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I don't feel that way. I feel much more angry about rich people dodging taxes than relatively poor people cheating on benefits.
by roryisok 9y ago
I don't feel that way. I feel much more angry about rich people dodging taxes than relatively poor people cheating on benefits.
- finaliteration 9y agoEspecially given that benefit “cheating” isn’t nearly as widespread as people tend to think it is. The percentage of benefit payout errors (not just fraud but overpayments for other reasons including fraud) in the US is typically in the single digits, whereas public perception seems to be that anyone using any sort of welfare program is cheating and doesn’t deserve it.
- roryisok 9y ago> whereas public perception seems to be that anyone using any sort of welfare program is cheating and doesn’t deserve it. I think this is it. Even being on benefits in the first place is considered scrounging by some. I'd much rather see someone on minimum wage manage to get a free medical card than someone making £100k a year find a way to avoid paying tax on their holiday home. I find it hard to believe I'm in the minority.
- jlebrech 9y agothe system is also designed in such a way that the rich have legal loopholes whereas the poor have to break the law.
- vixen99 9y agoAnd the poor would use those loopholes just as eagerly as the rich if they could. You read the rules and obey them, in such a way to minimize your tax bill. Would anyone deny that there are very few sentient people who does not do this or send ex gratia payments to the tax authorities? Suspected infringements are a matter a) for the courts and b) for lawmakers to revise the evidently lax (if so it's thought) legislation .
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- d4rti 9y agoYep. Every penny dodged is a penny an honest taxpayer has to pay extra. Why should I pay for those who shirk their taxes?