{"id":24188,"date":"2019-08-05T18:30:15","date_gmt":"2019-08-05T08:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=24188"},"modified":"2019-09-18T23:09:42","modified_gmt":"2019-09-18T13:09:42","slug":"government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=24188","title":{"rendered":"Government"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I am crafting a piece about the ideal purpose and functions of a government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A national government is the leading body of a nation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In our country the government is made up of representatives elected by the eligible voting members of the citizenry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Via legislation this body sets the policy and strategy of how the nation is to attain its goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The responsibility of a national government is to preserve, protect, defend and enhance the <br>\nlife, <br>\nliberty, <br>\nfreedom, <br>\nhealth, <br>\nindividual and collective assets, <br>\nquality of life and<br>\nprosperity<br>\nof its citizens and the <br>\nflora,<br>\nfauna and <br>\nenvironment (air, above and below ground water, land and sea quality)<br>\nfrom threats both external and internal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To ensure this it must also promote the stability and security of its neighbouring governments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If a government is not doing the above it is not doing its job. It is betraying the trust of its people. It is in treason. And needs to be replaced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everywhere you turn you can see instances of and the results of our present government not doing its job.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is well past time for a change from the status quo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How far removed from that ideal purpose are the actions of the Greens, Labor, Liberals and Nationals?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here is something you can do towards that. Support the establishment of a federal anti-corruption watchdog.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Establish A Federal Anti-Corruption Watchdog Now<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nb.tai.org.au\/nationalicac\">https:\/\/nb.tai.org.au\/nationalicac<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am crafting a piece about the ideal purpose and functions of a government. A national government is the leading body of a nation. In our country the government is made up of representatives elected by the eligible voting members of the citizenry. Via legislation this body sets the policy and strategy of how the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=24188\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Government&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","category-inspiration"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24188"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24189,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24188\/revisions\/24189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}