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Caroline van der Plas wrote that, according to her, taxpayer money had been wasted on a roll-call vote requested by the SGP. A vote by party group, according to her, could have saved thousands of kilometers and overtime for parliamentary staff, including messengers, clerks, and security personnel. She also explained why she had voted against the motion regarding the rainbow flag. https://t.co/7VmqYzZloF #belastinggeld #politiek #stemmen (translated)

Susanne wrote that public money for representatives, in her opinion, was not intended for the situation she referred to. She asked others not to say that members of parliament were paid for it and said that she was generally critical, but that evening she had to deal with them. #TweedeKamer #TweedeKamer #politiek #belasting (translated)

The advertisements were very good. They were intended to promote the country, something that many presidents before me have also done. Trump has repeatedly emphasized that the ads, in his opinion, have a patriotic and not a political character. #Trump #DemocratischePartij #Belastinggeld (translated)

René Dercksen stated that an imam was appointed by the government and paid with tax money. He mentioned an amount of €7K per month and angrily asked Dilan Yesilgöz if people in The Hague were not in their right mind. https://t.co/XERvQnIr95 #Nederland #Politiek #Belastingen (translated)

Hester Bais wrote that in March 2023 she had gifted her book *Worst Bank Scenario* to current and former members of the House of Representatives, all members of the Senate, and a large part of the cabinet. In the book, she described her experiences as a lawyer and whistleblower regarding what she called the largest banking and pension fraud ever. She stated that she had not received any substantive response. Bais claimed that she was one of the few specialists in the Netherlands with legal and operational knowledge of central securities clearing, derivatives clearing, and collateral management. She said she had worked for years at ING, the Authority for the Financial Markets, Euronext, LCH, Euroclear, and Hogan Lovells. According to her, that experience had enabled her to expose extensive fraud involving collateral. She wrote that the Netherlands needed her expertise in a European financial sector where investment banks, according to her, called the shots and used taxpayer money and pension assets for their own liquidity purposes. According to Bais, the Authority for the Financial Markets ignored her whistleblower reports. She also said that she had become persona non grata in her field. She mentioned Sander Dekker from the VVD as the chairman of the supervisory board and wrote that he looked away, just like his predecessors Paul Rosenmöller and Martin van Rijn. #klokkenluider #advocaat #RedDeRechtstaat #klokkenluider #advocaat #fraude (translated)

Sander Sassen wrote to Minister Sophie that the long waiting times in mental health care, in his opinion, did not stem from a lack of care budget, but because part of the money did not reach patients. He stated that fraud with personal budgets constituted a structural leakage of about 10-15 billion, and claimed that a large part of this was related to people with a migration background. As examples, he mentioned non-delivered care, paper care agencies, and claims for unprovided assistance. According to Sassen, people in the sector, the inspection, and municipalities were aware of this. He urged the minister to tackle fraud, care providers whom he claimed were abusing the system, and arrangements with family members before allocating additional money to mental health care. He also inquired whether the issue was politically too sensitive. #Zorgfraude #GGZ #Volksgezondheid (translated)

Good question! Within the framework of 'It can be done,' 28 billion euros of taxpayers' money was allocated to achieve 0.000036 degrees less warming of the global temperature. That was quite an ambitious plan from our Climate Minister who is now our @MinPres! How did that turn out? #Klimaat #Bijdrage #Milieu (translated)

Crazy. What idiots on our taxpayer-funded Dutch TV. They're just promoting a devastating war with Russia. So just take @AVROTROS off the air. #Nederland #TV #Oorlog (translated)

The government seems to have forgotten what tax money is and who has worked for it. Every year, tens of billions are spent on projects that do not benefit the Dutch. We need a change in mentality. Maiden speech of @biemyati. https://t.co/fnNBRgoIR0 #belastinggeld #overheid #mentaliteitsverandering (translated)

PRO will spend even more money on development aid. We are already hundreds of billions ahead and the poor countries themselves have hardly benefited from it. Moreover, millions of people still come to Europe every year. @biemyati wants to spend Dutch tax money in their own country. https://t.co/aHS83VlSKQ #ontwikkelingshulp #bestedingbelastinggeld #armoedebestrijding (translated)

Die kop👇 ‘‘Van de 1017 asielzoekers vonden 332 deelnemers betaald werk. Nog eens 312 zetten een stap richting werk, bijvoorbeeld via begeleiding [?] of een opleiding.’’ Dit wordt dan verkocht als succes … Van uw en mijn belastinggeld. Ik ben benieuwd hoeveel uur die 332 werken* en in welk type banen.** Noten: *we weten uit CBS-statistieken dat statushouders (andere groep, asielzoekers met status) veel in deeltijd werken; **functieniveau, baan wel of niet gesubsidieerd, enzovoort. https://t.co/9gsqVxQs2s #asielzoekers #werkgelegenheid #belastinggeld