'Casino' is about right to describe gambling with our pension tokens. But it's worse than mere gambling at a casino, because that involves a personal choice. This here is a syndicate 'stealing' our hard-earned cash to gamble with (for the benefit of relieving employers/pension funds from the associated risks(?), not to mention other ends…
'Casino' is about right to describe gambling with our pension tokens. But it's worse than mere gambling at a casino, because that involves a personal choice. This here is a syndicate 'stealing' our hard-earned cash to gamble with (for the benefit of relieving employers/pension funds from the associated risks(?), not to mention other ends further down the rabbit hole) and arrogantly saying 'trust us, we know what's best for you'. It is sad that the Dutch seem resigned to the erosion of their rights and wealth, the Pandemic Preparedness Act and this Pension Act being just the latest in a slew of ambushes. At least the French push back and put up a fight, but even here the rulers' hands are (now) globally tied.
Why the Dutch trade unions went along with this is an absolute mystery. Did they not realize they were putting in peril their members' future economic security? Do the seniors now receiving pensions not likewise realize that they too would be be forced onto the new system in a few years and be given over to the tender mercies of The Market?
On another site, I posted a comment about the perplexing passivity of public here, and received the following response which I share without further comment:
> Wederom dezelfde slappe testikelloze houding, net zoals in de oorlog. Nergens in Europa zoveel meelopers als in Nederland.
> Het 'verzet' ontstond pas toen de Amerikanen de straat inreden. Daarvoor bedroeg het aantal verzetslieden, en daar zijn dus ook de verzetskrantjesverspreiders en de "Do ist der bahnhof" wijzers bij opgeteld, slechts 20.000 mensen op 9 miljoen inwoners...de rest werkte mee of keek, in het beste geval, de andere kant op.
> Het zit gewoon ingebakken in dit nare domme volk
I can see it already: mythical tales the dapper WEF-resistance, modern-day Geuzen who freed us from the tyranny of the Schwabinistas. Our parks will have statues of Gideon van Mijeren leading the charge for Freedom!
'Casino' is about right to describe gambling with our pension tokens. But it's worse than mere gambling at a casino, because that involves a personal choice. This here is a syndicate 'stealing' our hard-earned cash to gamble with (for the benefit of relieving employers/pension funds from the associated risks(?), not to mention other ends further down the rabbit hole) and arrogantly saying 'trust us, we know what's best for you'. It is sad that the Dutch seem resigned to the erosion of their rights and wealth, the Pandemic Preparedness Act and this Pension Act being just the latest in a slew of ambushes. At least the French push back and put up a fight, but even here the rulers' hands are (now) globally tied.
Why the Dutch trade unions went along with this is an absolute mystery. Did they not realize they were putting in peril their members' future economic security? Do the seniors now receiving pensions not likewise realize that they too would be be forced onto the new system in a few years and be given over to the tender mercies of The Market?
On another site, I posted a comment about the perplexing passivity of public here, and received the following response which I share without further comment:
> Wederom dezelfde slappe testikelloze houding, net zoals in de oorlog. Nergens in Europa zoveel meelopers als in Nederland.
> Het 'verzet' ontstond pas toen de Amerikanen de straat inreden. Daarvoor bedroeg het aantal verzetslieden, en daar zijn dus ook de verzetskrantjesverspreiders en de "Do ist der bahnhof" wijzers bij opgeteld, slechts 20.000 mensen op 9 miljoen inwoners...de rest werkte mee of keek, in het beste geval, de andere kant op.
> Het zit gewoon ingebakken in dit nare domme volk
Plus ca change... maybe the 'wappies' of today will, in 50 years' time, be called 'verzetstrijders'.
I can see it already: mythical tales the dapper WEF-resistance, modern-day Geuzen who freed us from the tyranny of the Schwabinistas. Our parks will have statues of Gideon van Mijeren leading the charge for Freedom!