Sentences with phrase «crime than the expenses»

I stood up for David Laws because I thought outing a very private yet inherently decent man was a worse crime than the expenses one he committed.

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For purposes of the means test, the U.S. Bankruptcy Code defines current monthly income as including: «any amount paid by any entity other than the debtor (or in a joint case the debtor and the debtor's spouse), on a regular basis for the household expenses of the debtor or the debtor's dependents (and in a joint case the debtor's spouse if not otherwise a dependent)...» Benefits received under the Social Security Act, payments to victims of war crimes or crimes against humanity on account of their status as victims of such crimes, and payments to victims of international terrorism or domestic terrorism on account of their status as victims of such terrorism are excluded from the means test.

These abuses cost the U.S. more than $ 700 billion annually in expenses related to crime, lost work productivity, and health care.