whangdoodler, to politics Finnish
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We have a country wide hostage situation going on in Finland.

The nazi government is lying, threatening and pushing through never before seen capacity of austerity measures that will not only cripple the economy and shatter peaceful society, but also push finnish people into poverty and uncertainty.

A good but inexperienced leader learns quickly from one crisis and handles the next one better, and Orpo and Purra have not lacked crisis training in this government. But they just don't learn for the better. Orpo and Purra either can't lead or don't want to lead. And both options are completely unsustainable in this situation. Besides the leadership deficit, another big problem is the current form of the Finns party. I believe that Mr Vornanen's actions have come as a shock to all members of the party, and I am sure that none of Basic Finns will support such actions. But it is still necessary to discuss why we have a party in government and a very strong popular support base that not only attracts irresponsible and dangerous people like a magnet, but also repeatedly elevates them to positions of responsible power. It is no coincidence that Basic Finns politicians have the most criminal backgrounds, or that a child molester or neo-Nazi can become a minister in Basic Finns, or that radical far-right groups in Finland have repeated links with Basic Finns.
The Basic Finns are a party whose two leading stars, Riikka Purra and Jussi Halla-aho, have publicly written violent fantasies in which they use a handgun in public, and the Basic Finns voters approve of this, as they do of all the other dangerous and irresponsible behaviour of Basic Finns politicians. And when discrimination, hostility, racist crime and fantasies of violence are accepted and even praised within the party, this has a consequence: more people who act in a discriminatory and hostile way and who foster violent fantasies of power end up in the party. These two issues, the government's total lack of leadership and the chaotic unpredictability of Basic Finns party, lead to the third problem, which is possibly the biggest of all. Finns' confidence in the political system and society is being destroyed at an unprecedented rate. The government came to power by lying about virtually all its election promises. It has not even tried to deliver on its promise of zero tolerance of racism and disinformation. The government listens to no one and cares not a jot about the crushing impact of its cuts on people's daily lives - on the contrary, it arrogantly mocks the poor it hurts with by posing with scissors in hand. The most common response to criticism is to label the critics unjustifiably as communists or representatives of the "Trade Union_mafia".
Ultimately, society works on trust. People must be able to trust that the majority, and above all politicians, will act for the common good. And when, on top of such cruel and intransigent policies, our leaders shirk their responsibilities in a situation that has shocked all Finns, it severely shatters that already fragile trust. This is not acceptable. And it must be said loudly to the decision-makers. Much louder than before. Because when a small group arbitrarily decides the fate of a large group by threatening, lying and behaving with unpredictable aggression, and the large group can only helplessly obey and somehow try to endure and hang on, it is no longer a question of democratic governance of the welfare state, it is a hostage situation.

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Hello world, especially friends in . Our Basic Finn nazi minister of justice has just halted preparations for a law that would criminalise holocaust denialism.

This is sadly just one of the fascism inducing things she has done TODAY.

These three grisly things are only from today, there will be more tomorrow, if the opposition fails to stop this madness with an interpellation. Everyone should keep their eyes open now, especially as the coalition has de facto handed the prime minister's job to Purra. Orpo is watching from the sidelines, as a bothered political mitten. Oh Finland, what a cancer you have given yourself. Let's hope a new government based on Western values can be formed soon!
POLITICS. The Holocaust law is also stuck on Lena Meri’s desk. Justice Minister Leena Meri (Basic Finns) is blocking a bill to criminalise Holocaust denial. The timetable is already late.

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the nazi government speaks of justice and fairness while it steals means of living from the poorest and low income earners and then hands money over to the rich.

Li Andersson of Left Alliance. 👇

The government's development discussion rhetoric about "fairness" is a big hoax. As a result of the new decisions, income tax for the highest earners will be increased by a maximum of €330 PER YEAR. This means that those earning more than €14,000 per month will see their tax bill rise by around €28 per month. Those earning €10,000 per month will see their tax bill rise by €20 per month. At the level of the MP's salary, there will be no tax increase at all. And that's not all. If you take into account the tax cut already given to the same group by raising the lower limit of the solidarity tax, these top earners will still be getting more our of it after all the government's tax decisions. Everyone earning more than €10 000 a month will see their tax burden LIGHTEN by at least €1 000 a year, and the reduction will increase as their income increases. At the same time, social security cuts are taking hundreds of euros from low income and low paid workers EVERY MONTH. Housing benefit cuts are taking €200-300 a month from many. The abolition of the child benefit means €150-285 less per month, depending on the number of children. The average impact of the graduation of income-based unemployment benefits is €330 per month.
When the cuts hit the same people, the impact is even greater. For example, if you are a person with two children and you’re earning €2,500 a month, who then becomes unemployed, the government cuts will take €565 a month from your unemployment benefit. For a parent of two children earning the same wage but working part-time, the cuts will take a total of up to €715 a month. On top of all this, the government deliberately chose to leave capital and dividend taxation untouched, even though this is where the greatest tax injustices are to be found. Or how fair does it sound that the owner of a wealthy family business can withdraw €149 000 a year in dividends as personal income and pay a tax rate of around 7.5%? Even for higher incomes than this, the percentage is very low. At the same time, the increase in general VAT will hit all small and one person businesses in this country directly, as not everyone will be able to pass on the increase in prices. The right-wing government's policies are very far from justice or fairness.

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ught its hard to believe but shit is still getting worse. even more cuts from the poor, students and sick are coming. so is the economical depression.

a word from Li Andersson (Left Alliance). 👇

Vocational education and training is again being cut drastically. According to Purra, the cut will be targeted at those studying for a second degree. It is unclear how this will be implemented, as all students will be subject to the same funding and legislation, unless the government intends to put Finnish education behind a paywall. The extra five million for the well-being of children and young people is a poor joke compared with all these drastic cuts. The VAT rate will be increased to 25.5%, well above the EU average and the second highest after Hungary. The increase will raise prices and will hit hard, especially for all those on low incomes who are already struggling in their daily lives and who are also hit by previous social security cuts and index freezes. It is also a very hard blow to all those domestic sole traders and small entrepreneurs who have been struggling with inflation and rising interest rates as consumer habits have changed. Tightening VAT in the middle of a recession is also very bad cyclical policy to put the brakes on recovery.
Orpo talks about easing the taxation of labour, but the taxation of labour for many small entrepreneurs will actually increase with the rise in VAT, as not everyone has the possibility to pass it on to the prices of goods or services. The right-wing government will continue along its familiar lines.

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How is it going in Finland with the nazi government?

Not great, they hope to have an anti-strike bill ready to take effect on Mayday.

Yes, really.

Here’s what opposition leader Li Andersson (Left Alliance) has to say about it.

Something is clearly happening, as the government is abandoning the normal rules of politics to ram through the cuts. According to media reports, the government is trying to get the restriction to take effect on May Day - a global day of celebration for labour and the labour movement. In recent years we have witnessed a trend where politics is turning into pure nastiness and an attempt to humiliate dissent. It seems to take precedence over actually resolving issues that have a tangible impact on people's lives. There is no rational justification for restrictions to come into force on May Day. The date could just as well be the end of April or the second of May. By restricting the right to strike on May Day, the government is deliberately seeking to insult, humiliate and mock all those people who support the trade union movement and the left. It has come to this.

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quick recap of the situation in finland…

a 4-year old child died in the hands of their guardians cause overworked and underfunded child welfare social workers failed to protect them. Minister who oversees said affairs is happy that more austerity is aimed at the child protection.

News headlines. "The right direction" - Minister Juuso comments on the austerity measures for children. POLITICS 10:23. 4-year-old's shocking death could be repeated - Regions cut child protection. POLITICS 8:18

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i was very near to a public panic attack today.

the nazi government and the weight of their decision that will hit me and rest of the sick and poor next year just slammed on top of me when i was bicycling to physiotherapy.

cops protecting independence day nazi parade & using force against antifascist counter protesters yesterday did not help.

im trying to recover from mental health collapse & its hard since government wants me dead.

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the circus that currently performs in finnish government is getting so out of hands that im just waiting for the day it just implodes in on it self like couple billionaires in a submarine.

below some things from the government period so far:

whangdoodler,
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excellent toot by a fellow finn: https://mastodontti.fi/@alemppu/110733649811592950

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The nazi government has terminated goverments settlement of matters and research actions.

Facts and research are always enemies to these sort of leaders.

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”An EU survey has found that people of African descent living in Finland are increasingly facing racism and discrimination.”

https://yle.fi/a/74-20056879

whangdoodler,
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priorities are straightforward with the nazi government.. poor people, were they children, finnish or refugees are not important and it would be much simpler if they could just shut up, lay down and die.

but then again ministers pre-christmas parties, rushing thatcherism thorough and shutting borders while falling for russian operations is very important.

These proposals have been prepared without the necessary impact assessments or an assessment of the impact on fundamental and human rights. This makes the work in Parliament more difficult and slows it down, because now we have to try to carry out these assessments in the context of the parliamentary debate. The government's proposal to reduce income support was considered by a legal expert to be one of the worst of his career in committee since 1972. Since the Constitutional Committee considered that the proposal would lead to disproportionate situations, an attempt was made to make the regulation more sustainable in terms of fundamental rights. The strangest thing about the anonymous accusations of the governing parties is that instead of the amendments proposed by the Constitutional Committee, they spent two days trying to undermine the government's proposal. If anything, this is bullying of the most vulnerable Finns.
The indifference towards vulnerable people that is emerging from the ranks of the governing parties is something quite new in the Finnish Parliament. Cold ideological thundering must not be allowed to overtake the time required for committee work. Apparently, however, for some people the Christmas party is more important than the careful drafting of legislation that will have a drastic impact on the lives of low-income earners. This is about real people, not a political game. Tens of thousands of low-income Finns.

whangdoodler,
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unsurprisingly the nazi government of Petteri Orpo is censoring any evidence or negative effects of their decisions.

whangdoodler,
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fuck yeah. 🖕

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not only will the nazi goverment slash social security into bits, the basic finn nazi Purra wishes to also raise the prize of food.

the poorest finns are already struggling to afford food EVEN before the cuts. this is political violence in action.

https://www.ku.fi/artikkeli/4948669-li-andersson-syyttaa-uudesta-tavasta-koyhdyttaa-pienituloisia-purra-valaytti-ruuan-verotuksen-kiristamista

Left Alliance leader Li Anderson rejects Finance Minister Riikka Purra's (BF.) proposal to increase VAT on food. Purra hinted at tightening VAT on food in an interview with Talouselämä magazine on Monday. "Purra's proposal to impose a VAT on foodstuffs would impoverish the lowest income earners, whose income is largely spent on food and groceries, the most," Anderson said. "The people and families most affected by the rising cost of living would now be made to pay for the government's reckless economic policies that favour the rich and big business."
Income distribution for the rich. Andersson points out that VAT is the most regressive tax, which means that low-income earners pay relatively more than high-income earners. The tax is the same for everyone, regardless of income. "The Finns' election rhetoric on how to bring the cost of living of Finns under control has been thrown in the bin once and for all. The policy of austerity is not about national debt, which the government continues to accelerate, but about income distribution in favour of the rich," Andersson says. "Employer contributions will be cut by up to €700 million and ministers will be taxed €2,000 a year while food bills will be increased."
Government debt is accelerating. Anderson believes that the alleged need for further fiscal adjustment is largely due to the economic policy choices of the bourgeois government led by Prime Minister Petter Orpo (Coalition Party). While the overall tax rate will ease significantly during the government's term, government debt will accelerate. "The government will allow the overall tax rate to fall by as much as €9-10 billion during the election period. This is many times more than all the government's adjustments to the tax burden on low-income earners combined. Instead of going after the dividend tax loopholes, for example, ordinary working people and low-income earners are back in the firing line," says Anderson.

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I dont have words anymore.

I fear for my life, as well as for the lives of other poor and sick finns. More people are violently pushed into poverty. Finland has gotten notices from UN because the social security payments are too low. Next year they will be significantly lower than ever before.

Future holds homelessness, hunger, mental health crisis and rising suicide statistics.

Coincidentally, Parliament also voted today on a cut to income support, which was passed by the governing parties and the Centre Party by 118-58. The proposal will mean that tens of thousands of households receiving income support whose current rent exceeds the housing norm will have to choose between forced eviction and a cut in support. This is despite the shortage of affordable housing, particularly in the capital region, and the government's own cuts to affordable housing. With these cuts, poverty, homelessness, over-indebtedness and malaise will increase in Finland. Cuts are being talked about as a necessity, while at the same time tax cuts next year will exceed the amount of adjustment measures. The biggest income tax cuts, around €2,000 a year, will be targeted at ministers' own income brackets. This is a political choice by a right-wing government, not a necessity.

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today 14.12.2023 Finland has a nationwide strike that effects public transportation and few other areas. Only few busses and trains are moving today.

the nazi government is furious and media mostly blames the “greedy and selfish” workers and unions.

but we have Santa Claus. 🖕 #PainavaSyy #AKT #naziGovernment #JHL #SAK #strike #unionStrike #politics #finland #santaClaus #austerity #politicsFI

https://mailchi.mp/sak.fi/hallitus-ei-tullut-vastaan-poliittiset-lakot-toteutuivat?e=f461903067

Santa Claus posing for a picture with raised fist and a member of AKT union. both wear reflective vest and raised fist. text: PAINAVA SYY. AKT union. Joensuu Savo-Karjalan Linja Oy. The timeline of the day of action includes Santa Claus and his helpers.

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Almost everything you need to know about Finlands nazi government is right here.

7.12.2023 Saku Timonen: When the truth is not to your liking.

The preparation of cuts to social security, on the other hand, shows that when the government is not happy with the truth, it tries to cover it up and even change it. The government refuses to carry out a cumulative impact assessment of all the cuts, despite promising to do so on several occasions. Orpo promised a CBA in the summer so that no one would be disproportionately affected by the cuts. Now the government even claims to have done one, when in fact the various ministries have only assessed the impact of individual cuts. They do not want to see the overall picture because it would show that the cuts are hitting the very same people who are already the worst off. The government has promised 100,000 new jobs, but is creating the same number of new poor people.
The income of families with several children can fall by up to €500, and the abolition of housing benefit for owner-occupiers will have an even greater impact. Child poverty is set to increase by 17 000 children next year alone. Cuts will be made to housing benefit, unemployment benefit, basic social security, rehabilitation benefits and income support. THL estimates that there will be 100 000 more income support clients. The government has promised 100 000 new jobs, but will get the same number of new poor people. This is a truth that the government does not want to see, so it is trying to destroy it. In the Committee on Social Affairs and Health, representatives of the government parties have removed the text of the draft opinion based on expert opinions from the draft opinion. They do not want to see the negative effects, so they pretend they do not exist. Objections are silenced in the usual way by accusing the committee chair, Krista Kiuru, of prolonging meetings. A chorus of shouts on the internet will ensure that opponents are silenced.
Everyone can think about what it would be like to pilot legislation with estimated effects in advance. It may make it easier to pass legislation, but the consequences can no longer be hidden from the public. The government is undermining the foundations of the rule of law and intends to destroy the welfare state. It will silence opponents with mocking arrogance and media hype. It is deliberately seeking confrontation, even though the current world situation demands unanimity from the people. This cannot be obtained by coercion. Sakari Timonen. The author is a Finnish returnee, blogger and lawyer.

whangdoodler,
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research is a natural enemy to “because i fucking say so”-fascism.

whangdoodler,
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1/2 Something i have said ever since the government program was published: this government wants to slowly kill poor and sick people by cutting the already too low social security benefits.

No I am not being dramatic, I dont know how I, chronically ill, disabled and unable to work autistic person can live under this fascist austerity policy that worries even .

“Organisations: we are deeply concerned about policies that increase poverty.”

Income support was created as a temporary, last resort. It is a bureaucratic and passive form of support. Research shows that it is extremely difficult to find employment. Both the Constitutional Committee and the European Committee of Social Rights have argued that the social security system should not be built on the long-term use of benefits such as income support. Reducing the need for income support is also an objective set out in the government programme. Increasing poverty has long-lasting consequences and high costs Cuts in social protection increase inequality and at the same time undermine the realisation of fundamental and human rights. The cuts have been justified on the grounds of budgetary savings. However, their impact assessment has not taken into account the devastating effects on the daily lives of poor people and the resulting consequences for society as a whole.
Studies have shown that poverty experienced in childhood, for example, has far-reaching negative consequences. Long-term family income difficulties in childhood are associated with a higher risk of not completing upper secondary education, of defaulting on payments and of being excluded from work and education at an early age. As part of the EU's poverty reduction target, Finland has committed to reducing the number of people at risk of poverty or exclusion by 100 000 by 2030. One third of these people should be children. The current cuts will lead to exactly the opposite result. According to SOSTE's calculations, the number of people on low incomes will increase by around 68,000 in 2024, of whom around 16,700 will be children. Young people will be hit hardest by the cuts.
The cuts have also been justified on the grounds that they will boost employment. According to THL, there is considerable uncertainty about the employment effects estimated by the government. Employment does not depend solely on one's motivation to take up a job, but is influenced by a number of factors, such as lack of work capacity due to disability or health challenges, low educational attainment or discrimination in the labour market for various reasons. The impact of the cuts was not assessed from a fundamental and human rights perspective We, the undersigned organisations, consider it a major shortcoming that the impact of the cuts in social protection on the realisation of fundamental and human rights was not sufficiently assessed during the legislative process.

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