Actually, I retract that "spare me the drama" remark. Sorry dude, grumpy today
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Are you threatening me? Paint "rat" on my gaff and I'll FUCK YOU UP
Ahem. Only messin.
Obviously dude. I'm not suggesting anyone put themselves in danger, but most fiddling is not carried out by psychos. See the original post about the grant-claiming chick in the bmw and spare me the drama
You can't possibly know who is and who is not a psycho
even if you do it annonymously you run the risk of someone making an assumption about who ratted them out and taking vengence on some random innocent goon. Next time you see a car with the paint work scarred by some vengeful little shit with a key remember this.
I really can't the see the money from the odd person who fiddles the system actually making a difference to anyone. Not that I condone it but it just seems like turning on each other(divide and conquer) rather than dealing with the real problems we face.
maybe there is a measurable effect on the nations well being through the collective cognitive dissonance and general hypocritedness.
mna mna mna mna mna?
I'm pretty sure there would be a case that the cumulative impact of the odd bit of fiddling (fraud) has a very real and damaging impact.
And I don't just mean cumulative financial impact but a cumulative moral impact. When personally fiddling (fraud) becomes pervasive and normalised it becomes difficult for "a society" to challenge the broader problems of corruption - and when I mean challenge I mean directly and indirectly.
It also makes it difficult for "a society" to recognise the weak signals of future collapse brought about through the collective shrugging of shoulders to corruption and fraud.
also - maybe there is a measurable effect on the nations well being through the collective cognitive dissonance and general hypocritedness.
I'd find it very difficult to report anyone to the same authorities that have been shown time and time again to be more corrupt than we'll ever really know. I think I get your point about dealing with dealing with corruption and fraud from the bottom up, I just don't see it working.
I think it goes without saying that people shouldn't rip off the social welfare system (or the tax system for that matter) but I'm always suspicious of those who raise it as an issue especially if, like RTE, you cover it in a well-advertised investigation two days before a budget that was widely tipped to cut social welfare rates.
Aren't you from Donegal Moose? I don't think I'd report anyone to the cops in Donegal either, in fairness. But really I can't see corruption and fraud EVER going away unless it's from the bottom up. People don't suddenly learn to be corrupt or to tolerate corruption when they get into positions of power, it's a societal thing
Class war again dude. And the good guys are losing
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