{"id":503,"date":"2017-03-24T14:54:50","date_gmt":"2017-03-24T19:54:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/?p=503"},"modified":"2017-03-24T14:54:50","modified_gmt":"2017-03-24T19:54:50","slug":"mr-presidents-fudget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/503","title":{"rendered":"MR. (P)RESIDENT\u2019S (F)UDGET"},"content":{"rendered":"

So Mr. (P)resident wants to build a wall across our southern border \u2026 costing an estimated $15 to $25 billion dollars. To pay for the wall, he\u00a0will scratch $500 million for a new Coast Guard cutter.<\/p>\n

You see, his Petulance wants his immigrants wet as his arithmetic goes awry. \u00a0So immigrants shall arrive by sea, he decrees, instead of crossing the Rio Grande \u2014 thus making it easier for them to row versus wade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So Mr. (P)resident wants to build a wall across our southern border \u2026 costing an estimated $15 to $25 billion dollars. To pay for the wall, he\u00a0will scratch $500 million for a new Coast Guard cutter. You see, his Petulance wants his immigrants wet as his arithmetic goes awry. \u00a0So immigrants shall arrive by sea, … Continue reading MR. (P)RESIDENT\u2019S (F)UDGET<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":333,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8ovtF-87","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":401,"url":"https:\/\/rationalnationusa.com\/blog\/archives\/401","url_meta":{"origin":503,"position":0},"title":"Our Nation’s Most Powerful Check On President Trump…","author":"Les","date":"March 11, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"Just finished reading an interesting opinion article of truth by The Washington Post editorial board. 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