Quote (balrog66 @ 7 Sep 2018 17:54)
Biggest issue atm is the removal of the dividend tax, which no party in the cabinet had in their party programmes. But we do know that both Unilever and Shell pushed this on the agenda, promising that it would be good for the settling climate for multinationals in NL. Now we know that's pretty much bullshit, so we are stuck with a cabinet that has basically bent over bigtime for big money (cutting that tax will cost us 2bn). Meanwhile students get shafted more and more (interest hike has been announced for student loans, after being promised that the money saved by switching from a gift to loan system would be spent on making things cheaper for students), there were plans to have handicapped people work under minimum wage, all kinds of disgusting stuff.
And to add to that, the ruling party has been the party with the most integrity scandals by far. Fraud, deceit, perjury, it's all been said and done. But too many people are 'content' with the current situation so they keep voting VVD. Also Mark Rutte practices some kind of voodoo magic because all these scandals slide off his back like he's made of Teflon.
kinda shocking to be honest, you are supposed to be a shining example of a country that combines a socially acceptable policy with being a good address for corporations
in times where the largest of them evade taxes pretty much everywhere in the world the removal of the dividend tax is ridiculous
handicapped people work under minimum wage ffs, thats something i would expect to hear from some american lobbyist
dont tell donald trump
i guess thats the downside of not having a strong and reasonable left leaning party around, your social democrats got obliterated in the last election if i remember correctly
now bought lobbyists do their thing it seems
to be honest though, nowadays this neoliberal policy isnt as harmful as the borderline socialist stunts our politicians are pulling
we are literally driving corporations out of the country
Quote (Knoppie @ 7 Sep 2018 18:04)
woow, yeah, that captures our media focus at this time and represents the current political situation. I have somewhat put this in a perspective that we've got a political system where politicians are being held accountable. Where scandals are often resulting in resignations, yet when it comes to this 2 billion tax cut for the rich, while not improving the climate for multinationals, Rutte is teflon, it's almost ridiculous beyond believe. Funnily on the issue, it is a tax cut that investors in the UK already have, this can end up in not being rectified to just pressure corporations in the UK during the Brexit process. Or at least, I "hope" it is, but on this point we need more protests on the issue, something the Dutch don't do enough !
2billion a year for a small country is a fucklot of money.
not accepting responsibility has become the new norm, if you look up ministers from the past 30 or 40 years you will find plenty of guys resigning or driven out of office for significantly less
Quote (Knoppie @ 7 Sep 2018 19:15)
i dont reject the idea of the state making certain deals tbh, everyone talks about globalisation and many forget this means that we need to have fair taxes or we wont get anything at all
"The Commission is also drawing up plans, championed by France and Germany, for more effective taxation of digital companies."
two states desperate for money
our state has been reporting a
48,1 billion surplus recently..... (needless to say that this claim is absolutely ridiculous)