Paypal? YES PLEASE !!

Reluctantly (ooooooookay) WS was cajoled into putting a Paypal button on her blog so that people could donate money. Unfortunately, this gave even more visitors to the site reason to doubt the integrity of the author. WS herself even stated that the combined amount had become sufficient to afford a deposit and a few months rent on a place in London. At todays rates, that would surely equate to several thousand pounds at least ! This latest twist hit an unexpected snag when it was pointed out that she was actually committing fraud by not declaring it when she signed on for her benefits (we won't mention the fraud already being commited by her stating she was living at a previous address to claim benefits she was not entitled to). Once again, her sycophantic "fans" rush to her rescue and provide some "yeah but no but yeah but..." excuses, including "The PayPal donations are gifts and unsolicited - the button was placed at the request of others - and therefore not of concern to the DSS or subject to tax". Riiiiight.... As more comments are placed on the blog questioning the legality of this additional undeclared income (including links to the Reporting Benefit Fraud web site) suddenly the Paypal button disappears. Looks like she's getting some good advice from her agent at last ! Promises are made by WS to send the money back to the donators. I wonder why ...........