Belgium is currently a net beneficiary of eu funds so the eu institutions cost us less than they bring.
I’m sometimes angry at how much public servants earn working for EU institutions… but then I remember they have to live in BXL and everything is okay again.
You mean if the government’s were able to spend wisely and not waste the tax payers money…
Plot twist: it’s the backyard of the PS officials
Brussels, if run by the EU institutions*.
Let’s be honest, Belgium would find an excuse to flush all that tax income down the toilet of some extra representative/governmental body and its infinite cabinet coworkers.
The nice thing about this subreddit is you get another layer of confirmation that something is a bad idea. If people with a certain political bias vocally defend a certain point, usually while insulting you and finding it unnecessary to provide evidence, there’s a very high chance that it’s a terrible idea.
Are those football rioters in the background? Oh is there a union strike/riot again? Oh look a peacefum demonstrati- no it’s a riot.
Shitty anonymous pseudo futuristic architecture? I’ll keep my Lemonnier hellscape thank you very much.
Yea Belgium doesn’t get any benefit from all this institutions that they host in their country. It your own fault that you can’t keep keep your government budget under control.
How would that even make any sense? The institutions run on a budget which is largely paid for by the member states, and is quite small relative compared to national budgets
Why and how would you tax public institutions?!? An income tax on all the tax revenue that goes back into revenue? What next, asking the Belgian government to pay taxes on the federal tax revenue?
Seriously, someone had a brain fart here.
With that extra revenue we can put another scaffolding around the Justitiepaleis.
😂😂😂😂
If they were taxed that much, then everything would be in Strasbourg and Luxembourg
You mean there would be no EU institutions left in Belgium. The EU may be a bit inefficient at times but I doubt it’s *that* inefficient.
They would just move out and change the “capital of Europe” to be Amsterdam, or embargo us in response.
Brussels sucks because it’s in Belgium not because it’s EU headquarters…
*if Belgium didn’t have 6 governments full of useless workers
No sorry , no amount of money will stop people from certain nation rioting and breaking the city every week.
Brussels is a EU beneficiary. I doubt that more funds will lead to significant improvements as long as there are no changes in the government and administration in the administration of resources.
Belgium, famous for its lack of tax income.
No, Brussels would look the same, it’s just that’s what the country estates of the Brussels politicians would look like.
Nah, it would just be bigger sinkhole, not a second Astana.
Because when they DO tax EU institutions, they will leave and settle in Amsterdam, Strasbourg or Luxemburg…
EU institutions maybe pay little taxes but the whole infrastructure and personnel still need supplies and culture, jobs etc… Don’t underestimate that cash inflow into Brussels.
Same goes for big companies like AB Inbev, they ‘should’ pay 1 billion in taxes, but only pay 15 million. But the catch is here : when we make them pay more they will just leave Belgium.
😆 😆 😆. I don’t have a big hope on Brussels councils. Taking in mind that a city of the size of Brussels has 19 councils (19?) taxing European civil workers and politicians just meant more money to spend in stupid things.
I don’t understand why this city is not totally centralised in terms of administration, and specially, budget to built big infrastructures.
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Belgium is currently a net beneficiary of eu funds so the eu institutions cost us less than they bring.
I’m sometimes angry at how much public servants earn working for EU institutions… but then I remember they have to live in BXL and everything is okay again.
You mean if the government’s were able to spend wisely and not waste the tax payers money…
Plot twist: it’s the backyard of the PS officials
Brussels, if run by the EU institutions*.
Let’s be honest, Belgium would find an excuse to flush all that tax income down the toilet of some extra representative/governmental body and its infinite cabinet coworkers.
The nice thing about this subreddit is you get another layer of confirmation that something is a bad idea. If people with a certain political bias vocally defend a certain point, usually while insulting you and finding it unnecessary to provide evidence, there’s a very high chance that it’s a terrible idea.
Are those football rioters in the background? Oh is there a union strike/riot again? Oh look a peacefum demonstrati- no it’s a riot.
Shitty anonymous pseudo futuristic architecture? I’ll keep my Lemonnier hellscape thank you very much.
Yea Belgium doesn’t get any benefit from all this institutions that they host in their country. It your own fault that you can’t keep keep your government budget under control.
How would that even make any sense? The institutions run on a budget which is largely paid for by the member states, and is quite small relative compared to national budgets
Why and how would you tax public institutions?!? An income tax on all the tax revenue that goes back into revenue? What next, asking the Belgian government to pay taxes on the federal tax revenue?
Seriously, someone had a brain fart here.
With that extra revenue we can put another scaffolding around the Justitiepaleis.
😂😂😂😂
If they were taxed that much, then everything would be in Strasbourg and Luxembourg
You mean there would be no EU institutions left in Belgium. The EU may be a bit inefficient at times but I doubt it’s *that* inefficient.
They would just move out and change the “capital of Europe” to be Amsterdam, or embargo us in response.
Brussels sucks because it’s in Belgium not because it’s EU headquarters…
*if Belgium didn’t have 6 governments full of useless workers
No sorry , no amount of money will stop people from certain nation rioting and breaking the city every week.
Brussels is a EU beneficiary. I doubt that more funds will lead to significant improvements as long as there are no changes in the government and administration in the administration of resources.
Belgium, famous for its lack of tax income.
No, Brussels would look the same, it’s just that’s what the country estates of the Brussels politicians would look like.
Nah, it would just be bigger sinkhole, not a second Astana.
I think you are wrong…
Brussels, when they tax EU institutions will look more like this :
[Picture](https://images.theconversation.com/files/197319/original/file-20171201-17371-svywr4.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=926&fit=clip)
Because when they DO tax EU institutions, they will leave and settle in Amsterdam, Strasbourg or Luxemburg…
EU institutions maybe pay little taxes but the whole infrastructure and personnel still need supplies and culture, jobs etc… Don’t underestimate that cash inflow into Brussels.
Same goes for big companies like AB Inbev, they ‘should’ pay 1 billion in taxes, but only pay 15 million. But the catch is here : when we make them pay more they will just leave Belgium.
😆 😆 😆. I don’t have a big hope on Brussels councils. Taking in mind that a city of the size of Brussels has 19 councils (19?) taxing European civil workers and politicians just meant more money to spend in stupid things.
I don’t understand why this city is not totally centralised in terms of administration, and specially, budget to built big infrastructures.