how-other-courts-including-the-united/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

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## More by David Cay Johnston

> [“Wage insurance works best when all workers are covered under the same plan and the coverage starts at the beginning of their working lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/wage-insurance-works-best-when-all-workers-are-covered-under-the-same/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“Pope Francis I, denouncing “an economy of exclusion,” has made inequality a centerpiece of his reign: Just as the commandment “Thou shalt not kill”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/pope-francis-i-denouncing-an-economy-of-exclusion-has-made-inequality/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“We have created a society in which all the nation’s economic gains flow to the top and the vast majority sees income stagnation or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/we-have-created-a-society-in-which-all-the-nation-s-economic-gains/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [Congress is supposed to fund the IRS, and it has been steadily reducing the number of auditors and tax collectors the IRS has at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/congress-is-supposed-to-fund-the-irs-and-it-has-been-steadily/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“By 2012 the average income of the vast majority had shrunk to the equivalent of 45 weeks of 1973 income—a 13 percent decline to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/by-2012-the-average-income-of-the-vast-majority-had-shrunk-to-the/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“No person, I think, ever saw a herd of buffalo, of which a few were fat and the great majority lean. No person ever…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/no-person-i-think-ever-saw-a-herd-of-buffalo-of-which-a-few-were-fat/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“The worst of these are laws in nineteen states that let companies pocket the state income taxes withheld from their workers’ paychecks for up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/the-worst-of-these-are-laws-in-nineteen-states-that-let-companies/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“it shouldn’t be the case that the only route out of poverty is to get married to someone who also has a job.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/it-shouldn-t-be-the-case-that-the-only-route-out-of-poverty-is-to-get/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“Halliburton’s is a more extreme example, one in which a powerful and wealthy company transcends national borders so thoroughly that it is not an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/halliburton-s-is-a-more-extreme-example-one-in-which-a-powerful-and/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“The real income reported on federal tax returns by the vast majority of Americans, the 90 percent, doubled between the end of the war and 1973.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/the-real-income-reported-on-federal-tax-returns-by-the-vast-majority/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [You, as a wage earner have to pay your taxes every year on your income for that year. So if you have a one-time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/you-as-a-wage-earner-have-to-pay-your-taxes-every-year-on-your-income/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“Social Security gives concrete expression to widely held and time-honored American commitments. Grounded in values of shared responsibility and concern for all members of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/social-security-gives-concrete-expression-to-widely-held-and-time/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“The anthropologist Elliot Liebow observed it in the men he chronicled in Tally’s Corner, his insightful 1967 book on the lives and attitudes of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/the-anthropologist-elliot-liebow-observed-it-in-the-men-he-chronicled/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“One change we believe should be made is increasing the maximum amount of wages on which Social Security’s contributions are assessed. Contributions are assessed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/one-change-we-believe-should-be-made-is-increasing-the-maximum-amount/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

> [“Not surprisingly, this huge American “industry” has huge political clout—with the expansion of prosecutorial and correctional workers’ power, the growing number of lobbyists for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-cay-johnston/not-surprisingly-this-huge-american-industry-has-huge-political-clout/)

[David Cay Johnston](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-cay-johnston/)

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