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Originally Posted by martyh
It's not just about benefit cheats though ,i accept that the official numbers are a small minority compared to the number of people on benefits of one kind or another .We also have to look at the number of people who qualify for disability benefits which has risen dramatically over the last decade of so .Yes a lot of people need help but realistically we can't support all disabled people and hard choices about the type and severity of disabilities have to be made .
Tax avoidance is legal ,you can't go after people if they aren't breaking the law .Loopholes do need to closed but changing the laws to make something illegal that used to be legal is a bigger deal than most people think .There are a whole host of moral and ethical questions raised when something is made illegal purely to get money out of people .
Tax evasion is illegal and people involved in such practices can and do end up in jail ,but proving that they have evaded tax is sometimes very hard and can take years .To be blunt ,but practical ,if the government are going to save money then cutting down on welfare has an immediate effect cutting down on tax evasion or ,tax avoidance will take years
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So is claiming benefits you are entitled to, yet current opinion brands you a guilty scrounger for having the nerve to claim.
More people are claiming for MH problems since the current government has come to power.
