It's a hard one. It's obviously not right but it can be understandable and justifiable. It depends on people's circumstances. If it was say a mother struggling to raise kids, doing a little bit of work on the side and claiming, then no as it's understandable. If it was some bloke with a good job and no responsibilities then yes as he would just be taking the piss out of us all.Don't forget all the tax avoiders and evadors who cost the country billions, no one clamours to report them. Or big corporations who hardly pay any tax but make billions here and use our infrastructure...there is no big media campaign to make them pay up or feel guilty. No, the emphasis is always on reporting the poorest, the easy targets who are dole cheating for a reason.I think we'd be better off raiding multinational offices and discovering how they avoid paying tax rather than spending a lot of money on people diddling the state out of £100 a week.Monday 27 April 2009
If someone you knew was a benefits cheat would you report them and why?
It's a hard one. It's obviously not right but it can be understandable and justifiable. It depends on people's circumstances. If it was say a mother struggling to raise kids, doing a little bit of work on the side and claiming, then no as it's understandable. If it was some bloke with a good job and no responsibilities then yes as he would just be taking the piss out of us all.Don't forget all the tax avoiders and evadors who cost the country billions, no one clamours to report them. Or big corporations who hardly pay any tax but make billions here and use our infrastructure...there is no big media campaign to make them pay up or feel guilty. No, the emphasis is always on reporting the poorest, the easy targets who are dole cheating for a reason.I think we'd be better off raiding multinational offices and discovering how they avoid paying tax rather than spending a lot of money on people diddling the state out of £100 a week.
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