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Roni Arvonen wrote that, according to his estimate, Finland's state debt is growing by about 13.5 billion euros per year at the current rate. He estimated that if five consecutive right-wing governments balanced the economy as well as the current government, the state would accumulate about 270 billion euros more in net debt over 20 years. Arvonen compared this amount to Finland's approximately 234 billion euro annual GDP and estimated that the new debt would correspond to about 115 percent of GDP. He criticized the current government's representatives from the right, particularly the National Coalition Party, for talking about historical cuts and economic measures. According to him, while expenses had been cut, it was not enough to make a significant impact. Arvonen added that interest and the burdens of old debts were not taken into account in the calculations. #velka #talous #BKT (translated)

Roni Arvonen asked what kind of right-wing government would take on new online debt for its children of about 13.5 billion euros a year. He referred to the Finnish government as a left-wing government in disguise as the right and estimated that a true right-wing government would significantly reduce borrowing to achieve balance. #Suomi #Politiikka #Vasemmistolaisuus (translated)

Lauri Illukka viewed the National Coalition Party as deserving to be beaten and criticized the party as having become leftist, a so-called right-wing party that had turned its coat, lacking direction and backbone, in his opinion. He asked where the economic balance was and stated that it had not been achieved. Illukka wrote that he no longer recognized the National Coalition Party as his own party and that his political home was therefore in search of a new one. #politiikka #perusasiat #kansalaisaktivismi (translated)

Mika Merano wrote that it would be strategically wise for the Finns Party to clearly rule out government cooperation with the SDP. According to him, there would be nothing to lose for the party in this decision, as the SDP had already excluded the Finns Party from its government options. Merano stated that the Finns Party's voters expected right-wing policies, which he believed the party could not implement in cooperation with the SDP. He also noted that a clear stance would improve voters' ability to predict what kind of government their votes might be forming. Merano assessed that, after this, the focus would turn to the National Coalition Party, which, in his view, had not made a similar demarcation among the three largest parties. He wrote that the National Coalition Party could, for the time being, signal that government options would be available in different directions: the more moderate wing of the party could form a government with the SDP, and the more right-leaning wing could do so with the Finns Party. According to Merano, this situation would increase pressure on the National Coalition Party to establish clear positions. #Politiikka #Suomi #Strategia (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Sanna Ukkola's writing about the Prime Minister's meeting with Imam Sharmarke Said Aw-Mussen. According to Mäkäräinen, Ukkola regarded the meeting as ordinary work and believed that the imam, who was born in Turku, was being asked impossible questions regarding Sharia. Mäkäräinen argued that asking the imam was not a misunderstanding: in his view, the imam left open whether Sharia would be applied in Finland in family or criminal law matters. Mäkäräinen wrote that, according to him, freedom of religion did not justify the establishment of a parallel legal system alongside Finnish laws. He claimed that in Muslim-majority countries, freedom of religion, women's equality, and individual rights were not realized in liberal democracies due to Islamic doctrine and Sharia. He cited Lebanon as an example, where he believed the growth of the Muslim population and political organization undermined previous balance and led to civil war. In France, Sweden, Belgium, and Britain, he mentioned the visibility of parallel societies, honor-based violence, segregation of areas and schools, and pressure to accept practices related to Sharia. In Finland in the 2000s, Mäkäräinen claimed that groups with a Muslim background who had immigrated were connected to the overrepresentation of sexual offenses, unemployment, use of social security, and demands for their own rules. He believed that distinguishing criticism of Islam from calls for deportation did not make questions about Sharia suspect. According to Mäkäräinen, the primacy of the Finnish Constitution and criminal law should be clear in all matters, and Finland did not need to repeat the experiences of countries where the application of Sharia had been tried. https://t.co/bGpZ7VaTux #uskonnonvapaus #integratio #muslimit (translated)

Aarne Leinonen named the target for cuts in the evening as the adjustment of pensions, which he estimated to be 2.6 percent in 2027 with costs amounting to 1,066,000,000 euros. He wrote that current retirees should participate in balancing Finland's public finances. According to him, the pension system was not sustainable because 25 percent of the taxes from the work of young people were for the benefit of retirees. #RatkaisutRahapulaan #Eläkkeet #Suomi #Talous (translated)

Tuulia Alanko wrote that the Finns Party had risen to become the second largest party and noted that there were just over six months until the elections. According to her, voters recognized who could take responsibility and commit to balancing the economy while prioritizing Finns. Alanko claimed that only one party was independent of interest groups and could implement significant tightening in immigration and crime policy as well as advocate for the interests of ordinary taxpayers. She said she aimed for Riikka to become Prime Minister. #vaalit #politiikka #Suomi (translated)

The True Finns reported that they have risen to become the second largest party in Yle's poll and assessed that their work has produced results. According to the party, immigration and criminal policy had been tightened historically thanks to them, and they had worked to balance Finland's economy as well as to defend the interests of Finnish taxpayers. The party noted that there is just over half a year until the elections and stated that they aim to have a Prime Minister from Riga. #perussuomalaiset #ps #perussuomalaiset #vaalit #Suomi (translated)

Maria Rautanen wrote that a law was being prepared in Finland that would require the installation of solar panels on existing public buildings larger than 250 m² starting in 2031. She linked the preparation to the EU's Energy Efficiency Directive for Buildings and asked whether the effects of the directive were adequately assessed in Finnish conditions. Rautanen argued that Finland could not be compared to sunny Mediterranean countries that used a lot of fossil fuels. She noted that Finland's electricity consumption emission factor was only 26 g CO₂/kWh in 2025 and pointed out that solar panels produced energy mostly in the summer when the electricity system was already low-emission and energy consumption was lower. She wrote that the solar panel production chain was heavily concentrated in China and that a lot of coal-generated electricity was still used in their manufacturing. According to Rautanen, 78,000 MW of new coal power was commissioned in China in 2025. Rautanen asked who would pay for the new investments while municipalities were balancing their budgets and welfare areas were looking for savings. She demanded a calculation of the costs and financing of the investments, as well as how much the solar panels made in China would reduce Finland's CO₂ emissions over their entire lifespan. She also questioned whether the panels would offset their carbon footprint during production and assessed that the rationality of the directive in Finland could not be determined without a calculation based on Finnish conditions. https://t.co/ba6sqYwZ2l #Aurinkoenergia #Energiatehokkuus #Suomi (translated)

Jari Mäkäräinen criticized Yle for what he perceived as giving Timo R. Stewart, whom he describes as a Hamas activist, an unchallenged platform to present his book. According to Mäkäräinen, the article adopted Stewart's view regarding the destruction of Gaza, genocide, and Finland's responsibility due to trade with Israel, without hearing the opposing side. Mäkäräinen emphasized that, in his opinion, genocide does not equate to heavy war. He wrote that the International Court of Justice had not ruled on the case against Israel and that interim measures were not a judgment. In his view, civilian casualties can occur in urban warfare where Hamas places rockets, command centers, and tunnels among civilians without the intent of destroying the group. He compared this to the battles of Mosul, Raqqa, and Fallujah, claiming that Stewart began using the term genocide after Israel succeeded in its war against Hamas. According to Mäkäräinen, the Yle article also lacked the starting point of the war: the attack on October 7, in which he claims over 1,200 people died, and which involved rapes and kidnappings. He wrote that Hamas aims for the end of Israel instead of a Palestinian state. He criticized the figures presented by the Palestinian Ministry of Health in the article—over 21,600 by December 2023 and over 1,400 after ceasefires—and claimed that the ministry was subordinate to Hamas and that its figures did not differentiate between fighters and civilians. In his view, the article also lacked Israel's perspective that a significant portion of the dead were fighters. Regarding the two-state model, Mäkäräinen wrote that its failure was not solely due to Israel. He claimed that Hamas had rejected the model multiple times and that the Palestinian Authority had turned down offers, such as at Camp David in 2000 and Annapolis in 2008. He added that according to polls, the majority of both Palestinians and Israelis had abandoned the model. He described the cessation of support for UNRWA as a reaction to an organization that, according to him, had ample evidence of connections between its facilities and personnel to Hamas. Mäkäräinen believed that Yle, as a publicly funded media, should not advertise a single essayist as an expert. According to him, the article could have included opposing researchers, Israel's official stance, or addressed Hamas's responsibility for hostages and the use of civilians as shields. He concluded by asking why this had not been done. https://t.co/sHriNitmMo #Gaza #Israel #Hamas (translated)

The Day's Bureaucrat compared France's economic situation to Finland's and assessed that France is only a few steps ahead. He wrote that rapidly growing interest expenses were weighing on the state budget, and balancing the budget or changing direction with sensible cuts no longer seemed possible. According to him, cuts should have been made years earlier, as in Finland. The Day's Bureaucrat described the riots and arson of public buildings happening in France at the same time as conditions from which major crises had started before. He warned against investing in France. #Ranska #talous #kriisi (translated)

Ihmisiä vallan hämmästyttää nykyään kun poliitikko julkisesti osoittaa selkärankaisuutta ja Suomen etujen jatkuvaa tavoittelua, tasapainoista ja järkevää sekä kylmäpäistä kommentointia ulkomaisen konfliktin eri osapuolten välillä. Suomen etu aina edellä niin kuin pitäisikin. Eikö siis politiikka olekaan yhtä somessa tapahtuvaa hetkittäistä hyvesignalointia 🤔 Hattu. Päästä. Häkkänen Israelin matkastaan: Puolustusministeri Katzin tapaaminen oli välttämätöntä – ”Ei mikään poliittinen kannanotto” | Politiikka | Yle https://t.co/DyvaU4QYXy #politiikka #Suomi #kehitys

Tämän vuosikymmenen alussa Aleksi @Valavuori soitti puhuakseen vaikeuksista, joihin oli ajautunut verottajan kanssa. Silloin ei ollut veropetostuomioita vielä annettu, mutta prosessi eteni jo pysäyttämättömästi. Puhelussa saamieni tietojen perusteella pidin selvänä, että Aleksi oli tehnyt väärin, että hän saisi tuomion ja hän jäisi valtiolle paljon velkaa. Sanoin tämän Aleksille. Mies sanoi rauhallisesti, että siinä tapauksessa hän maksaisi kaiken korkoineen. En jaksanut uskoa. Pidin Aleksi Valavuoren vakuutusta velkojen takaisinmaksusta moraalisesti arvostettavana, vaikka tuskinpa niin lopulta kävisi. En epäillyt miehen tahtotilaa, mutta todennäköisyydet onnistumiselle vaikuttivat murskaavan pieniltä. Tästä on noin kuusi vuotta aikaa. Olemme vaihtaneet luottamuksellisesti sanoja ja viestejä näinä vuosina. Kaikenlaisia käänteitä on riittänyt. Matkan varrella Aleksi toisti usein aikeensa maksaa velkansa. En vieläkään uskonut. Mutta monella rintamalla tapahtui kehitystä. Jossain vaiheessa aloin avautua myös sellaiselle vaihtoehdolle, että sälli tosiaan saattaisi pystyä maksamaan miljoonavelkansa. Olisihan se komeeta todistaa kaverin kansalaiskelpoisuuden come backia. Muutamaa päivää ennen verovelan maksamista sain Aleksilta viestin, että "ylihuomenna lähtee miljoonat verottajalle, ja pelkkiä korkoja loppulaskussa oli noin 400 k€". Tämän mittaluokan rahasuorituksissa ulosottoviranomaiset eivät merkitse muutosta välittömästi rekisteriin, vaan esimerkiksi varmistavat rahojen alkuperän. Siitä syntyi muutaman päivän viive. Ohuesti harmitti lukea, kun Ilta Sanomat levitti yksipuolista, harhaanjohtavaa ja virheellistä väitettä, jonka mukaan Valavuori ei olisikaan hoitanut velkaansa. Yleisön luottamusta nauttivan median ei tulisi ruokkia pahantahtoisen väestönosan loppumatonta tarvetta ivata ihmistä, varsinkaan valheellisiin perustein. Edes sen verran voisi tehdä, että ottaisi asianosaisen ihmisen kommentin tasapainottamaan parjaavaa uutista. Juu juu, kaunat ovat tiedossa, ja onhan se Aleksi aikansa kylvänyt kylmään tuuleen. No jaa, pääasia on tietenkin se, että vielä on ihmisiä, jotka maksavat velkansa. Komeeta. Rehtiä. Kunnollista. #velat #moraali #luottamus

Kokoomus sai rälssiin tarvitsemansa rahat, vaikka Wille piti pintansa. Toisaalta tämä on myös hyvä, koska nyt ne kokoomusta äänestävät näkee ihan aitiopaikalta ettei valtiontalouden tasapainoittaminen ole kokoomuksen intressi. Nyt jäädään odottamaan sitten miten Tere yrittää kääntää tämän persujen syyksi #politiikka #Suomi #valtiontalous

Loppujenlopuksi olemme ulkoistaneet pelotteen Ukrainalle. Vain he kykenevät aktiivisiin operaatioihin. Me emme. Siksi pelotetta, kauhun tasapainoa, hoidetaan sanojen ja eleiden tasolla. Tätä kannattaa miettiä, miksi näin on päässyt käymään. #Ukraina #pelote #kansainvälinenpolitiikka #UA

Viisi teesiä verotuksesta: 1 Verotus on kireää Suomalaisia verotetaan ankarasti. Veroja on paljon. Ne ovat korkeita. Lisäksi kasvaneet eläkemenot nappaavat ison siivun tuloista.  2 Verotusta ei voi loputtomasti kiristää Verotuksen loputon kiristäminen ei siksi ole ratkaisu julkisen talouden ongelmiin. Ei kerta kaikkiaan ole mitään kohdetta, jota voitaisiin verottaa rankasti enemmän ilman haittoja. Ei kannata uskoa ketään, joka muuta väittää. Erityisesti Suomen vähäisiä rikkaita verottamalla ei pitkälle pötkitä.  3 Verotus pysyy kireänä Verotus ei kuitenkaan tule kokonaisuutena merkittävästi alenemaan lähiaikoina. Ei kannata uskoa ketään, joka väittää muuta. Kasvavat hoiva-, eläke- ja puolustusmenot pitävät huolen siitä, että verotus pysyy kireänä. Siksi on tärkeää verottaa fiksusti ja tehdä kohdennettuja uudistuksia. 4 Emme elä sotataloudessa Ehdotettu puolustusvero sai jotkut puhumaan jo sotataloudesta. Puolustusmenojen merkittäväkään kasvattaminen ei kuitenkaan tarkoita sotatalouteen siirtymistä. Sotataloudessa yksityinen kulutus painetaan alas. Pitkän aikavälin talouskehitys uhrataan välittömien puolustustarpeiden vuoksi. Suomi ei onneksi ole tässä tilanteessa. Puolustusmenot voidaan kasvustaan huolimatta rahoittaa osana normaalia taloutta, uhraamatta pitkän aikavälin kasvua esimerkiksi liialla verotuksella. Tämä kuitenkin tarkoittaa, että puolustusmenojen lisääminen on tehtävä tiukassa budjettikurissa. Se on vaikeaa ja edellyttää tinkimistä muusta. 5 Julkisen talouden tasapainottaminen on ikävää ja tyylitöntä hommaa Julkisen talouden tasapainottaminen ei tule olemaan aatteellisesti tyylipuhdas suoritus vaan ikävä kompromissi. Ei kannata uskoa ketään, joka sanoo muuta. Oikeisto joutuu nielemään veroratkaisuja, vasemmisto leikkauksia. Tämä tietenkin siis edellytyksellä, että tasapainottamisessa onnistutaan tai sitä edes tosissaan yritetään. #verotus #julkinenTalous #Suomi

Siinä vaiheessa, kun yksi ihminen alkaa puhua kovin monen suulla ilmoittaen viiteryhmältä kysymättä, mitä mieltä hänen koko viiteryhmänsä on jostain asiasta, tämä yksi ihminen ei ole aivan täysin tasapainossa. Etenkään, jos moinen käytös on toistuvaa. Hyvää yötä. #yhteisö #kommunikointi #tasapaino