{"id":28389,"date":"2012-06-20T21:45:43","date_gmt":"2012-06-21T03:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/20\/when-is-big-government-not-big-government.html"},"modified":"2012-06-20T21:45:43","modified_gmt":"2012-06-21T03:45:43","slug":"when-is-big-government-not-big-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/20\/when-is-big-government-not-big-government.html","title":{"rendered":"When is big government not big government?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When it&#39;s doing something we want, dagnabbit! Just like George Washington wanted!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Reshared post from +<a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/105854477836714634695'>Jim Feig<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-RADbQY2rZY4\/T-KQTFw-lOI\/AAAAAAAAYt8\/L60sAqI90TE\/1333247309325764.jpg'><img src='https:\/\/lh5.googleusercontent.com\/-RADbQY2rZY4\/T-KQTFw-lOI\/AAAAAAAAYt8\/L60sAqI90TE\/1333247309325764.jpg' style='max-width:97.5%;clear:both;' border='0' \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'> <strong>Google+:<\/strong> <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930\/posts\/KTpqhT12r2i' target='_new'>View post on Google+<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When it&#39;s doing something we want, dagnabbit! Just like George Washington wanted! 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