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Mats Uotila wrote that the research confirmed, according to him, that Finns did not want the tax increases advocated by the left-wing opposition. He stated that 54 percent of Finns supported the option where at least two-thirds of the adjustments in public finances would be made through spending cuts. https://t.co/qAhlsQ56FU #Suomi #politiikka #verotus (translated)

Joakim Vigelius wrote that according to a survey conducted by Taloustutkimus for EK, 54 percent of Finns supported a model in which at least two-thirds of the public sector adjustments would be achieved through spending cuts. https://t.co/NPnf4w7F1d #Suomi #julkitalous #kysely (translated)

Mika Merano criticized the reported proposals to raise the retirement age to over 70 years and described the idea as extremely senseless. According to him, the proposals were based on the view that people would have an invisible debt to the state and that their role would be to produce tax revenue by working nearly until the end of their lives. Merano called for a reform of the pension system in the opposite direction. He argued that the state should provide only a small minimum safety net and shift more responsibility to the individuals themselves. He suggested a large-scale reduction in mandatory pension contributions so that people would have more money left from their salaries and could save for their retirement if they wanted. Merano justified his stance by emphasizing individual freedom and personal responsibility. He stated that the state should not dictate how long people should work or how they should use their money. #eläke #yksilönvapaudet #valtiopolitiikka (translated)

Eija-Riitta Korhola-Dunderfelt wrote in her response to Suvi-Anne Siimes that she was completely of the opposite opinion on the matter. According to her, the undeniable trademark of the National Coalition Party had been home, religion, and fatherland, but one important voter group no longer saw this line in the party. At the same time, she assessed that the Finns Party had become a more credible alternative. #politiikka #Suomi #vaalit (translated)

Arto Koskelo estimated that the Finns Party might produce as great a disappointment as the National Coalition Party as the leading party. He wrote that the last moments to save Finland from chaos and socialism were at hand, and asked what alternatives were left for the voters. #Politiikka #Suomi #Vaalit (translated)

Katariina Souri wrote that the price of food had risen by 25.1 percent since August 2021, while the rise in other consumer prices was around 18.1 percent according to her. She referred to a news article from Helsingin Sanomat and an estimate from researchers at the Natural Resources Institute Finland, which indicated that the necessity of food reduced the pressure on stores to lower prices. Souri noted that HS had not addressed the concentration of trade as a reason. According to Souri, the combined market share of the S-group and Kesko in the retail grocery sector was 82.5 percent, with the S-group controlling nearly half of the grocery market. She wrote that Finnish trade was the most concentrated in Europe and that the S and K groups were among the ten most profitable trading entities in the world. According to her, the combined operating profit of the S-group and SOK Corporation had grown from 280 million euros in 2021 to 495 million euros in 2025. In the first half of the current year, the profit had improved by 20 percent compared to the previous year. Souri claimed that the price received by primary producers and the profit development of the S-group had not progressed in the same proportion. According to her, a farmer or rancher was left with approximately 4–12 cents from a normal food euro, depending on the product, while most of the share went to the trade and the tax authorities. She considered the agricultural subsidies to effectively flow significantly into the profits and growth of the S-group and criticized the influence of the chains on zoning and legislation. Souri assessed that the duopoly in trade weakened the position of small businesses and free competition and restricted innovations and consumer choices. She wrote that politicians had failed to intervene in the situation. Additionally, she reported that Pellervo Economic Research had predicted at the end of September that food prices would rise in the following year as well. #ruoka #hintanousu #kauppa (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Yle for often choosing female journalists to incite moral panic, according to him. He interpreted Yle's analysis as showing that support for the National Coalition Party among women had dropped to 12 percent and that the Finns Party had surpassed this party. However, according to Mäkäräinen, women were not punishing the National Coalition Party for its policies but for its austerity measures, and men were supporting the state. Mäkäräinen believed that the decline in women's support was due to the impact of budget cuts on sectors predominantly employing women, such as social services, organizations, and public services. In his view, this did not make the cuts unjust, but rather highlighted their effects. He mentioned the Social Democratic Party, the Left Alliance, and the Centre Party as the most popular parties among women and claimed that the left proposed tax increases amounting to nine billion euros. According to Mäkäräinen, the costs of these increases would fall on men who work overtime, start businesses, and pay progressive taxes. Mäkäräinen assessed that the issue for the National Coalition Party was its attempt to soften difficult decisions, while the Finns Party spoke about the same issues more directly. He argued that men were underrepresented in the care sector and overrepresented in dangerous jobs, entrepreneurship, and at the high end of the tax revenue spectrum. In his opinion, the National Coalition Party should maintain its stance even if it lost some female support, as this could help it win over voters who support the sustainability of the state. https://t.co/DfwLyPN03s #Politiikka #NaistenOikeudet #Taloustieto (translated)

Dystocracy wrote that the members of the National Coalition Party did not need to believe the warnings that the voters' risk analysis pointed to a blue-red cooperation and a noble class uprising. He sarcastically noted that things were going well with the current approach, and suggested as an alternative a clear no-response to the red machine as well as a common right-wing program framework. https://t.co/2B7dk8Lo37 #politiikka #oikeisto #vaalit (translated)

Mika Merano wrote that he considers the support development of the Finns Party to be positive. According to him, the party's support had tended to rise before the parliamentary elections and was greater than the polling numbers in the elections. He hoped that the development would continue until the elections and assessed that the support for the Finns Party would mean less corruption and immigration as well as prioritizing citizens. Merano congratulated the Left Alliance on their record results. He assessed that this was due to positive work and offering genuine alternatives, although he considered these alternatives to be poor and extremely harmful himself. He was not surprised by the Greens' support remaining stagnant, as he believed the Left Alliance already offered everything that the Greens did, and described the Greens' communication as sour whining. Regarding the situation of the Centre Party, Merano wrote metaphorically that the party's sun had set behind the culverts. He described the Centre Party's election speeches as promises of cheap fuel for tractors. #perussuomalaiset #eduskuntavaalit #suomi (translated)

The author assesses that although polls do not vote, Yle's latest poll depicted the development of thinking in Finland. According to him, politics was becoming blocked and the Finns Party was rising as the leading alternative to the socialists. #politiikka #Suomi #gallup #FI (translated)

Finland is preparing strategies for four potential futures of Russia, addressing options from a revitalized and declining Russia to an imperialist and chaotic landscape by the year 2045, while emphasizing the importance of support for Ukraine and strategic preparedness. #Venäjä #turvallisuus #Ukraina (translated)

Heikki Pursiainen criticized Finnish economic discussion as limited based on two recently published columns in Helsingin Sanomat. According to him, Korkman described what should not be cut and believed that adjustments were necessary but did not propose any cuts. Pursiainen claimed that Korkman also criticized the government’s policies without offering alternatives. Pursiainen wrote that he found Teittinen’s reflections good in themselves but believed they underestimated Finns' ability to impact matters. He argued that Teittinen suggested that adjustments would probably be politically impossible and that Finland's fate depended on economic conditions and Russia. Pursiainen assessed that there could be many actions: he mentioned more encouraging social security, cutting business subsidies, tuition fees, and abandoning incentives for staying home as a parent. He added that for conservatives, a smaller public sector was a goal and not a reason for lamenting, and in his view, adjustments did not threaten the foundations of the welfare state. Pursiainen indicated that economists should also present their own solutions for discussion and negotiation. #Suomi #Taloustiede #Politiikka (translated)

Jari Sarasvuo wrote that people had chosen bad leaders, believed in the weak explanations of their superiors, and accepted a non-functional system. He described the people as being lured by debt and misled by lies, and he said that people got what they consented to. Sarasvuo added that better alternatives had been known and available. #politiikka #kansalaisuus #kritiikki (translated)

Mika Merano asked Alan whether he would consider it more meaningful to refer to present-day Finland or Iraq, Eastern Syria, and the southeastern part of Turkey, that is, the regions of present-day Mesopotamia, as a developing country. He justified his question by stating that, according to his assumption, no one currently alive was born in ancient Mesopotamia. #kehitysmaa #historia #kulttuuri (translated)

The True Finns wrote that it was easy to operate within the party because it did not have to change its positions based on opinion polls, but could rely on its own line. The party stated that it had consistently warned about the consequences of mass immigration, deepening EU integration, and ideological education policies, even when bringing them up was not popular. The True Finns considered themselves the only option for those who wanted more sensible immigration policy, savings on secondary expenses, and prioritization of Finns in Finland. The party justified its views with its consistent policies and the knowledge of whom it was working for. #perussuomalaiset #ps #perussuomalaiset #politiikka #Suomi (translated)

Henri Vanhanen wrote that he wanted to correct the interpretations of an article by Helsingin Sanomat that dealt with nuclear weapons and said he remained uncertain about what the article ultimately claimed regarding Finland's security. According to him, Finland did not join the NATO nuclear deterrent with little discussion or unnoticed, but rather joined an alliance whose deterrence and defense had been based on nuclear weapons for decades. He described the strategic nuclear forces of the United States as a key basis for NATO's nuclear deterrent. Vanhanen considered that the bombing of Nagasaki was not an example of the current type of nuclear deterrent because Japan did not have a nuclear weapon nor the ability to respond to a U.S. strike. In his view, Nagasaki demonstrated the destructiveness of nuclear weapons and the human risks of their use, whereas the current deterrent was based on the assumption that an attacker had to consider the possibility of retaliation and uncontrolled escalation. Vanhanen assessed that Trump had increased uncertainty regarding the United States' commitment to the conventional defense of Europe and believed Europe would have to bear more responsibility for it. However, he distinguished this from the claim that the U.S. nuclear deterrent had weakened. According to him, the U.S. ability to use nuclear weapons had not diminished, NATO was not dismantling its nuclear plans or arrangements, systems were being modernized, and F-35 aircraft were being introduced into NATO's nuclear missions. Vanhanen stated that the NATO Nuclear Planning Group had confirmed in June that strategic nuclear forces, particularly U.S. forces, remained the ultimate guarantee of the allies' security and had decided to continue strengthening and modernizing the nuclear deterrent. Vanhanen considered it a central uncertainty whether Moscow would believe that the U.S. president would be willing to use nuclear weapons to defend an ally in an extreme situation. He reminded that the question of the U.S. willingness to endanger its own cities for the sake of Europe had been a concern throughout the history of the extended nuclear deterrent and there had been no complete certainty during the Cold War or at the present time. According to him, Finland's option was not a nuclear deterrent or a nuclear-free security environment, as Russia would have its nuclear weapons in any case. Vanhanen wrote that the crucial issue for the deterrent was that the Russian leadership could not be certain that the United States would defend Finland. https://t.co/3C8aAkuMwj #ydinaseet #Nato #Suomi (translated)

Distrust leads young people to seek a Plan B. Many save or invest. Faith is also wavering in healthcare and elderly care. Private insurance is being obtained for security. "This could trigger a spiral that destroys the welfare state." This is a completely unfounded fear, where cause and effect are confused. Young people’s Plan B reduces dependence on the state, as it should in this situation. As Milton Friedman noted, tax cuts are the only effective way to force public authority into real spending discipline and efficiency. When people have more of their earned income left in their hands, it also creates room for economic growth, without which no service can function. Our welfare society will renew itself as has happened in Sweden. This development should also be seen in terms of opportunities, not threats. Young people's voluntary preparation will not destroy the welfare state but will make it viable. Forward. https://t.co/3EvGbOOTRS #Hyvinvointivaltio #Nuoret #TaloudellinenKasvu (translated)

Tuo ”korottamalla suurituloisen palkansaajan verotusta” on valitettavasti vaihtoehto, jota ei reaalimaailmassa ole olemassa. Näin korkeilla marginaaliveroilla veroprosentin korotus vähentää aktiviteettia: verotuloja ei tule lisää, mutta yhteiskunnan kokonaishyvinvointi laskee. https://t.co/bYhiiHGAkZ #verotus #talous #hyvinvointi