#basisinkomen Make deductions, allowances and benefits superfluous with basic income for everyone. Replace the system of allowances, deductions and benefits with a basic income, advocates financial advisor Sytze de Boer. The president of De Nederlandsche Bank considers the Dutch tax system to be too complex. Mortgage interest deduction and tax-free savings for pensions distort the economy. There's something in there. What is more, the whole of our laws and regulations in the financial and economic field can be simpler.

The government corrects market forces, otherwise the economically weak will not survive. She does this through, among other things, the AOW pension, social assistance and benefits in the event of unemployment and incapacity for work. That is a great good, but there are disadvantages. Employees are obliged to save for retirement. Benefits recipients have an obligation to apply. Our tax system is complex and has many exemptions. To complete the whole, five million households are dependent on surcharges. The result is an extensive bureaucracy, where not all citizens know the way.

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