Curiously in the Netherlands poverty has gone down. But that's because the government has a pretty solid Robin Hood system going on: take from the rich give to the poor.
The amount of wealth that is redistributed is frankly insane.
The amount of wealth that is redistributed is frankly insane.
> The amount of wealth that is redistributed is frankly insane.
I would change that to: the amount of income tax quickly reaches idiotic heights.
Capital taxes are generally low, and income taxes are for the 95% losers.There is no plan to make the pie larger. The problem is the same as everywhere: a public brainwashed by neo-liberal nonsense voting against their own interests. Private gains and public losses.