Originally Posted by
Berealgetreal
Oh of course, how dare the government implement any system that recovers tax payers money. My heart bleeds. If you've done nothing wrong you won't have anything to worry about.
Tax payers are getting fed up!
This attitude is actually the problem.
Just because the government says something, doesn't make it right. We are fast becoming the USA, where the average Australian jumps on the establishment bandwagon and backs everything they do (because it doesn't impact them).
1) "I'm not on CentreLink, so yes the government is right to do whatever they want to stop payments to others"
2) "Yes, of course the government should drug test people on welfare! (a job that will be outsourced to a private company)
3) "Yes! Of course it should be harder to get an Aviation Security Card! Of course pilots should go through the same security screening I do when I go to Bali"
4) "Yes, of course we should increase screening for migrants.
etc etc etc
It never ends... in this country, the average citizen jumps up in a rampage for anything that has no impact on them. Unfortunatley, that applies to 99% of issues - and the government loves it