Random Politics & Religion #20

Sales taxes...thats the percentage taxes they add to every product being sold? If its that, we pay 21% here on most things (cept bread, milk, basic stuff, thats 6%)
even electricity and water we pay 21% atm (which is an outrage)

I admitted I have a problem with drinking...but I don't want to umm do anything about it !

Here the government holds your hand and does it for you.

And charging a sales tax on food? What are you, animals?

You cant compare that, Belgium doesnt border to a non EU country, People from our surrounding countries are not seen as illegal immigrants. Our socialist party gave legal immigrants the right to vote though (bout a decade ago) in the aftermath you could say this was a move to get more voters for said party.
And I think the fact that we treat our illegal immigrants harshly is because they can get wellfare and social security from almost day 1 that they arrive in the country.

You forgot to add "while taking it's cut".

Government bureaucracies are by definition inefficient as they become subject to the tragedy of the commons. The administrators who run those social programs have no incentive to manage them well and instead will do the absolute minimum necessary to keep their secure jobs. Individually we have a far greater incentive to manage them properly as it directly impacts us individually and we can actually see where our money is going.

So you admit to having your countries immigrant problem taken care of by others? The English would like to have a word about illegal immigrants and it's effect on their economy.

My favorite part of visiting Europe is that you can take a train to get around...and not have to drive everywhere.

Lol depends in which country you are, not in Belgium. We have horrible trains, now Austria, they have nice trains.

Nope I'm trying to bake cookies, which will prolly fail, used to much eggwhite /facepalm.

Sales taxes...thats the percentage taxes they add to every product being sold? If its that, we pay 21% here on most things (cept bread, milk, basic stuff, thats 6%)
even electricity and water we pay 21% atm (which is an outrage)

Employment income is also subject to social security contributions. Employee contributions are 13.07% and are deducted by the employer. In addition, the employer contributes about 35% of employees wage.[3] No ceiling for contributions apply on contributions for either employee and employer

The UK as far as I understood from British friends, mainly have a problem with European immigrant, Polish people settling in the UK and driving up the prices of housing. Polish people arent seen as illegal immigrants.

If you invest your lifesavings poorely you might end up with a lot less at the end of your professional career (I assume you dont put your savings in a sock beneath your matress).

More people are finally taking a stand against political correctness on campuses. It’s long overdue.

Last week, the Toronto Sun told the story of Josephine Mathias, a fourth-year student who took to YouTube to speak out against an incident her sister had with an instructor.

Her sister was interested in writing a paper on the gender wage gap. She was planning to argue from the perspective that it was a myth. This is a hotly contested issue with a great amount of research behind it. Therefore it’s perfect fodder for undergraduate students to tackle.

But the instructor wouldn’t have it. “Perhaps you want to write your paper on the glass ceiling,” the instructor responded. “You need to look at feminist sources on this issue.. Do NOT use business sources. They blame women. The reality is patriarchy.”

She also discouraged the use of Statistics Canada data.

Mathias fired back at the instructor and others like her: “They have no facts. They have no tangible explanations or solutions for anything. All the sources or all the information they know comes from feminist literature that’s not even correct.”

Professor Jordan Peterson has made national headlines by refusing to use gender-neutral pronouns in his classroom and criticizing the rise of political correctness on Canadian university campuses.

He attracts large crowds wherever he goes and recently suggested action to curb the erosion of free speech within our institutions of higher learning:

“Cut the university funding by 25% until they sort themselves out. I’d starve them because some decisions have to be made. But failing that, people have to wake up and understand where they’re sending their children.”

Post-secondary institutions receive significant funding from governments. Education is a top provincial expense. We’re being taxed to fund the status quo. We’re going into debt because of it. The system needs to change.

Canada’s leftist elites are demonizing the emerging populism in our own country. Echo-chamber academics and brainwashed social justice warriors have plenty of opinions, but little appetite for debate, reason or compromise.

If universities won’t root out the destructive political correctness, we can cut departmental budgets and use it to lower tuition fees.

That dose of reality might restore reason to our campuses.

Lol depends in which country you are, not in Belgium. We have horrible trains, now Austria, they have nice trains.

Happy saint patricks day to all my dear ffxi political friends~

I really only know if you are a liberal by looking at your bumper stickers...please for the love of God no one needs that many bumper stickers...

Beer

You forgot to mention that we surrendered to the Germans during the second world war. That we had a colony in Africa. That we're known for pedophiles. ...thinks...what else is bad about Belgium.... Oh Jean-Claude van Damme!

I dont know mister (?) I think your tone was kind of rude.

In the end I discuss to gain knowledge, but less in a way that I have to feel bad of any decision that ever was made over my ancestors heads.

The last you can say is that I'm a patriot but respect and eing polite is a big thing for me.

In the end I discuss to gain knowledge, but less in a way that I have to feel bad of any decision that ever was made over my ancestors heads.