Shakedown: How the Government Screws You from A to Z

Shakedown: How the Government Screws You from A to Z
ISBN-10
0140258191
ISBN-13
9780140258196
Series
Shakedown
Pages
144
Language
English
Published
1996
Publisher
Penguin
Author
James Bovard

Description

A funny, frightening compendium of absurd and outrageous government infringements on ordinary Americans' lifes, liberties, and property rights. Shakedown gathers the evidence into an appalling list--organized alphabetically by subject, from Affirmative Action to Zoning Laws--of the ways petty bureaucrats and zealous officials run roughshod over individual rights.

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