{"id":29,"date":"2007-12-24T07:02:11","date_gmt":"2007-12-24T07:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thomaslgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/2007\/12\/24\/message-from-a-hard-working-aussie\/"},"modified":"2007-12-24T07:02:11","modified_gmt":"2007-12-24T07:02:11","slug":"message-from-a-hard-working-aussie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=29","title":{"rendered":"Message from a hard working Aussie!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to earn that pay cheque, as I work on a mine site on a Kalgoorlie (WA) construction project, I am required to pass a random urine test, with which I have no problem.<br \/>\nWhat I do have a problem with is the distribution of my taxes to people who don&#8217;t have to pass a urine test. Shouldn&#8217;t one have to pass a urine test to get a Centerlink Payment because I have to pass one to earn it for them?<br \/>\nPlease understand &#8211; I have no problem with helping people get back on their feet. I do on the other hand have a problem with helping someone sit on their backsides drinking grog &amp; smoking dope.<br \/>\nCould you imagine how much money the Government would save if people had to pass a urine test to get a Centerlink Payment?<br \/>\nPlease pass this along if you agree.<br \/>\nHope you all will pass it along though, because something has to change in this country, and soon!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I work, they pay me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees fit. In order to earn that pay cheque, as I work on a mine site on a Kalgoorlie (WA) construction project, I am required to pass a random urine test, with which I have no problem. What &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/?p=29\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Message from a hard working Aussie!&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[15,33,42,43,44,123],"class_list":["post-29","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-interest","tag-alcohol","tag-centrelink","tag-dole","tag-dope","tag-drugs","tag-urine-test"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29","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=29"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tomgrimshaw.com\/tomsblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}