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Old 30-03-2015, 15:49   #1388
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Re: The state benefits system mega-thread. Many merged.

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Originally Posted by ianch99 View Post
I wish a fraction of the energy, effort and media coverage that goes into finding who of the current benefit claimants does not deserve their money, would go into identifying the tax dodgers and plugging the myriad schemes through which they operate.

I suspect that the sums that are "owed" in tax far out weigh the money that is being incorrectly paid out in benefits.
Very probably, but it's easier to "attack" the "weak" than to infuriate or alienate Big Business who may be holding the purse strings at some level.

Reform is needed, but the way it is being done is doing more harm to those genuinely in need than to those scamming the system I reckon. And that includes those scamming the tax system.
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