Another scrounger back in work

[d000hg]

And then like the "benefits culture scum" they get really cross and give you a mouthful of abuse when you bring the topic up.

[SpontaneousOrder]

And then like the "benefits culture scum" they get really cross and give you a mouthful of abuse when you bring the topic up.

Being increasingly taxed according to your success is hardly the same as receiving less stolen goods for your sins of laziness.

The fact that one pays for the other is a red-herring, and using it to equate the two is dishonest.

[d000hg]

So is claiming that benefits are stolen goods.

[AtW]

Very cunningham plan...

[SpontaneousOrder]

So is claiming that benefits are stolen goods.

Saying a thing doesn't make it so. The dictionary definition of 'stolen' will yield the truth.

[AtW]

So is claiming that benefits are stolen goods.

Money obtained by deception - fraud.

[vwdan]

Saying a thing doesn't make it so. The dictionary definition of 'stolen' will yield the truth.

Surely you'd need the legal definition for it to have any weight in your argument?

[expat]

Money obtained by deception - fraud.

Money obtained by deception is indeed fraud, though not stolen goods.

Money obtained that you don't think should be obtained, that is not the same thing.

[AtW]

Money obtained that you don't think should be obtained, that is not the same thing.

For sure.

[expat]

For sure.

Has age mellowed you, AtW? I was hoping for a reaction