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Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that the Minister of Budget had openly stated that he had wasted people's money for years without any consequences. He claimed that the deficits in the past five years had been greater than during the pandemic and that the deficit for the coming year would still amount to 1 billion euros. He also pointed to a subordinated loan, the interest costs of which he claimed alone amounted to 1 billion euros. Vande Reyde further wrote that there were no concrete plans to downsize the state apparatus. According to him, politicians who opposed a new tax increase were labeled as the wrongdoers and as "irresponsible." #begroting #tekort #politiek (translated)

Sabrina F. defined Lavrov's irony as "surgical" and wrote that it never disappoints. In the post, she shared an exchange in which Zelensky asked to name a Russian invention used worldwide; Lavrov reportedly responded that Lenin had created Ukraine and that the whole world used it. https://t.co/GPf1pK0lv7 #Lavrov #Ucraina #Ironia (translated)

Bert Slagter wrote that the VVD positioned itself with attention to entrepreneurs, but according to him, at the same time, it introduced box 3 rates that were excessively high, put director-majority shareholders under pressure with rules about loans to their private companies, and destroyed the cryptocurrency sector with the vab. According to Slagter, entrepreneurs wanted a reliable and predictable government, while he claimed that the VVD offered them an unpredictable fiscal policy. #ondernemers #belastingen #VVD (translated)

Karina Michelin stated that a large-scale fire destroyed laboratories and research at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) on the night of Wednesday, October 7. According to her, the rector Alfredo Macedo Gomes estimated the damages at R$ 100 million. The author said that, before the conclusion of an investigation into the origin of the flames, the case was already politically associated with supporters of Flávio Bolsonaro. She linked this association to the circulation of anonymous screenshots with threats attributed to Bolsonaro supporters, released by elected federal deputy Jones Manoel from the PSOL party. According to Michelin, he announced that he would request investigations from the Federal Police and the Federal Public Ministry, but there was no confirmed identification of the authors, public authentication of the conversations, or evidence presented that linked the threats to the fire. Michelin also mentioned protests organized by university entities at UFPE on October 6, following the results of the first round, which, according to her, consolidated the advance of the right in Congress. The author questioned who produced and published the screenshots and why political accusations emerged before the conclusion of the investigations. She argued that the hypothesis of a "false flag" should be investigated, including the possible fabrication of political accusations, and stated that using anonymous messages to politically condemn someone without proof could escalate tensions in the country before the second round. #IncêndioUFPE #LiberdadeAcadêmica #PolíticaBrasileira (translated)

Dr. Sc. Ferdinand Meeus wondered why the same messages appeared at the same time with the same one-sided story. He stated that most media in the Netherlands and Belgium are controlled by one Belgian family, Van Thillo, which he claimed had received loans of 220 million euros from the European Bank to support EU objectives. Meeus sarcastically remarked that this, of course, had no influence on the editorial offices. #media #journalistiek #NLBe (translated)

Zdeněk Šarapatka wrote that the moderator Pavlína Wolfová repeatedly asked Spirov from SPD and Prokšanová in the debate about Russian aggression who would come to defend the Czech Republic. According to him, both answered evasively and their behavior resembled vocal support for Putin. He added that such a debate must have been challenging for television professionals as well, and he stated that he found the answer to the question behind Krupskaya and Lenin. #ruskáagrese #debata #PavlínaWolfová (translated)

As an entrepreneur, you might have borrowed €700k from your holding in 2023 and used it to buy real estate in box 3 for your retirement. Selling is not possible because there is a tenant, and selling with a tenant results in a significant loss. In 2023, the limit was still €700k, so nothing was wrong. In 2024, it was reduced to €500k, and suddenly €200k of your loan was treated as dividends. That cost you over €50k in box 2 tax on money you never distributed. Now the limit will decrease by €80k each year starting in 2027 to €100k. Then you will pay around €20k per year for five years, totaling around €100k. And all that on your own borrowed money, for which you pay interest to your BV. Your BV pays corporate tax on that, and you also pay box 3 tax on those properties for your old age. What a country. #ondernemen #vastgoed #belasting (translated)

As a result of the transfer of part of the Russian cargo transport from the Black Sea to the Baltic after Ukrainian counterattacks, about 150 Russian ships, including 65 tankers and 85 freighters, are stuck in line to enter ports in the Leningrad region, which increases the risk of collisions and oil spills in the Gulf of Finland. #Bałtyk #transport #Rosja (translated)

There may be something much larger happening in Russia than it appears outwardly. We are used to thinking of mobilization as an event. Putin gives a speech, a decision is announced, and reservists are called to service. The next mobilization may look completely different. Russia may gradually call men to service, decentralizing actions across the country, pressuring people to sign contracts, and sparing politically sensitive cities like Moscow and St. Petersburg. There may never be a single day when we could state that a new mobilization has begun. If this does not produce enough soldiers, the situation could become even bleaker. Russia could even stage an attack on its own soil and blame it on Ukraine or NATO. The goal would not be to convince us, but rather the Russians, that the country is under attack and needs more men for the war. This is also significant for Finland. If Russia manages to mobilize hundreds of thousands of new soldiers, the issue is not just about the front in Ukraine. At the same time, it is worth watching whether Russia begins to build a new strategic reserve and fill its new units in the Leningrad military district near Finland. There is no immediate threat of attack against Finland, but right now decisions can be made that determine Russia's military power at our borders for years to come. https://t.co/zWneprVedN #Venäjä #SotilaallinenVoima #Ukraina (translated)

Best @Minister_FIN, just a serious remark regarding the presented plans. As if a 36% corporate tax on profits starting from 1000 euros is not enough, now a maximum of 100,000 euros can be borrowed from one's own limited liability company instead of 500,000 euros. This means that many entrepreneurs who still have debt with their own limited liability companies will face huge problems if this is retroactive; after all, if there had been a possibility to pay off that debt, it would have been done already. Moreover, many are currently in the middle of a multi-year plan to pay off because that limit had already been lowered to 700,000 in 2023 and to 500,000 in 2024. These people have had to sell assets, often their own home, to pay the taxes owed. And now they want to limit it to 100,000 euros? That's fine for new loans starting from that date, but not retroactively; that would be a death sentence for many entrepreneurs. I hope you understand this? I assume you do not intentionally want to put a noose around these people's necks? #belasting #ondernemerschap #financien (translated)

No no, 36% profit tax on profits from 1000 euros and a maximum of 100,000 euros can be borrowed from one's own company instead of 500,000 euros. This means that many entrepreneurs who still have a debt with their own company will face huge problems if this is retroactive, because if there was a possibility to pay off that debt, it would have already happened. Many are currently in the middle of a multi-year plan to repay because the limit had already been lowered to 700,000 in 2023 and to 500,000 in 2024. These people have had to sell assets, often their own homes, to pay the owed taxes. And now they want to set that limit to 100,000 euros? That's fine for new loans from that date, but not retroactively, as that would be a death sentence for many entrepreneurs. #belasting #ondernemen #BV (translated)

„Vulgärdemokraten“ Wer hat diesen Begriff bereits verwendet? - Karl Marx - Friedrich Engels - Wladimir Lenin UND - Frank-Walter Steinmeier Man kann es sich echt nicht mehr ausdenken. https://t.co/c2AbbPUgoS #Politik #Demokratie #Gesellschaft

Nul dagen ondernomen, wel de ondernemers willen belasten. Maak kennis met de fractievoorzitter van Vooruit. Oskar Seuntjens stapte in juni 2024 rechtstreeks van de universiteit het parlement in en werd op zijn 26ste de jongste fractievoorzitter die de Kamer ooit zag. Indrukwekkend parcours, alleen zit er geen dag ondernemen in. Nooit een loonbrief van personeel betaald, nooit een klant overtuigd, nooit ondernemersrisico gedragen. En uitgerekend hij stelt voor om de mensen die dat wél deden, extra te belasten. Zijn miljonairsbijdrage moet 1 miljard opbrengen, terwijl het begrotingsgat 10 miljard bedraagt. Toen Knack er experts naar liet kijken, oordeelden die letterlijk "dit helpt niemand vooruit". En Frankrijk schafte zijn vermogensbelasting af omdat er meer kapitaal vertrok dan de taks opbracht. Zijn favoriete argument: Elon Musk, die leent tegen zijn aandelen en zo belastingen "vermijdt". Kan iemand hem vertellen dat zo'n lening gewoon miljarden schuld is, terug te betalen mét rente? En dat het onderpand Tesla heet, een aandeel dat de voorbije vijf jaar meermaals halveerde? En kan iemand hem vragen wat de rijkste man op aarde in godsnaam te maken heeft met een taks op elke Belg die ooit een miljoen bijeen werkte?! Het beste tegenvoorbeeld ligt trouwens in eigen land. De oprichter van Odoo is op papier miljardair, terwijl zijn bedrijf vorig jaar verlies maakte. Dat vermogen bestaat niet in cash. Dwing hem via een vermogenstaks om jaarlijks af te rekenen, en hij moet aandelen verkopen of schulden aangaan. Zo rem je exact het bedrijf af dat hier duizenden jobs kan creëren. Het echte probleem heeft niets met zijn leeftijd of zijn partij te maken. Het probleem is dat hij regels wil schrijven voor een spel dat hij nooit speelde, met cijfers die niet kloppen en voorbeelden die zijn eigen punt onderuithalen. Misschien is zijn beste eerste bijdrage aan onze economie geen nieuwe taks, maar een eerste eigen zaak. #ondernemen #belasting #politiek

PFLP-Aktivist Ibrahim Ibrahim hat die Muslime in Berlin mobilisiert und so für den Wahlsieg der Linken gesorgt. Nun pocht der palästinensische Terrorunterstützer bereits auf eine „weitere Zusammenarbeit“ und fordert Gegenleistungen. PFLP steht für Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, auf Deutsch Volksfront zur Befreiung Palästinas. Das ist eine 1967 gegründete palästinensische Organisation (marxistisch-leninistisch, panarabisch), die zum linken Flügel der Palästinenserbewegung gehört. Sie gilt in der EU, den USA und weiteren Staaten als Terrororganisation. Bekannt geworden ist sie u. a. durch Flugzeugentführungen in den 1960er/70er Jahren (z. B. Landshut 1977) und weitere Anschläge. #PFLP #Palästinenser #Berlin