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Yes this is one of the crazy things about politics and populism. If we compare the efforts to combat welfare fraud to the ones to combat tax evasion considering
by cycomanic 5y ago
Yes this is one of the crazy things about politics and populism. If we compare the efforts to combat welfare fraud to the ones to combat tax evasion considering the losses to the state it's completely disproportionate and from an economic standpoint doesn't make sense. From a political standpoint however it likely does, many people feel much more strongly about welfare fraud than tax evasion.
- plafl 5y ago> many people feel much more strongly about welfare fraud than tax evasion. Many people are way more against crimes which offer them little returns than against crimes that may happen in their social circles. Edit: I want to clarify that it's not some kind of conspiracy, it's that we simply are more empathic with people in a similar position to us