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Dutch government publishes detailed plans for tax cuts, infrastructure investment – DutchNews.nl
By: [Name], in [Location] – May 12, 2023
The new plan aims to boost economy, reduce red tape for entrepreneurs
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The Hague – In a major boost to entrepreneurship and economic growth, the right-wing government of Prime Minister Mark Rutte today published its long-awaited "Prosperity Plan," a comprehensive policy document that outlines its strategy for increasing prosperity and well-being across the Netherlands.
Key details of the plan include significant tax cuts for both households and businesses, a sharp focus on increasing infrastructure spending, and reductions in administrative burdens for entrepreneurs.
"These reforms are a game-changer for our economy and will help unlock the creative potential of entrepreneurs and SMEs," Prime Minister Mark Rutte said in a statement. "We believe that by giving people the space to succeed, they will create even more growth, jobs and prosperity in our country."
What does the Prosperity Plan entail?
- Tax cuts: Individual taxpayers will enjoy a maximum of €20 billion per year in tax cuts over the next decade, translating into an estimated €550 per year in extra pocket money for every household.
Businesses, meanwhile, will see significant reductions in their tax bills, estimated at around 15%. The government promises that the new tax climate will reduce administrative burdens on entrepreneurs.
- Infrastructure investments: The Prosperity Plan prioritizes investing in high-speed rail networks, upgraded port facilities, and revamped energy infrastructure, among other key areas.
These initiatives are expected to create a estimated 75,000 new jobs across the next five years, while generating additional economic activity of some €15 billion annually by 2027.
Impact on environment and poverty reduction
Greenpeace Holland Director, Roger Cox: "While tax cuts will help some citizens, others may struggle if they need more support during these hard economic times… We encourage the government to ensure no one is left behind."
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Right-wing Dutch government publishes its detailed plans – DutchNews.nl
Interesting, in the article they didn’t mention extending naturalization period to 10 years and increasing language level to B1, which is in the government programma and probably quite important for people here
Lots of wishful thinking in these plans. Like increasing productivity in healthcare by ‘artificial intelligence’. How?
An awful lot of this reads like a concept of a plan.
“The cabinet will start proceedings to change the constitution and introduce a constitutional court next year. The court will then check new legislation to make sure it is in line.”
“Within a year the government will present legislation bringing in a form of constituency voting in the Netherlands, based on 10 to 12 regions.”
Truly awful ideas. I hope they don’t permanently make our democratic system worse..
This is the Dutch version of “I have a concept of a plan”. A major part of it is declaring a national immigration emergency but when pressed on what the nature of this national emergency is the answer was “we don’t know yet, we’re working it out”.
Within a year the government will present legislation bringing in a form of constituency voting in the Netherlands, based on 10 to 12 regions.
Getting an electoral college so US type gerrymandering can happen.
What a farce.
4 parties, 1 that is responsible for the state of the country today, but somehow made it into a coalition government with 3 parties who all got their votes on a platform of how terrible the “political elite” ran the country the past decade. Those 3 parties have in turn zero governing experience, 2 of them didn’t even exist yet the previous election cycle, and the one that is established is full of wack job conspiracy nuts and far right troglodytes.
The 4 coalition parties all have so much confidence in their own government that none of the party leaders put their careers on the line to be a part of it. They had to find an unaffiliated bureaucrat to become the premier.
What could possibly go wrong?
So they want to cut the amount of low skilled workers but also cut the amount of highly skilled workers coming in.
* Measures will be looked at to reduce the demand for low skilled foreign workers by steering the economy
* Ministers are investigating various measures to reduce the number of people coming to the Netherlands as knowledge migrants, such as increasing the salary requirements.
The budget cuts for research are super problematic… are there any protests planned again before Prinsjesdag?
What does this mean if my partner wants to move with me (as a Dutch citizen) back to Netherlands? Is it just that the language requirement is increased with a longer pathway to naturalization?
I think that’s possible to work in a presidential country, where u can do a lot via executive power, but here u need the parliament to bless every action. Just a small disturbance in the coalition, everything goes to shit. New elections coming.
Tangentially, it’s interesting that in the photo there’s a uniform for the men but not for the women. Not sure what that signifies or the history of it, but I’m going to guess it’s because the mens’ outfit has beent he same for quite a while, while women have only been in parliament in more recent history. Happy to be corrected, though.
Tax cuts for corporations, meaning sucking more money from the middle class somehow to make up for it