There's an issue about people not qualifying for persons with disability ID cards abusing the benefits and this costs the government a loss in potential tax revenue along with businesses.
Inspiration for the post:
Fake PWD IDs lost gov’t P88 billion in taxes in 2023 —Gatchalian
Coincidentally, people that use disability IDs that have no disability have been a recent topic in the department way before this article surfaced. We noticed a recent trend in patients asking for medical certificates to qualify for these ID's when their condition doesn't qualify them at all. But as the article suggests, it's a lucrative business for people forging documents and there's a high demand for it.
I could understand seniors getting some discounts over their purchased but willful liars about their condition has to be somewhere at the top of the list of shitbags in society. Who exactly suffers when tax revenue goes down? everyone, because low collection convinces the government they have to borrow money somewhere else and when they do borrow money, everyone pays the fine. This can come in the form of more taxes or cost cutting of essential programs. The real losers here are those that don't bother playing dirty and actually not use the disability card they don't qualify for.
I got nothing against people holding disability cards but if one is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder that has been functional for years now, they don't need the card otherwise they shouldn't even be driving their car at all.
From the economics standpoint, it's easy to see a discount of around ~20% for your purchases is tempting and paying as someone living without a disability is for losers. These people know how to game the system and are incentivized to do it. The consequences are so little and petty in fines that it can be worthwhile until stricter measures are made which makes it more difficult for people that actually need the benefit apply. It's just a lose-lose situation overall and the guilt is diffused to the masses because if you're not doing it, someone else is and they're getting the most out of it mentality.
So this gets me thinking about how much people can be live with their own hypocrisy while having no insight about what they do. How the same people may complain about the government being corrupt while practicing, in their own little ways, evading the tax man. I mean, you can have your opinions about the government being corrupt and that's fine, but it would certainly hold more weight if you were a responsible citizen that plays by the rules.
Unfortunately, doing the right thing has few economic incentives as others are taking advantaged of a loophole while you don't. I think it's a culture thing since this mindset isn't anything new and has been existing for generations here and almost everywhere in the world.
I'm just airing it out since I've been asked to make some medical certificates for some questionable reasons patients present sometimes, like asking for a few days of rest because they really want to use the time for vacation instead of "coping up with their depression or anxiety". I tell you, patients lie and sometimes they can twist their own stories just to make you look bad even when you are playing by the rule book that no means it's against policy to comply with what they are asking.
Things as petty as not coming in for follow up during the expected schedule or suddenly feeling better after days of taking a medication that's supposed to take weeks before seeing an expected therapeutic response. It just grinds my gears sometimes, that they come in again reporting not feeling any better but aren't actually taking meds as prescribed and making it sound like it's your fault or the meds fault for their noncompliance.
Thanks for your time.
That's rough, I'd be super frustrated in your position.
You get used to people lying to your face as part of the job. Listening to other people's problems and getting paid might have been someone's dream until your mind goes under wear and tear from having multiple people sharing their different life stories per day. I love my job despite how much I rant about it. I just wish for more patience in doing it daily.
I like to say, culture of “see how much I can get away” hidden behind, “one love” and Bob Marley culture
#SouthernCalifornia but yeah, it’s everywhere… it’s techno-entitlement, giga-arrogance, or something… social media shitbag-ism? I don’t know. Maybe no one knows, yet….
Your venting/rent and post are important. If it’s a human condition, it’s worth speaking about.
Squeaky wheels get the grease. There’s no opportunity for growth if no one‘s identifying or talking about or trying to identify.
By the way, couldn’t some of those people be reported for fraud? (probably hard to detect improve sometimes, but just a few examples… 🤷♂️
Whatever, stay cool. ✌️
To catch fraud you need to devote more resources like tax money to fix the system. And even if you do get some, the fines don't mean much and end up wasting a lot of people's time. It's petty but all these add up and the quickest solution I could think of is just being more strict with the issuance of the ID's and verification.
These people know it's wrong but take advantage of the system because they feel that businesses already take profit from them a lot never realizing how much 1 person can multiple into more people doing it that becomes a burden to the society in general. I don't have optimistic views about the government but that shouldn't stop people from doing the right thing at the individual level if they can.
Like an old Japenese proverb I got somewhere from the internet long forgotten, "the fall of society starts with the individual", so I pay my taxes and bitch about the government's services because that's cooler than taking advantage of the system for self gain while also bitching how the system is unfair for them.
Silly question of me. Bureaucracy, the double edged sword. 🗡️
“know it’s wrong and…” Victim’s entitlement.
I appreciate you.
Sensational usage of the term, “shitbags.”
I’m still reading…
Yeah I think this is a big issue for many of the modern countries in the world. It’s sadly an increasingly common thing as well where people don’t have an incentive to work as much as they have a desire to not. There’s a lot of societal issues at play there for sure.
There are going to be ways in which they can combat this but those are mostly all Trojan horses to remove choice and freedom so we have to be careful of the proposed “solutions” to the problem.
Part of the issue, I think, is the lack of perceived purpose into doing what one is expected to do and paid for. If the top management makes you constantly feel replaceable and your worth mattering little, then there's no sense of job security or reason for being there beyond the paycheck. People are more incentivized to leave work for better pay in this type of environment unlike having a work environment where you do something that matters to others and get appreciated, that shit has no price tag but it matters more.
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