If @GaryBarlow had committed #benefit #fraud @David_Cameron - TopicsExpress



          

If @GaryBarlow had committed #benefit #fraud @David_Cameron wouldn’t be so sympathetic - #tax #dodging #scrounger We should be a lot angrier about the antics of people like Gary Barlow than about purported #BenefitFraud Imagine the reaction if someone had committed benefit fraud on the scale of former Take That star Gary Barlow’s purported tax avoidance? There would be near universal outrage. The Telegraph would be up in arms and the Daily Mail would probably brand it a ‘shocking indictment of the #welfare state’. The level of hypocrisy is worse when we consider just how much revenue is lost as a result of #TaxAvoidance and compare it with that lost to benefit fraud. The relentless media narrative which paints a picture of rampant benefit fraud is fostering huge public misconceptions about the welfare state. #Polling carried out by the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in January found that on average people thought that 27 per cent of the welfare budget was claimed fraudulently. As already mentioned, the real figure is just 0.7 per cent. Should Gary Barlow lose his OBE? Post comments
Posted on: Mon, 12 May 2014 21:54:23 +0000

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