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Poverty is growing in the Netherlands

Published on : 7 December 2011 - 11:30am | By Eric Beauchemin (Screenshot: NOS)
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The number of people living under the poverty line in the Netherlands has increased for the fourth year in a row; now including over 1 million people. Poverty is also expected to increase in 2012. The hardest hit are children, single parent families, minorities and people who receive supplementary benefits.

 

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Anthony Terhar 11 December 2011 - 10:16pm / U.S.A.

With only about one million of sixteem million people in Holland living in Poverty; this makes the nation of the netherlands the most Fantastic place on earth!. Compared to the so called "Super Power America". In America there are about fifty million of three hundred million in poverty.
Our whoring politician provide themselves with socialised, essentially free medical care; while we the people have on occasions died while waiting for medical care. If any Dutch Woman would like to own an American of her very own: contact Anthony at www.congressanchinasuck1@yahoo.com or
call 1-504 472 4502, or send a letter for a charming pen pal to:
118 Metairie Heights
Metairie louisiana 70001 U.S.A.
Keep Pride in your great truely Democractic Society, you are truely light years ahead of U.S. An we probably would not be as good as we are, were it not for Our Dutch accestry. New York was New Amsterdam before it became New York New York. Love you Holland sincerely \Anthony

Willy 7 January 2012 - 5:48pm / U.S.

Anthony, you should consider doing some research if you "truely" want to compare the Netherlands to the US. The poverty rate is almost the same. Medical care is easier to obtain there, but your chances of being cured are worse. But in any case, I encourage you to move out of the US as soon as you can. I would be willing to pay for your one-way ticket, provided you renounce US citizenship.

Anthony Terhar 11 December 2011 - 10:16pm / U.S.A.

With only about one million of sixteem million people in Holland living in Poverty; this makes the nation of the netherlands the most Fantastic place on earth!. Compared to the so called "Super Power America". In America there are about fifty million of three hundred million in poverty.
Our whoring politician provide themselves with socialised, essentially free medical care; while we the people have on occasions died while waiting for medical care. If any Dutch Woman would like to own an American of her very own: contact Anthony at www.congressanchinasuck1@yahoo.com or
call 1-504 472 4502, or send a letter for a charming pen pal to:
118 Metairie Heights
Metairie louisiana 70001 U.S.A.
Keep Pride in your great truely Democractic Society, you are truely light years ahead of U.S. An we probably would not be as good as we are, were it not for Our Dutch accestry. New York was New Amsterdam before it became New York New York. Love you Holland sincerely \Anthony

toustiorb 10 December 2011 - 12:45am / Gibraltar

Great
Thanks...

Anonymous 8 December 2011 - 12:54pm / Nederland

Worser than having little money, is the kind of 'support' unemployed people get sometimes here.Little understanding for problems about being rejected all the time when you try to find a job, for instance.

Anonymous 7 December 2011 - 5:43pm / Lalaland

A decent provision for the poor, is a true test of civilization.
Anyone who has ever struggled with poverty knows how extremely expensive it is to be poor.

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