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Belgian politics
What do I know about Belgian politics?
Not so much.
Really after 2 years living abroad and a dual feeling about politics, I shut down the radio in relation to politics.
It is the thing you can avoid and live happy without.
Ignore.
I don't understand the swapping of parties. How it is possible to change your idea so drastically.
Neither do I understand why we have so many ministers and ministries. They make laws, too many laws resulting in a way too bureaucratized country.
Do I have an opinion?
Of course I have.
On the generation pact problem: I think it is very wise what the government is doing.
It is naive to think we can have this standards forever, this kind of social web that is paid by only few people.
The people nag, all the time. And we forget that there are places that are so much worse than Belgium. And that for a social security system one needs to pay.
That's when I stop, when the nagging starts.
We are such little nasty people, never happy, busy with our little small world and nagging about having more and more.
So egoistic.
A friend told me that striking in Brussels is for the good cause for the people that come after us, and for the people in the world.
I wonder how many people strike for that reason.
I don't see anyone striking for the kids in Africa.
No, to me it seems the reason they strike is because they are afraid they might need to work longer and give up some privileges they had.
I don't see the social aspect of that. I only see the egoistic point of view.
But hey, who am I?
Posted on November 24, 2005
in Living in Belgium
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Did you tell Guy?
Please know that some people dó understand what the generation pact stands for. I can see that our economic policy needs to change, and that the people driving the economy need to change too.
Not everyone sees it that way. Is it their fault they don't understand? It's always hard to let go.
But hey, government can't always do what the people want. Tough decisions have to be made one way or the other.
Posted by Tijd | November 24, 2005 7:25 PM