O/T - general election 2019

[howdydoo]

[QUOTE=ragingpup;39363638]

Totally agree that we should do what we can to minimise losses from benefits and tax cheats. But as the revenues from tax cheats tend to cost us around 3 times more in lost revenue, the recurrent focus on benefits cheats seems a little unbalanced at times.

A cheat is a cheat.

No imbalance at all.

Saying that, a benefit cheat who has never pumped a penny back into society, is really the lowest of the low.

If I’m paying for it, I’ll focus on that lowlife all day long if I want to.

[ragingpup]

[QUOTE=howdydoo;39363648]

A cheat is a cheat.

No imbalance at all.

Saying that, a benefit cheat who has never pumped a penny back into society, is really the lowest of the low.

If I’m paying for it, I’ll focus on that lowlife all day long if I want to.

It was shown recently that people have the perception that 25p in every £ of benefit money allocated by the treasury is lost to benefit cheats.

The actual amount is 1p in the £.

But of course you can focus your anger on these all you like. You could indulge yourself and exterminate them all in a heartbeat, but it would make very little difference to what money we have available for things that we need.

Anyone have idea why this perception is so hugely wrong and so widespread?