Its the holiday season and I will be taking a few days off from this blog for some R&R.
Its best to end this theme and share a story from my dad which is more heartwarming than the rest of the stories. As can be seen in these short vignettes, societies where corruption is endemic is harmful not only to the persons living in the culture, but the government as well. When people have no incentive to pay lawful taxes because of the belief that the government will not help them, then the government loses funding and the trust of the people. Without such trust in anything, corruption and fraud will flourish. My dad's "adventures" in pre WWII and Communist Romania were enough to teach me that little lesson.
Throughout the chaotic years of WWII, my dad lost many friends and relatives. One of his relatives, a distant cousin, lost his entire family. After the war, the cousin was contacted by a complete stranger who told him that the cousin's dad left some jewelery with him. The cousin was told to come and collect the jewelery. The jewelery turned out to be quite valuable. This cousin never met this stranger before and has not met him since. The man did what the cousin's father asked him to do, with no thought to his own benefit.
As my dad said, this is evidence that there are still some honest people left. A few.
Perhaps this is not really an example of fraud, but it is a good lesson that sometimes the best in human nature does shine through.
For those who celebrate it (on the 25th of December anyway), Merry Christmas.
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Have a great and fraud-free day.
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