?A journalistic missile launched against the myth that those who mooch off the government are mostly on the lower rungs? This is a provocative, highly readable and well-documented work.?<br> ? South Florida Sun-Sentinel <br> ?As an investigative reporter, Johnston is a big-game hunter. He skewers popular plutocrats like Buffett, digs up the dirt on unsavory sources of Paris Hilton's fortune and details Apple executive Steve Jobs's backdated stock options thievery.?<br> ? The Nation <br> ?If you?re concerned about congressional earmarks, hedge fund tax breaks, subsidies to sports teams, K Street lobbyists, the state of our health-care system, to say nothing of the cavernous gap between rich and poor, you?ll read this fine book?as I did?with a growing sense of outrage.? <br>?John C. Bogle, founder and former chairman, The Vanguard Group <br> ?Johnston is an indefatigable reporter whose work recalls the muckraking epics of the Progressive era.? <br>? Portland Oregonian <br>