Cheaters never win?

Well, I think they do. In order to get away with it, though, you have to be smart. I'm sure most students have cheated at least once in their academic career. But what exactly classifies cheating? U.S. News polled 1,000 people on what they consider to be cheating. They first number is the general public, the second number is for college students.

Have extramarital sex: 96%/96%
Have sex with someone when they are seriously dating someone else: 94%/90%
Take credit for other people's work: 94%/91%
Record extra hours on a time sheet at work: 92%/88%
Earn money they do not declare on their taxes: 85%/76%
Pay less than they should on their taxes: 85%/81%
Take supplies from work for their personal use at home: 84%/83%
Lie about their income to get a special discount, award, or benefit: 80%/80%
Put extra educational experience on a resume: 75%/68%
Run a red light, even when it is possible to stop at the light:71%/ 58%
Spend time at work on personal business: 66%/53%
Keep incorrect change when cashier makes a mistake: 64%/50%
Lie about their age to get a discount or special benefit: 60%/61%
Say they're older than they are: 44%/37%
Say they're younger than they are: 30%/15%
Say they weigh more or less than they really do: 25%/11%

And who cheats the most? The following percentages of the general public (800 randomly selected adults) said that these people cheat often:

Politicians: 89%
Lawyers: 78%
Journalists and the media: 76%
CEOs or executives of Fortune 500 companies: 73%
High school students: 72%
Government employees: 72%
Employees of large companies: 69%
Rich people: 69%
Student athletes: 68%
College students: 64%
Business owners: 60%
Husbands: 58%
Accountants: 55%
IRS agents: 55%
Poor people: 45%
Wives: 45%
Doctors: 40%
Parents of school children: 31%
Computer programmers: 28%
Teachers: 25%
Senior citizens: 15%

Well, the people who are the highest up on the previous list seem to be the most successful people in society. So this seems to say that cheaters do win. But I know that these polls are probably not very accurate because it is based on what other people think those people do.
Either way, it's probably not very far from the truth. The people who get away with it are the ones that become successful. That's not to say that all successful people cheated, but I'm sure everyone cuts corners. And I'm just saying that some people get by and make a very good living from it.

But that doesn't change the fact that it's wrong, right?

That statistics mentioned in this post have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5%.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/misc/press/cheating.htm