Thursday, December 18, 2003

DUTCH PROFITEERS Rich Dutch people profit most from government facilities and subsidies. They have an advantage as home owners. But also in education, culture, recreation and kindergarten facilities they profit more than the average citizen. Only the rich can install solar modules and they do so with government subsidies. For decades the poor have become poorer and the rich richer. So all those budget cuts mainly hurt the lower and middle classes. The rich transfer their money abroad (buy a second house in France - without telling the National Revenue, buy foreign stocks and/or have their taxfree pension schemes in the Antilles or Cayman Islands). The average person spends all his/her money locally. Huge capital funds are siphoned off to foreign countries by the wealthy. Nevertheless, these rich money grubbers have the nerve to plunder workers pension funds and talk of the 'personal responsibility' of the individual (they mean: the rank and file can drop dead - and in the case of health care you can take this literally: waiting lists cause premature deaths). Small firms, local shops, have a hard time; the big ones lobby and get what they want. We are getting a Dutch rub. 10:58:10 AM

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