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Praise for THE BIG RIPOFF
"Politicians like to say that government is on the side of the
little guy. But with impressive documentation and persuasive examples,
Tim Carney shows how government power and regulation are typically used
to assist the powerful."
-Paul A. Gigot Editorial Page Editor, the Wall Street Journal
"Exposes the dirty little secret of American politics: how big
businesses work with statist politicians to diminish the prosperity and
freedom of consumers, taxpayers, and entrepreneurs. Carney employs
top-notch writing ability, passion for liberty, and understanding of
economics to demolish the myth that big business is a foe of big
government. Everyone who seeks to understand who really benefits from
big government should read this book, as should anyone who still
believes that the interventionist state benefits the average person."
-Congressman Ron Paul U. S. House of Representatives, 14th District of Texas
"Small entrepreneurial businesses are the backbone success of our
great economy. They are the biggest job and wealth creators. Is that why
big corpocratic behemoth firms collude with big government for a liberal
agenda of higher taxes and overregulation that will punish the small
risk-takers? Tim Carney's new book describes how anti-business big
business can be."
-Lawrence Kudlow Host of CNBC's Kudlow & Company
"Tim Carney explodes the myth that big business and big government
are natural opponents. All too often, as he points out, they're both
engaged in a common enterprise: picking your pocket."
-Ramesh Ponnuru Senior Editor, National Review
"A romping tour de force of the love affair between big business
and big government from Teddy Roosevelt and the Robber Barons to Enron
and the Kyoto Treaty. Indispensable for understanding how government
regulation really works."
-Donald Devine Grewcock Professor of Political Science, Bellevue University
"Every CEO in America should read this book today, issue new
directives to their bureaucrat-appeasing Washington lobbyist tomorrow,
and join in the fight for economic liberalization."
-Fred L. Smith, Jr. Founder and President, Competitive Enterprise
Institute TIMOTHY P. CARNEY
is a freelance investigative reporter, in Washington, D. C. He has
worked under veteran political reporter Bob Novak, has served
fellowships with the Phillips Foundation and the Competitive Enterprise
Institute, and has worked as a reporter at Human Events. Carney has
written for the Wall Street Journal, New York Sun, Washington Times,
National Review Online, American Spectator, American Conservative, D. C.
Examiner, and a handful of other magazines, newspapers, and Web sites.
