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Originally Posted by martyh
Alternatively the government could be looking at the figures for exposed benefit fraud and finally realised that in fact benefit fraud is endemic to the system and has been for years .For every 1 person caught there may be(and probably is) 4 or 5 that have not and that is just those that are comitting outright fraud eg working and claiming.The figures for people using the system legally but immorally are certainly far greater ,by that i mean people claiming they have an illness that stops them looking for work when they can actually work .
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Again though I would want to see evidence that supports this rather than speculation if we're going to hit people on benefits. We can't hit people on benefits, make such statements that a lot of them are using it fraudulently or immorally, and then never back it up. Where is the substance to these claims? How do we know this isn't just a ruse to cut benefits to those that need them and make the conversation about us vs them?