Topics:<\/b> Character; Deceit; Dishonesty; Ethics; Government; Honesty; Integrity; Lying; Motives; Taxes; Temptation; Truthfulness; Values<\/p>\n
References:<\/b> 2 Kings 17:4; Micah 6:10\u201311; Mark 12:17; Luke 20:25; Romans 13:6\u20137<\/p>\n
Cheating is a prominent feature in just about every human endeavor. So says economist Steven Levitt in Freakonomics<\/i>. Although he doesn\u2019t declare cheating part of human nature, Levitt notes the prevalence of it among ordinary schoolteachers, wait staff, and payroll managers.<\/p>\n
While evidence for cheating is often hard to uncover, at times it is overwhelming. Consider what happened one spring evening at midnight in 1987, when 7 million American children suddenly disappeared. It was April 15, and the Internal Revenue Service had just changed a rule. Instead of merely listing the name of each dependent child, tax filers were now required also to provide a Social Security number for each child. Suddenly 7 million children who had existed only as phantom exemptions on the previous year\u2019s 1040 forms vanished, representing about one in ten of all dependent children in the United States.<\/p>\n
\u2014John Beukema, \u201cPhantom Exemptions Show the Prevalence of Cheating,\u201d PreachingToday.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Topics: Character; Deceit; Dishonesty; Ethics; Government; Honesty; Integrity; Lying; Motives; Taxes; Temptation; Truthfulness; Values References: 2 Kings 17:4; Micah 6:10\u201311; Mark 12:17; Luke 20:25; Romans 13:6\u20137 Cheating is a prominent feature in just about every human endeavor. So says economist Steven Levitt in Freakonomics. Although he doesn\u2019t declare cheating part of human nature, Levitt notes … Continue reading “CHEATING
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