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Originally Posted by Pyramid*
You don't have to worry about the more intelligent people ...... I'm sure they can worry and think for themselves. about whether they wish to be regarded as a criminal or not.
Who is saying no one bats an eyelid at serious fraud as you are hinting at - I most certainly agreed with you 100% when you raised it (time and time again) thorughtout the thread - and I am quite sure many others would also concur.
However, we are not speaking of comparisons to the tune of £100k though - we are speaking of one thiing: tv licence that costs less than a family of 4 or 5 might spend on a night out in a nice restarant once a year.
It may not sound a lot of money: but multiply that by those who do not pay - and then you see the bigger picture (ya see what I did there  ). Others have to cough up even more for those who don't pay.
That's hardly fair either is it or those who do act in accordance with the law - it's still making other people pay for your share. What's fair about comparison?
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This makes no sense... I don't care if they
wish to be regarded as criminal the fact is they are not....As defrauding the state of £100'000 is
not a criminal offence.
I appreciate we are dealing with what to you may seem small change, which as you say adds up.
Are we to believe that David Laws is the only politician who fraudulently claims expenses?....
Potentially millions of pounds annually are seeping from the taxpayers purse, if you want to talk comparisons.
However let us remember that not paying for a £145 TV licence is against the law, why I am not sure, unless by 'licence' the government really mean 'entertainment tax'.
A lot of people not paying a small amount...Some people defauding a large amount.
Both could be seen as theft in some respects, yet only one is considered a criminal act, does that not strike you as odd?
You can fool some of the people all of the time, you can fool all of the people some of the time ......
I find it really hard to feel sory for those who are so blinkered they cannot or will not see that those who scamming thousands and thousands are no better than benefit fraudsters and TV licence avoiders.