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What? I'm talking about the netherlands, like is extremely obvious from the context. Read the thread you are replying to...

And I said politicians are talking about changing the laws. There are upcoming elections. Why are you talking about the current laws? Completely irrelevant. I very clearly said:

> There are plans for making mortgages more expensive by removing tax deductions and for taxing inheritance a whopping 75%

You could just google it, but I'll do it for you: https://www.metronieuws.nl/geld-carriere/belasting/2025/07/7...

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I describe the law of and linked to a government website of the Netherlands.

> And I said politicians are talking about changing the laws.

No, you said "there are plans". What you did not say is that one party leader made an insane comment in a campaign cycle met with so much backlash it took less than a day to radically change to "with 0% under €500.000" and has still been unilaterally mocked by opinion makers, politicians, and media.

Buddy, I'm dutch. I am following local politics, and clearly, you're not.

> I describe the law of and linked to a government website of the Netherlands.

No shit? How is the current law relevant to plans to change it?

> What you did not say is that one party leader made an insane comment in a campaign cycle met with so much backlash it took less than a day to radically change to "with 0% under €500.000" and has still been unilaterally mocked by opinion makers, politicians, and media.

Yeah, so he's planning it. For now they seem to have changed their campaign surrounding the subject but there's no saying what they'll do if elected.

Buddy, that's not really was "there are plans to" means. Unless you count MJT talking about Jewish space lasers "plans to" investigate Jewish space lasers from the US government. In which case, you've got a tabloid-level definition.

The quote of the current law is used to emphasize just how ridiculous sounding what you're saying even is.

Do you not understand that politicians can change laws?

This is exactly what I mean in my first comment, you clearly aren't here in good faith. Or will you say, straight-faced, that you genuinely believe that the government is actually going to be implementing this?

I am saying straight faced that there are politicians with plans to implement this. Which is what I said before, and it's factually true.

Whether they'll succeed is another matter. I hope they don't.

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