Ratting on benefit cheats

Sixer

krisskross wrote: »

i don't know what a bittorrent is so couldn't report that.

I don't check tax discs but I believe there is now a fairly sophisticated system which detects vehicles without them.

I used to go to Belgium to buy ciggies for personal use but don't smoke anymore.

You cannot condone/suggest benefit fraud is of no consequence in the scheme of things because you think there are other things which are worse. This would be like saying that beating someone severely is OK because others commit murder which is worse.

And after all this thread is about benefit fraud, not tax evasion or anything else.

God give me strength!

I am not condoning benefit fraud nor suggesting it is of no consequence. How clear can I be? Words of one syllable? Once more, for the hard of hearing:

At no point did I say that nobody should ever report benefits cheats, nor did I say that I would never make such a report.

Nobody's condoning benefit fraud, including and especially me.

I am simply pointing out that there is a complete lack of perspective from many people in this thread and I'm highlighting this by pointing out possible instances of hypocrisy. Such as fags from Calais, pirate DVDs from car boot sales, kids filesharing, or the mahousive elephant in the room, corporate tax evasion.

krisskross

Sixer wrote: »

I am simply pointing out that there is a complete lack of perspective from many people in this thread and I'm highlighting this by pointing out possible instances of hypocrisy. Such as fags from Calais, pirate DVDs from car boot sales, kids filesharing, or the mahousive elephant in the room, corporate tax evasion.

But why do you need to bring other illegalities to the a thread that is about benefit fraud if not to suggest that it's not so bad really?

Personally I don't do any of the other things you mention though.

Dreamnine

People who grass others up are the lowest of the low.

I rate them alongside pdophiles and police officers.

Sixer

krisskross wrote: »

But why do you need to bring other illegalities to the a thread that is about benefit fraud if not to suggest that it's not so bad really?

Personally I don't do any of the other things you mention though.

To bring some perspective to the narrow-minded invective. Like I already said three or four times already!

Sixer

Dreamnine wrote: »

People who grass others up are the lowest of the low.

I rate them alongside pdophiles and police officers.

And that is just plain silly the other way around!

I personally have never heard anyone boast about claiming benefits to which they aren't entitled. Not once. I've seen plenty of people who have fallen on hard times and are struggling. Attendance allowance saved my grandmother from a care home, for instance. She was able to pay a neighbour to help her out at the times my mother, my aunt or myself weren't able to be there.

But if I were aware of someone claiming large sums in benefit to which they weren't entitled, I would consider reporting them. I would have to be absolutely certain, however, and I'm not quite sure how I would be - largely because whether or not someone claims benefits and whether or not they are entitled to them just isn't something that seems to come up in my daily life, unless I'm reading this forum!

viktory

holidaysforme wrote: »

Bless your niaevity. A benefit basher and a royalist. It couldn't get more hilarious if it wasn't so pitiful
You'll be telling us the bnaks are doing us a favour next:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Do you know what? I am getting really, really sick and tired of people like you, who appear to happy for benefit theft to continue and accuse long standing posters of being benefit bashers. I am tired of people like you full stop. You and others like you think that by trotting out the tired old sh1te about the Royal Family (although I haven't seen you refute krisskross' post about the Royal Family - might I suggest it is because you don't have the intelligence?) and the bankers you'll deflect attention away from the main point. Which is benefit fraud.

We all civic responsibility - this means not standing by while someone is defrauding the state and gloating about it and not standing by while someone gets their head kicked in at a tube station.

Look up the phrase civic responsibility and try to grow up a little - you and your cronies.

You are coming across as unintelligent, spiteful and narrow minded.

viktory

The_mangler wrote: »

http://fullfact.org/factchecks/disability_benefit_how_much_does_fraud_and_error_cost-1544

http://www.dwp.gov.uk/newsroom/press-releases/2010/oct-2010/dwp138-10-181010.shtml
This bottom thread from the DWP themselves, I draw your attention to the bottom of the page 'notes to editors'

Thanks. I'll read these later.

Graham29

Dreamnine wrote: »

People who grass others up are the lowest of the low.

I rate them alongside pdophiles and police officers.

Tell me your not serious? Your post is offensive and quite ridiculous.

"Grass others up" are you still at school, because that was the last time I heard that phrase. Never been on here before and can see that it seems to be full of people possibly claiming what they aren't entitled to and are worried to death that maybe their neighbour might have the cuts to "grass them up" Obvious this makes the neighbour the same as a "pdophiles or police officer.

viktory

Sixer wrote: »

To bring some perspective to the narrow-minded invective. Like I already said three or four times already!

Why would you need to? This is supposed to be thread about benefit fraud. If you want to discuss car tax, banks, or the Royal Family go start another thread.

Sixer

viktory wrote: »

Why would you need to? This is supposed to be thread about benefit fraud. If you want to discuss car tax, banks, or the Royal Family go start another thread.

It's called context, dear. Not irrelevance.