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Originally Posted by Chrysalis
I am not saying they dont exist, but I am saying they not the majority of claimants. Thats my opinion tho, whilst the media have also stated an opinion (not a fact).
The only thing proven is there is 'some' fraudsters. However the media have a vested interest in this, they are clearly putting time and effort into looking for extreme cases. The bbc also done numerous tv documentaries on it, and the only documentary they did on claimants been treated badly was only aired in scotland and not england.
End of the day its propoganda and people are sheep, the media can choose to pick on any part of society at any given moment and they will be believed.
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The fraudsters may not be the majority of claimants ,but they are a big enough minority to warrant tougher sanctions to stop them .If they are defrauding the DSS then it is highly likely that a large proportion of them are defrauding HMRC by working illegaly and not paying tax .If for example 100 people are taken off benefits because they are proven to be defrauding ,out of those 100 ,50 are working on the black market ,they will then have to go legit in their black market jobs (if possible) therefore paying tax and not taking benefit ,the remaining 50 from the original 100 will now have to find work to pay for the things that benefits used to,so there will in theory be 100 people not taking benefits but paying tax.
Probably a complicated way to explain it but i hope you take my meaning