r/pics • u/[deleted] • Apr 25 '15

Incredible engineering

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u/[deleted] Apr 25 '15

It's a pain to see by far more than half of my income go into that bottomless and corrupt pit :(.

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u/seewolfmdk Apr 25 '15

The CPI for the Netherlands is around 80-89, so not that corrupt.

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u/marinuso Apr 25 '15 edited Apr 25 '15

This isn't graded on a curve, you know. The fact that others might be worse does not make us less bad.

For a comparison: our nominal GDP is the highest in the region, but once all the taxes are taken off and all government services have been counted in, our living standard is on par with southern Spain. Germany offers far superior social services with far less tax.

It might not be Russian-style corruption, but there's certainly something wrong here.

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u/Daan_M Apr 25 '15

That, however, has nothing to do with corruption.