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Post by Borndead on Nov 17, 2013 0:58:31 GMT 7
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Post by Banjo on Nov 17, 2013 7:31:14 GMT 7
It's certainly theft from the public purse but locking people up for this type of thing is bullshit.
They have made a genuine attempt to repay the money, which of course comes to a halt when they are locked up.
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Post by aussieinusa on Nov 17, 2013 10:18:19 GMT 7
Do MPs, bankers and similar 'white collar' criminals get similar sentences for similar amounts of money stolen?
Though the main issue is, the pension really isn't enough to live on -- as the judge said, their motivator was "need, not greed". Many of this country's first white inhabitants were convicts sent here for stealing a loaf of bread while they were starving. Clearly, the judicial system hasn't moved on much.
If the pension isn't enough to survive on, and some genuinely needy people have to choose between grinding poverty and committing fraud, the government has a degree of culpability in putting human beings in that position.
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