ripdog:

 

Wiggum:

 

ripdog:

 

It's really sad how much vitriol is thrown at people like Metiria who befraud the government for only a few thousand dollars, for the purpose of keeping food on their (and their childrens') plates and a roof over their heads.

 

 

Its never OK to steal from somebody else.

 

Consider other poor people, who also pay tax, who were also in the same boat at Metiria. Is it fare that Metiria steals from them?

 

You need to change you perspective as to how you look at this. Its not stealing from the government. Its stealing from all taxpayers, rich/poor, and others just like Metiria battling to make ends meet.

 

Metiria is a fraud, she should be fired. She stole from people worse off than herself. And is now using all this for her own political gain.

 

 

 

 

Last I checked, the vast majority of income tax comes from higher earners. Lower earners have less money to tax, it's taxed at a lower rate, AND they tend to have tax credits applied.

 

And quite frankly, if someone was in truly abject poverty and needed to steal a fraction of a cent from me to make ends meet, I don't have an issue with that. I want my tax to go to those who need it, and there's few more needy than single mums on welfare.

 

 

 

Again I ask: where is your outrage over tax evasion/avoidance? They both cost the country orders of magnitude more than benefit fraud, and yet all the rage is directed at the poor.

 

Metiria is not exactly poor anymore, she earns $175,398 per anum. The very least she could have done is pay back that money, or give it to a charity. Instead she just leaves it, hoping the problem goes away. She probably believes she is just entitled to it.

Nobody in this country has a right to steal, its against the law, and if you suggesting people should do it then you suggesting they break the law.