{"id":4960,"date":"2010-10-24T11:12:26","date_gmt":"2010-10-24T18:12:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ietransfer.wpengine.com\/?p=4960"},"modified":"2010-10-24T11:12:26","modified_gmt":"2010-10-24T18:12:26","slug":"sunday-funny-government-out-of-our-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/articles\/sunday-funny-government-out-of-our-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Funny&#8230; Government Out of Our Lives"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As the saying goes, \u201cLaughter is the best medicine.\u201d So with this little nugget in mind, every Sunday at <em>The Inspired Economist<\/em>,       we will post a satirical cartoon or an item that\u2019s just plain   silly.     Here\u2019s to starting off your week with a provocative thought   and a   smile\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right\"><a href=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Govt-Out.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-4961\" src=\"http:\/\/inspiredeconom.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Govt-Out.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Govt-Out.jpg 600w, https:\/\/inspiredeconomist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/Govt-Out-300x197.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><strong><strong>Created <\/strong><strong>by <\/strong><a title=\"Steve Benson\" href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/arizonarepublic\/opinions\/benson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Steve Benson<\/a> <\/strong><strong><strong>of <a title=\"The Arizona Republic\" href=\"http:\/\/www.azcentral.com\/arizonarepublic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Arizona Republic<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">Can&#8217;t have it both ways, people&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the saying goes, \u201cLaughter is the best medicine.\u201d So with this little nugget in mind, every Sunday at The Inspired Economist, we will post a satirical cartoon or an item that\u2019s just plain silly. Here\u2019s to starting off your week with a provocative thought and a smile\u2026 Created by Steve Benson of The Arizona 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