Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #188786 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Customer Reviews

A funny and savage look at government
PJ O'Rourke's examination of how the US government works(or doesn't,) might be over a decade old, but seems as fresh and funny as if it were written yesterday. The fact that it was written during the early years of the adminstration of Bush snr adds much to the up to date feel. Though focusing on the US, much of what O'Rourke says is relevant to governments everywhere.
The truth about how government works is almost as shocking as it is hilarious. An excellent antidote to those who feel that everything in life would be better if we just threw more government at it.

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This is a book about government - making it a simple as possible and so showing up the absurdities.
O'Rourke isn't a politician (although he has political views) or an economist (although he has the basics)so he ends up doing the simple things - like take the total US Agriculture Budget and divide it by the number of (real) farmers and get such a big number you think the decimal place must be in the wrong place!

It's a exaggerated(?) view of what happens to our money when we take our eyes off politicians.

It's also very very very funny!!!