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The government itself fuels that suspicion: BJP minister Amit Shah (Home Affairs) said in December that the cleanup operation is intended to prevent “infiltrators” from choosing India’s prime minister, a term that is often used by the Hindu nationalist party to refer to Muslim immigrants. #India #Protesten #Kiesregister (translated)

Madelon Vos wrote that entrepreneurs, according to the CEO of DSM, needed a reliable government, but did not get one. She stated that Dutch politics trivialized the effects of the income tax in box 2 and the high rates in box 3, and that this policy severely affected entire sectors, including the Dutch crypto and precious metals sector with more than two million investors. Vos wrote that investors had to keep track of their real returns themselves, while some banks and brokers could not provide that data and the Tax Authority had not yet verified the calculations. According to her, investors would want to deduct inflation, transaction costs, currency costs, and subscription costs from that calculation. She also reported that the man who had been at the basis of the law had since advocated for the withdrawal of the amendment and the law and for a new piece of legislation. Furthermore, Vos pointed to the rising interest rates in France and the possible consequences of that for the Netherlands. She wondered if war was looming and wrote that the Netherlands was increasing pressure on Russia. https://t.co/X4T4ze43tV #ondernemen #beleggen #politiek (translated)

A former woke teacher wrote that MP Nicole Moinat described, according to them, an established order that had lost its moral compass. The teacher stated that criminal organizations were recruiting very young people for explosions, drug trafficking, and assassinations because, according to them, juvenile offenders were hardly punished. In The Hague, according to the teacher, young criminals were primarily seen as victims of their circumstances. The teacher criticized explanations of crime based on disadvantage, personal problems, and a difficult childhood, because those explanations, according to them, obscured the responsibility of the offenders. The teacher also stated that the compassion for offenders was greater than the concern for victims. Young people deserved a second chance, according to them, but it should not outweigh the safety of society. The teacher wrote that the government, out of fear of appearing inhumane, no longer dared to set limits and that the consequences of this were borne by people who obeyed the law. #rechtstaat #criminaliteit #veiligheid (translated)

Lex Hoogduin wrote that he believed change was possible, but not in the way that the cabinet and the left envisioned. He advocated for a peaceful classical-liberal revolution with a smaller government, fewer rules, bureaucracy, and civil servants. According to him, the government should free citizens and protect their property, while reducing the tax burden and maintaining a limited safety net for people who faced real setbacks. He also argued for space for a revival of an independent civil society outside of the state, with communities in various fields. #liberalisme #overheid #belasting (translated)

Jurgen Verstrepen wondered whether the government was in crisis. He wrote that someone who opposed a VAT increase but was in favor of more government savings was, in his opinion, harshly criticized instead of being applauded. He also noted that during the budget discussions, attention was given to several Palestinian students who could not fly here. #politiek #crisis #begroting (translated)

Mirjam152 challenged the reasoning that a lower VAT rate cost the government a lot of money. She compared it to the income a landlord misses out on by asking for a lower rent and sarcastically suggested that the VAT should then be raised to 30 percent and inheritance and gift taxes to 100 percent. According to her, people were already paying more than enough tax. The researchers defended a higher VAT rate for, among others, hairdressers, bicycle mechanics, and plasterers with the argument that a tight labor market could make services more expensive due to insufficient staff availability. Mirjam152 called that reasoning flawed and accused the researchers of having a political agenda and pandering to the government and the cabinet. #BTW #Belastingen #Overheid (translated)

Forum for Democracy stated that the claim that a low VAT rate would cost the government a lot of money pretended as if the state earned the money and the workers took it away. The party called that reasoning the world upside down. #btwtarief #overheid #werkgelegenheid (translated)

The government that should have been there for you when Q fever broke out was not there. The feeling that you were alone because the government was absent. I regret that. I offer my sincerest apologies for that. On Friday, Minister Sophie Hermans of Health came with apologies. #Qkoorts #gezondheid #excuses (translated)

Mona Keijzer wrote that many Dutch people wanted change, including more control over migration, lower taxes, and a government that kept its promises. To achieve this, forces needed to be combined and people needed to seek each other out, she asserted. She said that she was doing that herself: the week before at OPNL and that day at NSC. She also urged people to support her by becoming members. https://t.co/CukJ9lQEMZ #Nederland #Politiek #Samensterk (translated)

Atradius has been given the opportunity to cover export risks for the Dutch government for another seven years after a public tender, while Sean 'Diddy' Combs lost his defamation case against NBC and has to cover almost half a million dollars in legal costs. #Atradius #SeanCombs #Economie (translated)

Syp Wynia wrote that the government could easily cut costs by starting with what he considers the very expensive top civil servants of the General Administrative Service. He referred to a contribution by Harald Hameleers in Wynia's Week. https://t.co/m7fyCeS1uV #overheid #besparen #topambtenaren (translated)

Frank Peeters wrote that the attack on Filip Dewinter in Antwerp and the chaos and destruction in Antwerp and Brussels during the so-called student protests indicated, in his opinion, a turning point. He stated that the government no longer had control over the situation and that a total civil war had become possible in Belgium, just like in other Western European countries. Peeters wrote that EU migration policy had made this possible and called for a departure from the EU. #exitEU #Antwerpen #burgeroorlog #EU (translated)