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We’ve become a nation of freeloaders: No one needs pay their own way.

You can rob the liquor store with impunity, travel for free on the TTC — and those in charge will turn blind eye.

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The Presto card shambles has created a free-for-all on the transit system.

The gates installed at TTC stations are so flimsy and so slow to close that so-called “tailgaters” — scammers who hustle through the gate behind paying customers — have easy pickings.

Not to mention the wide-open entry points next to the ticket booths, where streams of non-paying customers breeze through without paying.

I travel frequently on the TTC and am always amazed by how many people simply ignore the fare box and stroll onto streetcars and buses without paying.

And the on-board ticket machines? Well, the auditor recently explained why they don’t work.

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Apparently, the TTC forgot to hire someone to empty the cash box.

A victimless crime, you say? Well, not really, since every nickel scammers don’t pay is a nickel taxpayers and fare-paying passengers must cough up to keep the system going.