{"id":449,"date":"2011-12-19T23:51:00","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T23:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.astarmathsandphysics.com\/tutor_profiles\/paul_smith\/paul_smiths_blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2011-12-19T23:51:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-19T23:51:00","slug":"wouldt-it-be-better-if-we-all-said-no","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/astarmathsandphysics.com\/blog\/paulsmith\/2011\/12\/wouldt-it-be-better-if-we-all-said-no\/","title":{"rendered":"Wouldn’t it Be Better if we all said no?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Whatever it is. We are buggered cos we say Yes too much. When people want something, we answer Yes too often. If we said no, they might find some way to EARN it By their own labour. Goes most of all to people on welfare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Whatever it is. We are buggered cos we say Yes too much. When people want something, we answer Yes too often. If we said no, they might find some way to EARN it By their own labour. 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