{"id":285528,"date":"2011-02-28T23:36:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T23:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/02\/28\/they-tried-to-deduct-what\/"},"modified":"2011-02-28T23:36:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T23:36:40","slug":"they-tried-to-deduct-what","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/28\/they-tried-to-deduct-what\/","title":{"rendered":"They tried to deduct what?!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div readability=\"52\">Sex with prostitutes is apparently not considered a legitimate medical expense. 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