Original post by Chad_BronsonBut how much do they get back from raising the prices, to penalise everyone else? I can assure you, £200m compared to how much others are penalised for it is small change.
I don't condone fare dodgers - it's unfair and, if nothing else, immoral. But, by the logic of the company, we are paying for other people's wrongdoing. How, then, is that fair?
If someone nicks a can of Coke from a shop that I own, do I put the price of other Coke cans to subsidise it? Of course I don't - I write it off. A crackdown on fare evasion is fine, absolutely - but making others pay for it is utterly, and abhorrently wrong.