Was fun right..

sorry for my ignorance on this subject,. what is "Prinsjesdag"?

hope it's not a bad word, idk what it means.

No ofcourse not.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prinsjesdag
Prinsjesdag (English: Little Prince's Day) is the day on which the reigning monarch of the Netherlands addresses a joint session of the States-General of the Netherlands (consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives) to give the Speech from the Throne (Dutch: Troonrede), similar to the annual State of the Union in the United States or the British State Opening of Parliament. This speech sets out the main features of government policy for the coming parliamentary session.

The occasion is prescribed by the constitution, article 65 of which states: "A statement of the policy to be pursued by the Government shall be given by or on behalf of the King or the Queen before a joint session of the two Houses of the States-General that shall be held every year on the third Tuesday in September or on such earlier date as may be prescribed by Act of Parliament."

After the speech from the throne, the budget is later presented to the House of Representatives by the Minister of Finances.

Basically when they come and say whats going to happen/change for next year in the country.

They said sigaretes going to cost 3 euros and 60 cents more, i am a none smoker and that shit even upset me, imagine...
Public transport up by 12 %

Read full article here: https://www.iamexpat.nl/expat-info/dutch-expat-news/prinsjesdag-2023-dutch-budget-announced-ahead-upcoming-elections
I find it hillarious, and we are in 2023 a king in these ages is kinda redundant.

Hello fellow Dutchie.

Prinsjesdag this year is a complete mess. They are throwing money we can ill afford at the problem instead of addressing the source.

In my opinion the main problem is that govt needs to figure out - is inflation (which is not driven by financial leverage this time) and reduced productivity of the economy (due to post-covid lazyness/wfh) as well as insane energy price rises (due to Ukraine/Russia war) that permeate through the whole economy through diesel / gas/ energy prices for logistics/farmers/industry and what not.

The way I see it Netherlands has two choices - taper net zero ambitions and allow economy to recover a bit or make peace with the Russians so energy prices would go down and the economy can be competitive against Asia/Americans. Fat chance of that happening. So we will kick the can down the road as we usually do and slowly becoming a glorified tourist destination for the Yankees and the Chinese.

In the grand scheme of things Netherlands/EU should implement an analogue of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act to accelerate energy transition to ensure energy security domestically through new renewable generation / EVs/ batteries / grid investments and what not. This will reduce reliance on purchase of hydrocarbons from anybody (saying FU to Russians/Saudis/Americans ultimately). This will create jobs, will allow people to work and make an honest living outside of Randstad, increase tax base you can spend on defense and social programs as well as finally allow Europe to be energy self-sufficient. But we have just kicked out Shell, Unilever, DSM and on our way to kick out Boefkalis so yeah, what the fuck.

Now that is all and dandy, but lets go to the problem of demissionaire government we have now as well as upcoming elections where there is no more Rutte, Kaag and Hoekstra decided to go to be the King of Sustainability of the whole EU. Whom do we have left to lead - Timmermans? Wow okay.

This post was edited by Malopox on Sep 20 2023 02:08am

Pandjesprins brother gets a nice raise while I’m going to get 2% inflation adjustment and can complain about it to AH selfcheckout machine

Complaints Department is mobile, you need to track them down, just follow the music.

If you understand Dutch - De Speld is hilarious.

Videos below have subtitles.



This post was edited by Malopox on Sep 20 2023 03:16am

Nobody understands Dutch, not even Dutch

I don't sadly, this guy sounds like the Swedish chef from the Muppets to me I am 100% convinced I've heard the chef say the line at 0:39 lol