Summary of P. J. O'Rourke & Andrew Ferguson's Parliament of Whores

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The American government takes away between a fifth and a quarter of all our money every year. It checks the amount of tropical oils in our snack foods, tells us what kind of gasoline we can buy for our cars, and dictates what we can sniff, smoke, and swallow. #2 Government is boring because political careers are based on the most tepid form of lie: I’ll balance the budget, sort of. In a democracy, government i