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Rich People's Movements: Grassroots Campaigns to Untax the One Percent (Studies in Postwar American Political Development) 1st Edition

by Isaac Martin (Author)
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Product Details

  • Series: Studies in Postwar American Political Development
  • Hardcover: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Oxford University Press; 1 edition (September 2, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0199928991
  • ISBN-13: 978-0199928996
  • Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 1.1 x 6.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
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4.0 out of 5 starsCouldn't be more timely.
By P. Troutman on November 26, 2013
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The author, who is successfully establishing for himself the implausible niche as the guy who writes compelling books about the history of American tax policy, couldn’t be more timely as the latest iteration of the anti-taxation movement has gained enough numbers in the House of Representatives to grind much of the usual business of Congress to a near halt. This book goes back to the debates that led to the Sixteenth Amendment and the beginning of mass income tax in this country. It traces the ebb and flow of efforts by the non-wealthy to cut taxes on the rich, including in 1960s California [of course!] the short lived ‘T Party’. It’s clear that the author originally intended to find a few dull, stodgy dupes of the rich and was surprised—and pleased—to discover much deeper history filled with a Dickensque cast with an array of motivations. (I suspect that adherents of Tea Party philosophies might wish that their predecessors were a little less colorful.)

This is an important book, well told. I suspect non-sociologists might be occasionally irked by what would feel like to them to be digressions when the storytelling is paused to analyze some bursts of quantitative data, such as the demographics of who supported which organization or the extent to which different corporate sectors contributed moneys. But these represent relatively few pages.
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5.0 out of 5 starsAn easy and interesting read
By Jane Lilly Lopez on February 12, 2014
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Getting through most academic books is a real struggle -- even getting beyond the introductory chapter is often too much to bear. But this book read smoothly from start to finish, exposing the lesser-known history of rich people's activism in a way that is accessible to many audiences. If you're planning on being rich and politically active, want to know how to bring down the 1%, or are just looking for something informative and entertaining to read, look no further!
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5.0 out of 5 starsExcellent book.
By LanceManion on November 24, 2013
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I bought this after reading and rereading Martin's previous book The Permanent Tax Revolt. I hope that Isaac Martin has more books in him on taxation politics/policy!
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2.0 out of 5 starsI couldn't finish this book
By KDelphi on December 19, 2013
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I was really looking forward to reading this. Almost no one has taken the time to look, in depth, at how/why the wealthy have almost completely taken over the U.S. system of government. Unfortunately, I am not sure Isaac Martin has either.

But, mostly, I just found it boring reading. Sorry.
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1.0 out of 5 starsThe Normal Vs. The Pathologically Aggrieved
By Abe Krieger on November 29, 2013
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I couldn't make it through this book. It's an interesting topic handled in the most uninteresting way.

Also, there is no rich people's movement; there are the normal and the pathologically aggrieved. The normal are most of the rich, those who aspire to be rich, and those who will never be rich but realize that most of the rich deserve their wealth. The pathologically aggrieved are mostly black, mostly liberal, mostly financial failures who see the rich as someone responsible for their failure. The normal don't like the idea of gov. trying to take from them to give to the pathologically aggrieved, and who can blame them.
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