Why Only Less Fortunate People Truly Deserve Government-Provided Benefits
Lying about your employment or civil status is not that worrisome if you do it in front of strangers and even friends for personal reasons. However, when you do it to the government, it is effectively cheating your fellow taxpayers out of the taxes they are paying. This costs roughly billions of dollars or pounds for countries which have prevalent cases of this, like in the US and the UK. Sure, you may get thousands of dollars worth of benefits but, truth is, benefit fraud cases can cause you many sleepless nights and may cost you a lot in money and jail time terms, once you are reported or caught red-handed. For one, you have to return every amount you have unlawfully claimed during the duration of such act.There are countless ways to involve oneself of such fraudulent actions. Certainly, not the least of them is claiming for single parent benefits dishonestly and intentionally. After all, being a single parent, say, in the United Kingdom, will entitle you to a lot of privileges. If you are earning very low, for example, you can claim for some monetary assistance aside from free dental care, housing benefits, medical prescriptions, and many others. Maternity grants, child tax credits and working tax credits are also some more entitlements you can avail of. Ultimately, these benefits are designed solely for the benefit of bona fide single parents and not for someone wrongly claiming to be one.Some may even think of the system as being unfair. My take on this is the opposite. It is, in fact, trying to equalize these less fortunate people (e.g., single parents, unemployed, low-income earners, handicapped, etc.) to those living a relatively comfortable and happy life. We may not be aware of their hardships outrightly, but we must’ve known one person or two who can attest to the difficulties of having these predicaments, justifying their claim for more benefits than the typical income earner.
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