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Originally Posted by BBKing
If it's paying for it in part, it's still costing the government more than if you let the benefit fraud continue. Also, 'benefit fraud' is a big catch-all for a lot of different offences, very few of which would be hindered by having ID cards. For instance, if you claim benefit and do some removals work cash in hand on the side, how on earth will having an ID card help catch you? Surely putting the money into some nosey cynical benefit inspectors (or policemen for that matter) would be a better way of catching this rather common type of fraudster?
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But we don't know exactly how much this type of fraud costs... people claiming under multiple identities etc. It's only when they are found out that we know how much people have scammed. Also, the cost of fraud is constant or increasing; the cost of the ID scheme would be partly a startup cost, partly maintenance. All I am saying is that whilst there will be an initial outlay, there could also be some financial benefits too.