he King of the Netherlands has informed his country that their welfare state is finished.
King Willem-Alexander, alongside his wife, Queen Maxima, told the Dutch people that they must create their own social and financial safety nets, and that looking to the state for help was a thing of the 20th century.
The Dutch economy is expected to have shrunk by more than one percent in 2013, and is worsening while recoveries are underway in Britain, Germany and France
A country known for each person paying their own way? Shocking.
They may be the last ones standing, when the rest of us get crushed by social debt.
The Dutch have been overwhelmed with illegal immigration, just as in the United States.
The Dutch have been overwhelmed with illegal immigration, just as in the United States. Dutch Immigration has been from Eastern Europe, ours from Mexico, South America, Cuba and other Hispanic areas as well as now from all parts of Asia.
Apparently the Dutch have decided their culture is worth saving, while the American Liberals are giddy to see the unique American culture destroyed.
Well they have been hit hard by the crisis. The Netherlands are known for flowers and roses... not economic stability. Did you know that the first "global" financial bubble was because of the dutch (because of roses, it was a roses-bubble and a housing bubble later on)? Also, they were responsible for some of the first financial crises. Financial crisis isn't a modern invention, there were always such things in the world. The reason we know of the one from 1929 and this one as global financial crises is because globalization and the USA is the nexus of the world... before, even though Europe was the nexus of the world, as the USA was now, it was many countries. So if Spain had problems, it wouldn't cause a global economic collapse, just in Spain and the nations/territories that were depended heavily on them. Other european countries were fine and dandy.
They are doing very well debt-wise. Not even 80% in debt comparison to their GDP. Then again, they are still doing deficit spending and aren't quite AAA rating country. Their debt costs more.
That is true. In 2011, according to the census, nearly 5-6% of the population was islamic and people weren't happy because they felt that the experience of immigration from the arabic regions hasn't improved their country one bit.
I thought our culture was one of individual freedom and expression, where I'm free to associate with whomever I want to to express myself in whatever ways I wish to. But God damn if I choose to speak Spanish, choose to associate with other Spanish speakers, choose to celebrate Mexican holidays, celebrate Mexican traditions and culture. That's not allowed you aren't a real American for making the same choices I did.
Hey man as long as you aren't preaching violence or other obvious areas that shouldn't be tolerated than you're free to do whatever the hell you want, that's American culture, maybe its not what you'd choose to do but the hell kind of man thinks he has the right to tell someone else how to live.
Dutch king declares end of the welfare state | euronews, world news
So the dutch will start dropping some of the social nets that are there for people. I think they realized the impossiiblity of their situation and the continuation of social security and other such programs for the future. We need a new paradigm to activate in for such things and I think the dutch are thinking towards the future.
It used to be that family helped family. And those freeloaders? They were left to fend for themselves. We've lost family helping family.
We hide our parents assets so that "the state" can take care of them free in old people's homes . . . use unemployment compensation as a paid vacation . . . use food stamps to gamble with . . . give up our kids so that family members can be paid by their state's foster family system . . . the list of abuses in our good-intentioned helping hand programs has become a way of life. The political right is sick of it. The political left thinks we're baby killers.
Eventually, we'll get it. I hope it's soon enough.
It used to be that family helped family. And those freeloaders? They were left to fend for themselves. We've lost family helping family.
We hide our parents assets so that "the state" can take care of them free in old people's homes . . . use unemployment compensation as a paid vacation . . . use food stamps to gamble with . . . give up our kids so that family members can be paid by their state's foster family system . . . the list of abuses in our good-intentioned helping hand programs has become a way of life. The political right is sick of it. The political left thinks we're baby killers.
Eventually, we'll get it. I hope it's soon enough.
Well they have been hit hard by the crisis. The Netherlands are known for flowers and roses... not economic stability. Did you know that the first "global" financial bubble was because of the dutch (because of roses, it was a roses-bubble and a housing bubble later on)? Also, they were responsible for some of the first financial crises. Financial crisis isn't a modern invention, there were always such things in the world. The reason we know of the one from 1929 and this one as global financial crises is because globalization and the USA is the nexus of the world... before, even though Europe was the nexus of the world, as the USA was now, it was many countries. So if Spain had problems, it wouldn't cause a global economic collapse, just in Spain and the nations/territories that were depended heavily on them. Other european countries were fine and dandy.
They are doing very well debt-wise. Not even 80% in debt comparison to their GDP. Then again, they are still doing deficit spending and aren't quite AAA rating country. Their debt costs more.
That is true. In 2011, according to the census, nearly 5-6% of the population was islamic and people weren't happy because they felt that the experience of immigration from the arabic regions hasn't improved their country one bit.
Dutch king declares end of the welfare state | euronews, world news
So the dutch will start dropping some of the social nets that are there for people. I think they realized the impossiiblity of their situation and the continuation of social security and other such programs for the future. We need a new paradigm to activate in for such things and I think the dutch are thinking towards the future.
Het is onmiskenbaar dat mensen in onze huidige netwerk- en informatiesamenleving mondiger en zelfstandiger zijn dan vroeger. Gecombineerd met de noodzaak om het tekort van de overheid terug te dringen, leidt dit ertoe dat de klassieke verzorgingsstaat langzaam maar zeker verandert in een participatiesamenleving. Van iedereen die dat kan, wordt gevraagd verantwoordelijkheid te nemen voor zijn of haar eigen leven en omgeving.
The Dutch have been overwhelmed with illegal immigration, just as in the United States. Dutch Immigration has been from Eastern Europe, ours from Mexico, South America, Cuba and other Hispanic areas as well as now from all parts of Asia.
Apparently the Dutch have decided their culture is worth saving, while the American Liberals are giddy to see the unique American culture destroyed.
One way ticket to Amsterdam, please.
Well they have been hit hard by the crisis. The Netherlands are known for flowers and roses... not economic stability. Did you know that the first "global" financial bubble was because of the dutch (because of roses, it was a roses-bubble and a housing bubble later on)? Also, they were responsible for some of the first financial crises. Financial crisis isn't a modern invention, there were always such things in the world. The reason we know of the one from 1929 and this one as global financial crises is because globalization and the USA is the nexus of the world... before, even though Europe was the nexus of the world, as the USA was now, it was many countries. So if Spain had problems, it wouldn't cause a global economic collapse, just in Spain and the nations/territories that were depended heavily on them. Other european countries were fine and dandy.
They are doing very well debt-wise. Not even 80% in debt comparison to their GDP. Then again, they are still doing deficit spending and aren't quite AAA rating country. Their debt costs more.
That is true. In 2011, according to the census, nearly 5-6% of the population was islamic and people weren't happy because they felt that the experience of immigration from the arabic regions hasn't improved their country one bit.
Wrong, we are good at economic stability but unlike other countries (due to our size) we are very very dependable on foreign trade. We have a small internal market known for people who save before they spend and not spend before they save. Our people do not go wild on credit and spend spend spend. We are especially dependent on Germany and when the German industry gets up to full power the Netherlands will follow suit (just a few months to a year or so lagging behind).
We however have been hit by prospecting on housing. Most people kept selling their houses and upgrading/uptrading to bigger and better houses with bigger and bigger housing loans. The growth in that was unsustainable. Then there was a problem with the percentage of interest. Dutch banks were hit by the housing bubble bursting in the US and a few had to ask help from our government to keep them healthy and profitable/to keep them alive. One bank had gotten in to such problems that the Dutch and Belgian governments had to nationalize the bank entirely.
With only one big housing loan provider left standing (because they do not trade much outside of the Netherlands/subprime investments) they were the only bank allowed to set the height of the interest on bank loans. Because the other banks had not been able to pay back every penny they loaned from out government, the European Union had forbidden them to lower the interest level because the EU was of the opinion that this would be state support for the banks in a battle for the housing loan market with the only bank that had not asked for government aid.
The housing bubble had to come to an end because it was becoming unsustainable. Especially because due to tax deduction the state pays part of the monthly interest payment that house owners have to pay to their bank, making it a lot more affordable to buy expensive houses.
No, that is BS because they were talking about illegal immigration, not legal immigration.
Dutch king declares end of the welfare state | euronews, world news
So the dutch will start dropping some of the social nets that are there for people. I think they realized the impossiiblity of their situation and the continuation of social security and other such programs for the future. We need a new paradigm to activate in for such things and I think the dutch are thinking towards the future.
It used to be that family helped family. And those freeloaders? They were left to fend for themselves. We've lost family helping family.
We hide our parents assets so that "the state" can take care of them free in old people's homes . . . use unemployment compensation as a paid vacation . . . use food stamps to gamble with . . . give up our kids so that family members can be paid by their state's foster family system . . . the list of abuses in our good-intentioned helping hand programs has become a way of life. The political right is sick of it. The political left thinks we're baby killers.
Eventually, we'll get it. I hope it's soon enough.
As others have noted, while its a great idea, the King has no power to make it happen, and he lacks credibility given his family has been effectively living off the people. So its really meaningless.
While I am a republican (not political republican, i mean one that advocates for a republic), there are monarchies in the world that are really, really good and whose benefits for having them far outweight the benefit of having an elected president. And I think one would argue that the economic benefits the royal dutch family bring may be worth the economic expenses.
Opinion: Dutch monarchs' lessons for world's royals - CNN.com
The dutch monarchy is one of them.
And while the king hasn't got the powers that a head of state would have in a republic, he doesn't need them. The parliament approves of his message. They are in sync. It's not a contentious relationship.... well, the king just barely became king so there may be problems down the road, but so far, all is orange
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