Tax, healthcare, immigration: why Dutch people voted for Geert Wilders
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Re: Tax, healthcare, immigration: why Dutch people voted for Geert Wilders
#2how bad of a housing crisis is in the netherlands?
Wherever I look in europe there is a housing crisis for a reason or another.
Re: Tax, healthcare, immigration: why Dutch people voted for Geert Wilders
#3When you look at the electorate of the PVV in general, it consists of people who experience more difficulties to get by. They are more lonely...
Sounds rather condescending. I don't like it when armchair experts place such subjective labels on people. "Lonely, less intelligent," etc. It's second guessing a persons vote which is a tacit way of undermining that vote.
Rather they should analyze policy and try to understand why those policies did not have a positive impact on the lives of voters who opposed them, not assume it is because they have some negative attribute.
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Re: Tax, healthcare, immigration: why Dutch people voted for Geert Wilders
#5how bad of a housing crisis is in the netherlands? Wherever I look in europe there is a housing crisis for a reason or another.
Very bad. In Amsterdam demand is crazy. People are being scammed on Facebook groups desperately hunting for a place to stay. Interestingly, a lot of adverts for flat sharers say "no internationals" - make of that what you will. I was there this summer and was offered a 1 room bedsit for 3000 Eur/month.
Re: Tax, healthcare, immigration: why Dutch people voted for Geert Wilders
#6how bad of a housing crisis is in the netherlands? Wherever I look in europe there is a housing crisis for a reason or another.
The one dutch guy I know that bought a house bought it in ... Belgium.
Rents are horrendous. House prices the same.
The problem is kicking out those dirty foreigners who sweep your streets and raise rent prices won't lower rents. At best they will plateau for a little while.
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#7how bad of a housing crisis is in the netherlands? Wherever I look in europe there is a housing crisis for a reason or another.
Pretty bad. It's a combination of legislation issues with nitrogen [1] and having shot the construction workforce in the foot in the previous financial crisis (large out flow of workers).
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nitrogen_crisis_in_the_Netherl...
Re: Tax, healthcare, immigration: why Dutch people voted for Geert Wilders
#8> Like Jeanette, she was drawn to Wilders for what he has said about housing and a promise of free transport for elderly people
Interesting, I assumed the Netherlands would already have free travel for the elderly. Most (all?) councils in the UK provide this, at least on buses.
Re: Tax, healthcare, immigration: why Dutch people voted for Geert Wilders
#9When you look at the electorate of the PVV in general, it consists of people who experience more difficulties to get by. They are more lonely... Sounds rather condescending. I don't like it when armchair experts place such subjective labels on people. "Lonely, less intelligent," etc. It's second guessing a persons vote which is a tacit way of undermining that vote. Rather they should analyze policy and try to underst…
I don't see it as condescending, I see it as just factual descriptions. Of course, assuming that their research is sound.
They should understand the voters' profiles as well as analyze why previous policies did not yield positive results. The two are not mutually exclusive, and are very probably interrelated.
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What does bright shade of yellow mean?