State debt increase drastically causing interest rates to really Hurt us, People don’t work enough because they don’t want too or are on sick leave, salaris are taxed way too much, children daycare is crap,… Even our beloved health care systeem isn’t good at all.
And our politicians… They don’t care.
The only thing we score ok is development aid and r&d
Luckily we still have that r&d aspect, But the cost of it is probably way too high.
You can always count on Stijn Baert for your daily dose of neo-liberal nonsense.
While our R&D spending is far from effective (think de persgroep subsidies for digitalization decades after the internet boomed)
> De efficiëntie van zulke subsidies staat soms wel ter discussie. Onlangs nog stipte het Planbureau aan dat veel investeringen niet tot extra innovatie leiden, maar gewoon voor meer bedrijfswinst zorgen.
he still thinks it’s great we are number 2 in Europe in in terms of subsidies and tax cuts in the area, because the ROI on such investments is great.
> “Dat is slim beleid, omdat hierdoor multiplicatoreffecten optreden”, geeft Stijn Baert aan. “Als je één euro investeert in onderzoek en ontwikkeling, dan krijg je er voor je economie twee euro voor terug.
He merely thinks that inefficiency should should be checked a bit, even though we are spending – and thus also significantly wasting – 3.38% of our gdp in that area.
I’m so fucking tiered of that numbnut being treated as a thought leader, while he’s clearly stuck in the past.
Yep and all this gov can do is spend spend spend so this coalition doesnt implode and everyone can keep its well paid posts.
Doesn’t help that parties are basically in election mode 24/7
They care more about how something will reflect on them than actually solving problems.
Which makes sense when you think about, elected politicians tend to be really good at getting elected, not necessarily at their job 🙂
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We are basically fucked 🙂
State debt increase drastically causing interest rates to really Hurt us, People don’t work enough because they don’t want too or are on sick leave, salaris are taxed way too much, children daycare is crap,… Even our beloved health care systeem isn’t good at all.
And our politicians… They don’t care.
The only thing we score ok is development aid and r&d
Luckily we still have that r&d aspect, But the cost of it is probably way too high.
You can always count on Stijn Baert for your daily dose of neo-liberal nonsense.
While our R&D spending is far from effective (think de persgroep subsidies for digitalization decades after the internet boomed)
> De efficiëntie van zulke subsidies staat soms wel ter discussie. Onlangs nog stipte het Planbureau aan dat veel investeringen niet tot extra innovatie leiden, maar gewoon voor meer bedrijfswinst zorgen.
he still thinks it’s great we are number 2 in Europe in in terms of subsidies and tax cuts in the area, because the ROI on such investments is great.
> “Dat is slim beleid, omdat hierdoor multiplicatoreffecten optreden”, geeft Stijn Baert aan. “Als je één euro investeert in onderzoek en ontwikkeling, dan krijg je er voor je economie twee euro voor terug.
He merely thinks that inefficiency should should be checked a bit, even though we are spending – and thus also significantly wasting – 3.38% of our gdp in that area.
I’m so fucking tiered of that numbnut being treated as a thought leader, while he’s clearly stuck in the past.
Yep and all this gov can do is spend spend spend so this coalition doesnt implode and everyone can keep its well paid posts.
Doesn’t help that parties are basically in election mode 24/7
They care more about how something will reflect on them than actually solving problems.
Which makes sense when you think about, elected politicians tend to be really good at getting elected, not necessarily at their job 🙂
Het land failliet maar de politieke partijen zelf hebben ondertussen zoveel geld dat ze niet weten wat ermee te doen en het in immobiliën beleggen. En niemand stelt zich vragen?
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