FNV fights against the abolition of dividend tax with actions
The FNV is taking action against the cabinet plan to abolish dividend tax. The union calls it an 'anti-social measure' that Prime Minister Mark Rutte (VVD) must reverse. Every week, FNV employees will take to the streets to oppose the plan. Today was the kick-off on the Plein in The Hague.
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More than twenty FNV employees had gathered in red t-shirts at 12:XNUMX on the Plein and held signs in the air telling them to the Tax Justice website, a collaboration of civil society organizations. There is de petitie to be found against abolition of dividend tax. The FNV is calling on people to sign the petition.
FNV director Zakaria Boufangacha addressed the FNV employees from a wooden crate: "Stop abolishing the dividend tax. It's time for everyone to speak out! We can do so many great things with that money!"
'Stop abolishing dividend tax. It's time for everyone to speak out! We can do so many great things with that money!' @FNV pic.twitter.com/o9ZoD5WqEz
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By abolishing dividend tax, the cabinet wants to make the tax climate in the Netherlands more attractive for foreign companies. According to the FNV the cabinet is thus giving two billion euros as a gift to foreign shareholders. The money would be better spent on healthcare or education. 'We opt for people instead of foreign shareholders', according to the FNV.
According to Boufangacha, the criticism of the plan has so far fallen on deaf ears. 'The fact that Rutte only has eyes for foreign shareholders is a slap in the face to all those 'ordinary' Dutch people,' says Boufangacha. He calls on everyone to declare that dividend tax should not be abolished. 'Put your signature, help us and visit the doors and markets with us and bring about change.'
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