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Thomasc said:
He thinks you are working class scum and he hates the city you come from.

But keep your tongue wedged firmly up his sweaty, self entitled elitist anus. Oh and lick it clean, there’s a good lad.
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Aberblue said:
While there's a lot of truth in that, the fact is that benefit fraud is more "visible" than tax evasion. Most people either know or know of someone who has fiddled the benefits system, albeit in a small way, while relatively few of us know multi-millionaire tax evaders. That's one reason why benefits fraud is more of an issue than tax evasion.
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"More of ani issue" because small people are easier targets? Business people (who back which party?) evade and avoid paying taxes. Media magnates happy to be based abroad are happy to distract with stories about dole cheats, but they don't run stories about how they avoid paying tax
 
Aberblue said:
While there's a lot of truth in that, the fact is that benefit fraud is more "visible" than tax evasion. Most people either know or know of someone who has fiddled the benefits system, albeit in a small way, while relatively few of us know multi-millionaire tax evaders. That's one reason why benefits fraud is more of an issue than tax evasion.
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I think there is some truth in this but people can also allow themselves to look at the bigger picture if they want to. Guy I lived next door to claimed every benefit going and knew the system inside out. If he wants to walk round Tesco with a Zimmer frame and freak out if there’s a car parked outside his house for a few hours, that’s his choice. Couldn’t care less tbh. The point of the welfare state was to be there for those most vulnerable and as a
safety net and there will always be a few that take advantage. They shouldn’t be used as a scapegoat to [Poor language removed] the whole system over.
 
JimmyJeffers said:
I think there is some truth in this but people can also allow themselves to look at the bigger picture if they want to. Guy I lived next door to claimed every benefit going and knew the system inside out. If he wants to walk round Tesco with a Zimmer frame and freak out if there’s a car parked outside his house for a few hours, that’s his choice. Couldn’t care less tbh. The point of the welfare state was to be there for those most vulnerable and as a
safety net and there will always be a few that take advantage. They shouldn’t be used as a scapegoat to [Poor language removed] the whole system over.
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As the parent of a disabled child, I`ve got to know the benefits system very well, albeit not through choice.

It`s cruel, inhumane, dehumanising and set up in a way, to make it extremely difficult for anyone who has poor reading / comprehension skills / isn`t used to filling in official documentation, to ever get anything they`re entitled to.

Add to that, the fact that some areas of welfare state, have been outsourced to private companies, who have an invested interest / are rewarded for knocking people back or getting them off benefits.

The appeals process is even worse, as that`s when it gets personal and some of the stuff you get asked about is just downright disgusting.

Then on the other hand, you have shysters like my waste of skin sister, who`s never worked a day in her life, knows the benefit system inside out and has mastered the ability, to become sick at will. Normally just before an examination, in relation to her benefits.
 
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