David Cay Johnston Talks About Free Lunch

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Partner:: Commonwealth Club
Location:: The Commonwealth Club of California
San Francisco, CA
Event Date:: 04.14.08
Speakers:: David Cay Johnston,; Robert Saldich
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Summary: Since 1995 when David Cay Johnston turned his investigative reporting skills to explore the murky waters of tax law, Some tax policy officials now consider him, as one tax law professor put it, "the de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United States."

Johnston will detail how a strong and growing economy lends itself to job uncertainty, debt, bankruptcy, and economic fear for a vast number of Americans. As tax season draws to a close, come find out who is getting a free lunch and who is picking up the bill - The Commonwealth Club of California

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David Cay Johnston

David Cay Johnston was an investigative journalist for The New York Times now focusing on the subject of taxation. He accepted a buyout offer from the Times in April 2008 and is now an independent reporter. He most recently published Free Lunch: How the Wealthiest Americans Enrich Themselves at Government Expense and Stick You With The Bill, about hidden subsidies, rigged markets, and corporate socialism. It follows Perfectly Legal: The Covert Campaign to Rig Our Tax System to Benefit the Super Rich - and Cheat Everybody Else, a New York Times bestseller. Johnston received the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting "for his penetrating and enterprising reporting that exposed loopholes and inequities in the U.S. tax code, which was instrumental in bringing about reforms." He also won the Book of the Year award from Investigative Reporters & Editors. Johnston has also investigated uncaught murderers, the unfairly imprisoned, Los Angeles Police Department abuses, Barron Hilton, misuse of charitable funds at United Way, news manipulation at WJIM-TV, and Donald Trump's net worth. In 1968, Johnston began his career at the San Jose Mercury News. In 1973, Johnston left the Mercury News to study at the University of Chicago under a five-month fellowship. He then took a position as an investigative reporter at the Detroit Free Press in its Lansing bureau from 1973 to 76, and later worked as a reporter for the Los Angeles Times from 1976 to 1988. He then worked as a reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1988. Johnston joined The New York Times in February 1995. In addition to his journalistic career, Johnston studied economics at the University of Chicago graduate school and at six other colleges, earning six years of college credits but no degree.

Robert Saldich

Robert Saldich is the Chair of the Board of Governors at The Commonwealth Club of California in San Francisco, CA.

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01 hr 04 min 47 sec

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01.: Moderator Introduction

02 min 20 sec

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02.: Johnston Opening: Free Lunch

04 min 12 sec

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03.: The Truth About Sales Tax

02 min 04 sec

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04.: How Subsidies Work

02 min 14 sec

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05.: Subsidies and Major League Sports

01 min 44 sec

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06.: Working to Give Money to Richest People in America

03 min 21 sec

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07.: Hidden Subsidies

04 min 39 sec

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08.: How Reagan Changed the Economy

02 min 57 sec

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09.: Tax Imbalance is Immoral

01 min 49 sec

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10.: Q & A

00 min 18 sec

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11.: Q1: Foreign Companies

02 min 00 sec

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12.: Q2: Local Retailers

01 min 18 sec

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13.: Q3: Small Businesses Not Reacting

01 min 40 sec

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14.: Q4: Gangs / Subsidy Link

04 min 27 sec

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15.: Q5: Taxes vs Consumerism

07 min 48 sec

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16.: Q6: Consumption Tax Model

02 min 26 sec

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17.: Q7: Politics & Big Business

02 min 18 sec

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18.: Q8: Poor Voting Against Self-Interest

02 min 17 sec

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19.: Q9: How Bush Made His Fortune

03 min 11 sec

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20.: Q10: History of Subsidies

02 min 41 sec

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21.: Q11: Taxes at the Core of Democracy

02 min 33 sec

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22.: Q12: Changing the Tax System

01 min 08 sec

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23.: Q13: Future of Investigative Journalism

02 min 07 sec

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24.: Q14: Deregulating Electricity

01 min 43 sec

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25.: Q15: David Cay Johnston Watch

01 min 14 sec

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David Cay Johnston on the Truth About Sales Tax

02 min 32 sec

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David Cay Johnston on Pro Sports Subsidies

04 min 37 sec

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David Cay Johnston: How Reagan Changed the Economy

03 min 27 sec

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01 hr 04 min 47 sec

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