Who steals from the poor and gives it to the rich, Rutte IV

Robin Hood, but the other way around.  ‘ We collect the bulk of our tax revenue with burdens on labor. As the pandemic drew traces of economic devastation everywhere in 2020, the world's wealthiest became even richer. The total wealth of the world's 500 richest people increased by nearly a third, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — it rose by $1,700 billion to $7600 billion. This trend revives the call to tax all that new wealth more heavily.

The Netherlands has set up a tax system in its own country that favors the well-funded classes. Since the Liberal Social Democratic tandem of the PvdA and VVD has carried out a major reform of the tax system, many a Quote-500 member may postpone much of his tax liability to saint juttemis.

Due to an unnoticed political decision from 2005, the Dutch government is enabling US companies such as General Electric and Nike to evade billions in tax. That's what dozens of confidential policy notes, conversation reports and emails I got my hands on.

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