P.J. O?Rourke shares his wit, wisdom, and personal political journey in the latest Bloomberg Businessweek:
What is the thing that upsets you the most about our politics right now? Scope, size. I mean, politics is just one little part of life, and we’re letting it creep in everywhere. If you use politics to settle every problem, what you get is Bosnia.
How did you move across the spectrum from left to right? I was a rabid socialist and I got a job. I get my paycheck for $300 every two weeks and it was in New York City and I netted out at like $180 after taxes and benefits. I said, “Wait a minute.” I’m a firm advocate of socialism and I get a job with a capitalist pig corporation only to discover that we have socialism already.
What’s your message to Washington? Butt out and scale down.
