Right-wing cuts in welfare benefits generally come with demonization of anyone who "cheats". The result is that everyone is likely to be suspected of "cheating" -- most of them falsely.

What about the few who really do lie? After all these cuts, it is quite plausible they wouldn't get money for food and medicine if they didn't lie. Maybe they could not care for their children if they told the truth.

I think those circumstances justify lying to a bureaucracy.

If the state wants to deserve to be told the truth, it should give decent treatment to those who do so.