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title: ""When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first…"
date: 2022-02-16
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# "When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first…

*February 16, 2022 · Facebook*

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\"When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators.\"\
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\-- PJ O\'Rourke\
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\"P.J. O'Rourke, the conservative satirist and political commentator who was unafraid to skewer Democrats and Republicans alike in best-selling books like "Parliament of Whores," in articles for a wide range of magazines and newspapers, and on television and radio talk shows, died on Tuesday at his home in Sharon, N.H. He was 74.\"\
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