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Real Belgium? These oldies have been on strike and they haven't seen a tank. Welcome to democracy. The NVA has the most votes, they were voted for in order to increase the work force.
Major amount of people on sick leave for more than 5 years. People were on unemployment benefits for more than 2 years. People used to retire at age 55. While barely having children.
For example my mate is in Germany now, his gf worked one year and now she's relaxing 2 years on sick leave for "burnout".
They are reducing taxes for people that work.
The minimum wage in Belgium is high. Education is free or cheap.
If you want to work, you have work. Social mobility is high in Belgium.
if we correct for purchasing power then the net wealths would be.
Belgium 333k euros. China 54k euros. Russia 28k euros. (Compared to USA)
With a year's savings I can buy a 100 sq meters house in Indonesia. A Chinese or Russian cannot do that.
Not only is my internal purchasing power far higher, so is my external purchasing power.
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Why's this removed, bruv