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Michel Maus stated that the road vignette was indeed a new tax, despite the message that, according to him, was on a N-VA debate note and which Minister Annick De Ridder had repeated. He wrote that the combination of the vignette and the reformed traffic tax would increase car taxation for many Flemish people. According to Maus, electric vehicles before 2026, for which no traffic tax is currently paid, would receive an additional charge with the road vignette. He also pointed out that the reformed traffic tax would take the weight of vehicles into account. Electric cars weigh on average 300 to 500 kilograms more than their fossil counterparts, meaning that the higher tax would not only affect Bentley and Cadillac drivers, as De Ridder had claimed according to Maus. Maus wrote that generating more revenue from car taxation was a political choice and called for that choice to be recognized. He argued that it was not credible to continue insisting that the measure had no tax consequences for the Flemish. In conclusion, he used a coarse insult to emphasize that people were not stupid even in the parking lot. https://t.co/J7ihP4SZj4 #Wegenvignet #Belastingen #Autofiscaliteit (translated)

Sander Sassen wrote that the association of asylum lawyers saw its source of income disappear. He wondered whether someone should not be ashamed of defending that, because according to him everyone spoke disgracefully about it. He also insulted Wil and suggested that his surname fit in with that. https://t.co/2NlK3O99Wp #asieladvocaten #rechtvaardigheid #schande (translated)

Unni Drougge wrote that Mohamed Ali, according to her, lacked income but still owned a car, which he repeatedly parked incorrectly. She also claimed that he neither paid the parking fines nor the traffic insurance. Drougge compared the behavior to that which she associated with minor criminals and questioned how it aligned with his role as a member of parliament. #Sverige #Kriminalitet #Politik (translated)

The writer stated that the difference in disposable income between women and men amounted to 6.2 million kronor over a lifetime. They also wrote that women were on sick leave twice as much as men in all sectors and did more unpaid domestic work, and argued that there was still a long way to go to achieve equality. #jämställdhet #kvinnor #inkomst #SE (translated)

Annually, 250 billion euros are transferred to tax havens, a fiscal aspect that is overlooked in the Arizona budget debate, where reducing the tax deductibility of these legal transactions by 90% is proposed as an alternative way to generate income without raising VAT rates. #ParadisFiscaux #TVA #RecettesFiscales (translated)

Forum for Democracy stated that the state collects almost half a trillion in taxes, yet has a budget deficit of nearly 40 billion. According to the party, the government did not have a revenue problem, but a spending problem. They argued against spending more money on climate, war, and immigration, so that the burden on the Dutch people could decrease. https://t.co/KNKeEP95sY #belasting #begroting #uitgaven (translated)

Bert Slagter wrote that he saw the 36% rate as the biggest problem of box 3. According to him, that levy was not comparable to income tax, because the return partly compensated for the loss of purchasing power due to inflation. With a return of 8% and inflation of 3%, the tax effectively resulted in 58% of the real return, which he found much too high. https://t.co/h4yfrUgWQa #belasting #inflatie #financiën (translated)

The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more income to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do that either. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas: "The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more income to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do that either." #Zelensky #Trump #Oekraïne (translated)

The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenue to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do so. EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas: "The suspension of sanctions on Russian diesel provides Moscow with more revenue to wage war. This is not the time to ease pressure on Russia, and Europe will not do so." #Zelensky #Trump #RussischeDiesel (translated)

Wouter Duyck wrote that he was a civil servant and author and had a company. According to him, the net tax on income from writing or performing was until recently 7.5 percent. Although the cost allowances had since been adjusted, he stated that writers and performers still only paid about 15 percent tax on income up to 77,000 euros. Duyck argued that many people who advocated higher taxes in newspapers fell under that scheme and wrote that he had never heard the system in the media being questioned. #belasting #fiscaliteit #auteurschap (translated)

Julien De Wit wrote that a colleague had posted his testimony on LinkedIn and that he found it worth sharing. The self-employed individual mentioned that he had received chemotherapy with Taxotere and Cyclophosphamide three years earlier, followed by radiotherapy. A month after his last radiation treatment, he had returned to work, although his supervising doctor thought it was too soon according to him. He had quickly reduced his replacement income of about 40 euros per day. The colleague wrote that he worked as a self-employed individual without staff through a company and had no fixed salary, paid sick leave, or vacation pay. If he was sick or took a holiday, he earned nothing. With a full schedule ahead, he was afraid of getting sick this month, he wrote. He opposed what he considered to be negative perceptions of self-employed individuals with a management company and called for respect for the risks they themselves bore. https://t.co/JNrZ60Kq3n #zelfstandigen #ondernemen #respect (translated)

Entrepreneurs in Östergötland are calling for a labor policy 2.0 to better align the education system with the needs of the labor market and facilitate recruitment for companies, while also wanting to lower taxes on low incomes and provide clearer future prospects for various educational paths. #arbetsmarknad #utbildning #anställning (translated)

Maurits Vande Reyde wrote that the public broadcaster had mostly given a voice to people in recent weeks who were in favor of a larger government and against cuts. A cut of 1 percent in subsidies was proposed as a national disaster, among others in discussions with trade unions and Paul De Grauwe, whom Vande Reyde said had claimed that the government debt would vanish like snow in the sun. He also stated that the broadcaster was actively looking for protesting students to give legitimacy to the riots. Vande Reyde accused the VRT and other traditional media of ignoring issues that people were concerned about or portraying those with such concerns as foolish. According to him, subsidized activist organizations were given ample space, while guests advocating for a smaller government or who were critical of migration were invariably surrounded by additional commentary and counterarguments. Vande Reyde wondered whether this reporting explained the loss of trust in traditional media. He wrote that media subsequently labeled social media as suspicious and presented themselves as the only reliable source, while according to him they were pursuing more subsidies and advertising revenues. #MediaBias #Overheid #VRT (translated)

Flux wrote that a traveler heading to Turkey was stopped at Arlanda in April 2022 with 3,518,750 kronor in cash in a suitcase. The traveler stated, according to the post, that the money would be used for an apartment purchase and came from, among other things, the sale of watches and a property. According to Flux, the police's investigation showed that the person's expenses were significantly greater than could be explained by their legal income, and that reliable documentation regarding the money's origin was lacking. The original criminal investigation was dropped because a connection to a specific crime could not be proven, wrote Flux. Flux stated that the Stockholm District Court decided on September 29, 2026, that the entire sum would be forfeited under the regulations on independent forfeiture. The post referred to the Police as the source. #brott #kontanter #förverkande (translated)

A new study from Karolinska Institutet shows that children growing up in families with low incomes have an increased risk of developing atherosclerosis in the coronary arteries later in life, regardless of lifestyle habits and other risk factors. #åderförkalkning #fattigdom (translated)