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Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that, in his opinion, tax increases were too obvious in Belgium. He stated that academics, experts, and journalists often defended increases as difficult but inevitable and economically sensible, while political opponents were dismissed as enfant terrible. In Flanders, according to Vande Reyde, within less than two years, registration fees and costs for waste management had been increased, a road tax had been introduced, and various levies had risen, especially for entrepreneurs. The promised reduction of inheritance tax had also been scrapped. No party had announced these measures before the elections, he wrote. Vande Reyde added that, in the meantime, nothing was happening to reduce the state apparatus. According to him, cuts at the federal level were deemed impossible, while the removal of a small amount of Flemish subsidies was portrayed for weeks as an infringement of universal human rights. He also stated that the press regularly presented so-called spontaneous testimonials from people who almost always turned out to be PVDA activists, and that others viewed things differently. #Belastingverhogingen #Vlaanderen #Politiek (translated)

"From 2035, that [cut] is 438 million euros." Eerenberg acknowledged during the debate last week that it will be difficult to save half a billion euros per year on the service that is crucial for national revenues. #Bezuinigingen #Belastingdienst #KunstmatigeIntelligentie (translated)

The author wrote that savings were necessary, but there was a lot of annoyance about extra taxes. He said he understood that annoyance due to distrust over the spending of tax money. He also stated that there was massive fraud, but the post broke off in the middle of that sentence. #belasting #fraude #besparen #NL (translated)

Those who do not have the courage to transcend their own taboos contribute to a greater debt that we cannot solve without a significant loss of prosperity. Without pain, the task for Belgium to save 10 billion euros is virtually unattainable, says Prime Minister Bart De Wever. #Begrotingscrisis #BartDeWever #PolitiekeImpotentie (translated)

The cabinet wants to save billions on the civil service, but while some civil servants in The Hague advocate for fewer staff, experts point out that political mistakes and complex regulations actually call for more civil servants instead of fewer. #ambtenaren #bezuinigingen #politiek (translated)

The cabinet wants to save billions on the civil service by abolishing rules and digitizing tasks, but is faced with a growing number of civil servants needed outside The Hague due to staff shortages and political mistakes that need to be rectified. #ambtenaren #bezuinigingen #politiek (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)

ReactNieuws.net wrote that people could save money by taking a sandwich to work, having hot meals at home in the evening, and only going out to eat occasionally. The author used a derogatory name for the people to whom the message was directed. https://t.co/FTb1NViwpW #besparen #maaltijd #gezondeten (translated)

Tadek Solarz wrote that TNO had calculated that large-scale installation of hybrid heat pumps in Dutch homes could theoretically save about 3.6 megatons of CO₂ equivalent per year. He compared this to the global fossil CO₂ emissions of 38.1 billion tons, which he stated amounted to about 0.0094%. Solarz wrote that those emissions are currently growing by about 1% per year, or about 380 million tons, and that global emissions increase in about three and a half days by as much as the Netherlands would save in a whole year with that operation. #duurzaamheid #klimaat #energiesparen (translated)

Arno Wellens wrote that according to him, higher interest expenses should be offset by cutting government spending. He stated that 75% of civil servant positions were wasteful, cost a lot of money, and yielded little, and advocated for layoffs to save billions. https://t.co/7vFzHwPgCu #Tegemoetkoming #Overheid #Besparen (translated)

Ann Van Haute wrote that Tom Lamont from Vlaams Belang had looked at the vehicles of the Flemish government. According to her, there was among others a BMW iX costing nearly €120,000, a Volvo XC90 costing over €111,000, and an Audi e-tron costing more than €100,000. She wrote that there were 13 official cars that cost more than €90,000 and that 21 top officials had a driver. The costs for this amounted to €954,000 last year according to her; one top official even had two drivers. Van Haute also stated that PMV had 184 employees and 151 passenger cars, and that the Flemish vehicle fleet counted more than 4,000 vehicles in total. She pointed out that according to her, Flanders had over €50 billion in debt, while there were no savings plans for the vehicle fleet. She believed that future orders should take into account the creditworthiness of Flanders and suggested a Dacia Sandero without options. #VlaamseRegering #Overheid #Besparingen (translated)

If you read the analysis in @tijd, it confirms the picture that the current socialists can only govern if they receive more resources. In the 1980s and 1990s, the socialists were aware of the need to save to survive. https://t.co/YiPNSjYU1Y #socialisme #politiek #besparen (translated)