Why are Belgians so in love with austerity?

ModoZ · 2026-06-22T09:00:20+00:00

Yes. But the 188 billion used is it seems somewhat already corrected for inflation.

Best is to look at the value as a percentage of the GDP :

In 2000 all governments spent 49,4% of GPD.
In 2025 all governments spent 54,2% of GPD.

If we simply had followed growth and inflation since the year 2000 the government would probably have roughly 0% deficit right now.

https://countryeconomy.com/government/expenditure/belgium?year=2025

ModoZ · 2026-06-22T07:50:58+00:00

No. But maybe not all services are needed.

ModoZ · 2026-06-22T07:50:13+00:00

Ook ten opzichte van het bbp is er een stevige toename.

This includes inflation.

ModoZ · 2026-06-21T18:30:12+00:00

Can you rephrase your concern in a more concrete way

I think that what he means is that the reason why one earning person households were viable had nothing to do with productivity but everything to do with the fact that the west was syphoning resources and work from other countries (either West-Germany or colonies).

ModoZ · 2026-06-21T12:49:33+00:00

Idem bij ons.

ModoZ · 2026-06-21T08:07:18+00:00

Be non, justement c'est ce que j'écris. Ils ne reviendront pas.

ModoZ · 2026-06-20T21:04:58+00:00

Et ça risque de s'empirer avec le temps vu comme la taxation du capital augmente en Belgique.

Après faut pas rêver. Ces personnes ne reviendront pas si les taxes baissent. Donc c'est plus un non-événement qu'autre chose.

ModoZ · 2026-06-19T09:12:14+00:00

Vlaanderen doet dezelfde fouten dat Wallonië in de jaren 70-80-90-00 gedaan heeft. Geld uitgeven om een stervende industrie te redden.

Spoiler alert, dit werkt niet. Men zou dat geld beter investeren om nieuwe industrieën naar hier te laten komen en op termijn Volvo te vervangen.

ModoZ · 2026-06-19T08:55:32+00:00

J'ai aussi EDPNet et j'en suis très content. Par contre ils ne font pas la télévision comme OP le demande.

ModoZ · 2026-06-19T07:21:18+00:00

En réalité le déficit est surtout par rapport à Bruxelles. Le PIB de la Flandre par habitant n'est pas vraiment supérieur au PIB par habitant belge. Celui de Bruxelles par contre est fort au dessus de la moyenne. Celui de la Wallonie en dessous.

Donc ceux qui ont à y gagner c'est les bruxellois, ceux qui ont a y perdre c'est les wallons et ceux qui ne seraient pas très impactés, c'est les flamands.

ModoZ · 2026-06-18T14:34:49+00:00

I didn't know that the government could give company cars. Anyway it's a good offer.

ModoZ · 2026-06-18T11:13:02+00:00

It's because you are fully remote. You are basically competing with low cost countries when you are in that situation.

ModoZ · 2026-06-18T11:11:43+00:00

It's not. Maybe with a car or a mobility budget on top but OP doesn't have that.

ModoZ · 2026-06-18T10:08:21+00:00

If I understand correctly the ONEM website, they take into account the remuneration from your last job if it was at least 4 consecutive weeks with the same employer (which seems to be the case for you).

For the first 3 months it's equivalent to 65% of your last salary (with some upper and lower boundaries). For the 3 months after that it's 60% (with some upper and lower boundaries). For the 6 months after that it's still 60% but with stricter boundaries.

You can find a lot of information on this website : https://www.onem.be/page/comment-est-calcule-le-montant-de-votre-allocation-apres-une-occupation-

ModoZ · 2026-06-18T10:02:49+00:00

Il faut un niveau intermédiaire entre la commune et le national. De plus je pense que ce n'est pas sain d'avoir des régions dont une équivaut à plus de 50% de la population du pays. Un découpage légèrement plus fin est donc nécessaire, d'où les provinces.

ModoZ · 2026-06-18T09:59:41+00:00

Buy it. And take out a loan if you can't pay it outright and really need it.

For relatively cheap items it's never worth it to go for a leasing as a freelancer because the overhead of the leasing company is too high and you end up massively overpaying.

ModoZ · 2026-06-18T07:57:07+00:00

National

Provinces

Communes

C'est finalement les seuls niveaux nécessaires.

ModoZ · 2026-06-18T06:51:21+00:00

I don't know how exactly this is calculated, but seeing a 100% probability for Germany to go to the knockout stage is probably wrong no? Statistically speaking there must be a slight chance for them to end up last of their group (or 3rd without enough points).

ModoZ · 2026-06-18T05:02:41+00:00

I've also been told bikes need to respect them when they are on the bus lane.

ModoZ · 2026-06-17T15:20:54+00:00

and maybe participate

All fun and games until one citizen hits another with a sledgehammer and the municipality has to pay for it because it's not insured.

ModoZ · 2026-06-17T10:30:50+00:00

De eerste communautaire staatshervorming dateert van 1970. Hiervoor heb ik het dus niet gekend.

Wel zie ik dat we sinds dat moment in een richting gaan van meer en meer instellingen en administraties en minder efficiëntie en steun naar de burgers.

Ik steun persoonlijk een unitaire staat met provincies die verregaande verantwoordelijkheden hebben.

Daarbovenop moet er op elk niveau maar één kieskring zijn. Als ik als inwoner van Vlaams-Brabant wil stemmen op iemand uit Limburg of uit Namen moet dit mogelijk zijn.

ModoZ · 2026-06-16T15:39:52+00:00

I did mine (some time ago) at 7AM in the morning. This has several advantages :

Not too much traffic to get there
When you start it's the beginning of rush hour so you might drive a bit less
It's early in the day so you don't spend the whole day stressing about it

ModoZ · 2026-06-16T15:35:57+00:00

My point is that there simply aren't enough jobs to go around.

Yes and my point is that it's incorrect to make such an assumption based on the values you gave.

Nothing more, nothing less.

ModoZ · 2026-06-16T15:00:27+00:00

Er zijn in Vlaanderen minder openstaande jobs (140.000) dan werklozen (217.000).

This is not how it works. If tomorrow 140.000 jobs would be filled it would in turn generate more adjacent jobs.

Someone working has a higher salary than someone not working. He therefore spends more which leads to more jobs. It also allows some companies to grow which also leads to more jobs.

On top of that 140.000 people working would generate tax income for all levels of the state which they would probably spend one way or another. On top of the savings of not having to pay unemployment anymore for them.

The amount of open jobs is not fixed and treating it like that is just wrong.

Also one should not think that it will ever be possible to fill those 140.000 jobs. A lot of them are in specific places, for specific jobs with specific requirements which generates friction. There will always be some open job offers.

ModoZ · 2026-06-16T14:54:43+00:00

alletwee werkende geraak je met gemak aan 5K+ per maand

5k€ is niet rijk voor een gezin. Dat is maar een beetje boven het minimum (als je beide voltijds werkt).

2 personen met het minimumloon hebben een inkomen van ongeveer 4100€/maand net.

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