Why Is The Netherlands So Insanely Rich

The Netherlands is a curious country with many secrets, one of which being its wealthy #economy. How did it get there?
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[@moneyexplainedofficial]

A lot of people have mentioned the fact that I missed out a lot of aspects of the Dutch economy such as the discovery of gas, slavery, etc. I aimed to make this video a short video giving a small insight on the Dutch economy, so I did end up leaving a lot out to make it short, but I realise that it would have been better if I went a bit more in depth. I am just a one man team, so researching and scripting is just one part of the process of making a video, but I'm going to focus more on giving better in depth explanations. Thank you for the support and I am committed to improving my research and coverage of future stories! ❤

[@gdmdb107]

well make a part two! (if you want that is, of course)

[@moneyexplainedofficial]

Currently I have a lot of video ideas planned, but maybe in the future :)

[@milkdrinker5966]

I think you did a good job with the video. At the end of the video you could also briefly mention the topics you didn't include because of ... That way it is clear for the viewers that you left them out on purpose and not because of negligence.

[@japanse_samurai9456]

Yeah it would be great if you'd make a video about this, but more in depth.

[@commandbrawler9348]

the slave trade had only a small inpact on our economy, the voc made more money with spice trade (yes they did some nasty stuff but we cant change that) and we traded grain and fish in the baltic area which boosted the dutch economy a lot.

[@Denni55]

If the US is not careful we're gonna polder all the way to New York and reclaim it as New Amsterdam

[@Roanmonster]

And we'll call it "Nieuwe Afsluitdijk" with a premium snelfietspad for boomers on ebikes

[@CookieTom]

YEQYHHHHHH!!!!

[@Miharbings]

Als taxichauffeur weet ik dat zowat alle Amerikanen niet weten dat Nee York in het verleden New Amsterdam is geweest. Tijd om het ze te leren inderdaad!

[@Robterdammer]

@@MiharbingsAmerika gaat Amsterdam Nieuw York noemen. Te beginnen door de agricultuur waar wij volgens hun zo vermogend/welvarend door zijn keihard weg je jagen onder het mom van GreenDeal. En dan gaan we hier de maden van Bill Gates eten. Made in Amerika.

[@oliverjoshuawijker8046]

@@Miharbings daalder = dollar, brooklyn = breukelen, harlem = haarlem.

[@AudieHolland]

Note: a country being rich doesn't neccessarily mean its average citizens are rich.

[@kwekzy_8298]

Yes but in the Netherlands people are also richer then most of Europe

[@AudieHolland]

@@kwekzy_8298 *People!* What percentage of the Dutch population are we talking about?

[@eatinsomtin9984]

@@kwekzy_8298 Most americans are richer then dutch poeople

[@teunvdkeur9615]

@@AudieHollandon average Dutch people are much richer than people of other countries. What are you on about?

[@teunvdkeur9615]

@@AudieHollandyes there’s poverty but relatively compared to other countries like the US, Germany, etc there’s much less poverty in the Netherlands. Stop being such a hypocrite

[@firstconsul001]

I actually thought I was watching some channel with several million subscribers when I saw the quality of this production. Its crazy how you have only 499 subscribers. Your future is bright mate, keep crushing it!

[@19Daantje98]

Wow now that you mention it! Currently at 650 subs

[@peterkuipers8367]

@@19Daantje98 Wow now that you mention it! Currently at 711 subs

[@darkout706]

Wow now that you mention it! Currently at 894 subs

[@InsertUsername-qo3pk]

Wow now that you mention it! Currently at 923 subs

[@Luniarah]

1.04K now

[@JoeriBlomberg]

Very smart to make a video about The Netherlands! It practically guarantees a vivid comment section with Dutch people debating about the stuff you did or did not talk about, lol. We are very predictable folks 😅

[@Joey-ct8bm]

The comment section is full of orange shirts.

[@roadtrain_]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@a.juchter]

​@@roadtrain_ So what?

[@rafaelmartinmeuldijk6030]

Das logisch !

[@TheGeldman99]

Zeker waar 😅

[@PatQuakernaat]

You forgot the most important industry/company. ASML is THE biggest and best company who makes nano-machines that can processor chips. Perhaps the most influential company to date!

[@markknoop6283]

Van der Lande, seed valley, Heerema, boskalis, Damen, van Oord, Tommy tomato, coppert Cress, En nog veel meer wereldwjid opererende bedrijven.

[@PatQuakernaat]

@@markknoop6283 ASML is een van de meest waardevolle techbedrijven ter wereld zo niet DE belangrijkste.

[@peterang6912]

and all the drugs...😂😂

[@Joey-ct8bm]

They all think in the US it's a US company and supply line for semiconductors, which it's not. They just make some parts, but most parts made in the US are from foreign companies.

[@AlphaOmegaXIII]

Unilever, Philips, Daf, Shell

[@anrmlumlwundlistr7620]

Fun fact: the Dutch are tallest people in the world because the country is so low and otherwise they drown in the sea

[@romanplays1]

Not completely true. The dutch have the tallest men..estonia has on average the tallest women.

[@andriesscheper2022]

Yes, and we do our workouts by masturbating, sniffing coke, or taking ecstasy, while growing cannabis and tulips, in the mean time building windmills, all on wooden shoes!

[@shadowandreality]

​@@romanplays1 pretty sure that is not the only thing that is false

[@Geertt]

And we didn't participate in WW1, so most tall people in the neighboring countries got killed because their head stuck out of the trenches

[@floydstash]

Vikings on their invasion of france had to lay port in dutch harbors and mated with many women. Thats what ive been told and im from the netherlands.

[@024Nimma]

I am from The Netherlands and I must say that, besides how great the video, accuracy and visuals are, you definitely pronounce the Dutch words very, very well. It's very rare for non-Dutchies to be able to say our pronunciation of the letter "G" even remotely close to how it's said, props to you for that man. Oh and btw; making a video about The Netherlands will cause a "kolonisatie" aka hundreds of Dutch people saying "GEKOLONISEERD" lol. Good luck with your channel man, you've got a lot of potential. Keep it up. Love from (of course) The Netherlands.

[@admiralspire]

''Dutchie'' is a tell-tale sign you're from the Netherlands. Never heard it being used anywhere else.

[@v.a.k.google8004]

Zeer interessant meneer

[@ElementalGamer_-2018]

Merkte ook dat deze gast heel goed de (wat lastige) nederlandse woorden goed kan uitspreken. Dacht even dat hij nederlands zelf was eventjes :D

[@LordWiggle]

SEKUUR DE SPECERIJEN!

[@dm3892]

Gekoloniseerd = stealing cheating and killing. Just like the tulips

[@FranFerioli]

Every Dutchman receives a tax bill for pumping water. The message is clear: to survive we all have to contribute. This shaped the country's culture. Avery Dutch kid is taught about the disaster of 1953 when poorly maintained dams couldn't hold back the stormy sea. The Dutch are puritans living in a small country and forced to cooperate and be rational.

[@1989stephankemkers]

We reveive tax bills for everything we even have dog tax

[@thenonexistinghero]

That rationality went away decades ago. I can assure you, there's nothing rational about Dutch people these days. It isn't a coincidence that the Dutch are the most pro-EU and least informed people in Europe these days about the actual state of things. Unlike most other countries, Dutch folks tend to take the bald faced lies of politicians at face value and believe them without even thinking about whether or not it makes sense. Unlike other European people, the Dutch have been trained by the government to separate politics from reality. So when the government pulls crazy crap, the Dutch people just pretend that there's nothing they can do about it. Of course not everyone is like that. But the reason things like the farmer's protests have not lead to any improvement is exactly because the people don't care since they believe politics is something too far away from them to truly care about. You'd think they learned in the useless forced lockdowns, but nope... they didn't.

[@mstar501]

​@@1989stephankemkerswhen you pollute(dog poo) you need to pay... simple is that...

[@raul-1578]

@@mstar501and when you pollute (cat poo) you don't need to pay... not that simple...

[@mstar501]

@@raul-1578 cats need to stay inside as they kill birds at an alarming high rate...

[@retrotune4565]

As someone from the Netherlands, I was absolutely shocked at how well you pronounced ‘Verenigde Oost-Indische Companie’. Basically flawless. Kudos!! Edit: Ok, so you’re from the Netherlands.. That means your English is good enough to fool a Dutch person. I don’t even know anymore 🤣

[@moneyexplainedofficial]

Ahahah thanks! Although I'm not from the Netherlands, I'm just currently based in NL

[@danielgorlitz2117]

@@moneyexplainedofficial also got a headquarter in the Netherlands I see

[@Sad_cat_studio]

@@moneyexplainedofficial also evading taxes leaching of our backs i see

[@BerthilvanBeek]

Clearly with a South African accent :) Next video on the Dutch also mention 'Kaap de Goede Hoop', curious how @moneyexplainedofficial will pronounce that :)

[@BrutusAlbion]

It's so rich nobody can afford a home 😂

[@SunshineSailing84]

Makes we wonder where evertbody lives? Except for the big cities, homelesness hardly exists.

[@OfficialCANVAS]

​@@SunshineSailing84paps and mom

[@kevinlandegent123]

I see this claim online a lot. But in reality all my friends an myself have all bought houses in popular cities (Rotterdam, the Hague and Arnhem) and we’re all mid-late twenties

[@SunshineSailing84]

@@OfficialCANVAS As we all have. Followed by low level student housing, a 30m2 appartment etc. For some reason Dutch people complain when the government doesn’t gift them a big house in a popular city centre when for their 20th birthday. But hey, it’s not in the video but the thing Dutch people are number one world champions for decades in a row: COMPLAINING.

[@BrutusAlbion]

@@kevinlandegent123 All your friends are middle to upper class, subsidized by your parents, bought a home with a mortgage that is going to take you 40+ years to pay off. We know who you are 😉

[@behatiprinslooooooo]

If you are not dutch, I salute you on the spot on pronounciation of the VOC. Had me rewind and listen again haha Awesome video and explanation too (:

[@Adamgamer42069]

Vee oh cee

[@baringtonia]

Well VOC was also traded in human misery called SLAVERY and COLONIALISM. And the reason why it’s so highly valued was cause the Dutch central bank prints money to up the value of its stock! ….these were not mentioned

[@nosferatu666]

@@Adamgamer42069and now: Vereenigde Oost-Indische Compagnie 😁

[@niekklein8725]

Infrastructure is intricately interwoven, roads, raiways, waterways with many stations, harbours etc. Besides that due to its small size export is mandatory.

[@BrianJ.]

You forgot energy independence. An abundance of coal and natural gas has allowed the Netherlands to be energy independent for most of the 20th century. Until they shut it all down, of course. There is an abundance of coal in the southern Netherlands. And in the north is the 'Groningen gas field'. The largest natural gas field in Europe and one of the largest in the world. They were an exporter of energy.

[@thenonameguy7756]

Why did they shut it down?

[@smokingcat3267]

​@@thenonameguy7756 Earthquakes

[@FranFerioli]

@@thenonameguy7756 It mostly run out. The Groningen field was causing earthquakes as it was getting empty.

[@hansscholte5472]

@@FranFerioliearthquakes happened due to the choice of government to keep on pushing the gasproduction, in retrospect the gasproduction should have been lowered starting around 2000, but that did not happen; our right-wing policy makers did not get the right advice

[@BrianJ.]

@@FranFerioliIt's not empty, There is more than 450 billion m3 still in the ground.

[@chaspertje]

This video did insanely good in perspective to his other video’s, this man is going to be a true legend! Your video’s will make it to the top one day! Much love from the Netherlands!

[@CrazYFroG99]

As an albanian living in Albania the more im learning about the Netherlands the more im liking the country! Very interesting to watch. You gained a new subscriber, countinue what you're doing you'll gain so much more subscribers.

[@yougeay]

The Netherlands looks like heaven from the outside, but once your in it's hell

[@escwilde222]

You are always welcome to visit! I would love to go to Albania one day too! ❤🇳🇱🇦🇱

[@nashwagemakers]

don't move here. it's terrible.. I'm gonna leave as soon as I financially can

[@escwilde222]

@@nashwagemakers if you're not moving to 🇸🇪🇮🇸🇳🇴🇩🇰🇫🇮 You truly cannot complain, but go out in the world I totally recommend visiting other countries and exploring!

[@EricvanDorp007]

We need carpenters, welders, house builders, cleaners and people who want to work hard 8 hours a day, not refugees who would like to profit from our economy...

[@vandamjohn9803]

The Netherlands is so rich because it is a tax haven for multinationals. Due to the tax treaties that the Netherlands has concluded with most countries in the world, those companies only have to pay tax once and they do that in the Netherlands. They must supposedly have an office and there must be a plant in it. These companies must also have their own mailbox. For the rest, it must be kept clean. In the Netherlands they pay between 2 and 8 percent tax. And there is a tower that houses as many as 1500 companies. So there are also 1500 mailboxes and a cleaning lady who also waters the plants.

[@marcvandervelsen]

Fake news alert.

[@christianbaas2548]

1:45 actually, the fertility of the seabed is pretty bad, but it works fine for grass, flowers, and some crops, which is why the Netherlands is a big exported of f.e. meat, flowers, and stuff like onions and turnips. 2:53 most windmills were used as pumping stations to manage the water levels of the land below sea level.

[@TheSuperappelflap]

After growing specific crops for a few years to desalinate the soil, it is very productive. Hence the agricultural output of the older polders is very high.

[@breedam]

There is a saying in the netherlands… they streets are rich, but the people are poor. Were taxed to shite.

[@Qtuberbutnot]

True, though the average pay really isn't bad, taxes are high

[@gabenvandenbrink9114]

'People are poor'... go explore the world. Please. You are RICH. We all are.

[@assie_ie5532]

People are not poor here fam, go compare with other countries and you see what poor means

[@davidjohnson5635]

I grew up in the Philippines and lived in the US for ten. I’m sure I can find you some real poverty.

[@suicidalbanananana]

Not a very wide-spread saying if to be fair. Yeah okay we can all agree taxes are (arguably too) high because ofc we'd all like to pay 0% if we could, but most people that genuinely complain about taxes don't fully realize how much we get in return for our taxes compared to other countries, they just hear its cheaper elsewhere and skip over the details. Do you really wanna pay half the taxes in return for having to pay the full 100% of hospital or school or whatever bills? i'll honestly happily pass on that deal, i say just let gov take 21% if it means i don't have to worry, for that 21% i know that whatever life throws at me, my gov has my back. 🤷‍♂

[@csvanderkieft]

Most dutch citizens, like myself, ain't noticing that our country is supposedly so rich. Everything is just becoming more expensive with minimum wages

[@Adamgamer42069]

Lol true

[@quincymaduro150]

Fr gotta give half of our hard worked money to BELASTINGDIENST

[@ElementalGamer_-2018]

Our country suffers alot from inflation. I believe we used to get alot of our gas and other resources from russia, Which, when the war between ukraine and russia started, The government decided to not get anything from russia, cuz they dont wanna support them. Understandable, and thats why alot is expensive here. BUT ITS STILL GOD DAMN ANNOYING TO SEE. (yes im a dutch citizen)

[@Mr_Glenn]

Yea, it's insane. I'm looking to buy a certain motorcycle. If you but it from the dealer in Belgium it's €9.999, but it's €10.999 in NL. We're not richer, the people higher up just are. 😂

[@Qtuberbutnot]

​@@quincymaduro150yep but that's how the country gets richer

[@ML69OW]

I would say great video for the size of the channel! but you did miss out on the ASML, which plays a big role nowadays on the global market.

[@tacoeatsmonkeyboy12]

shocked youare at 250 subs only, super high production value, easy to watch and interesting. Keep doing what you do!

[@Tony.in.motion]

Very true

[@moneyexplainedofficial]

Thank you!!

[@obimk1104]

@@moneyexplainedofficial ASML,one of 3 global companies that can create computer chips. They have now a 340 € million EUV system. Trump & Biden prohibited the export to China.

[@selle.x3002]

We here before bro got famouse

[@digunderwater5395]

True

[@Mental_Illboy]

3:11 This is not how you hold a hammer kids.

[@jackaagje8955]

isn't it useful for slightly pushing the nail in accurately so when you hold the handle lower down later on, the moment you miss the nail or don't hit it spot on, it stays mostly in the right facing up?

[@corbeau-_-]

@@jackaagje8955 it's not how you hold a hammer. It's also not that, the nail is hit several times. There's a reason the handle is that long. Hitting it like this is bad for you wrist, takes more power/time and is mainly done when one lacks finesse. You practice a little. Similarly, we walk after we crawl. We don't enable, or try to make excuses for adults who keep crawling around - well, we shouldn't...

[@roepot]

Well.. since you broth it up… 3:00 maybe don’t take any wood working inspiration from this video..

[@PaulvanAarle-tw9ib]

🤣

[@jimi6505]

@@roepot atleast you'll feel it when you're done cutting

[@KOSTA_CASH]

Your channel has a lot of potential. Keep it up, and well done.

[@user-ij6ve3rw6s]

lies

[@KOSTA_CASH]

@@user-ij6ve3rw6s No bro

[@AwoudeX]

Our country was in ruin after WW2, alot of the infrastructure destroyed and prior to WW2 we weren't doing all that great either economically. The wealth today is defenitely not from the era of VOC. It is because of our geograpical situation, our trade today and our infrastructure. We rebuilt and kept building, making our little country the most viable option to get goods overseas to the rest of mainland Europa, at least close to us. Think: Germany with a huge economy and alot of the countries even further away. Other ports and routes are just not that efficient. There are container ships that can only dock at 2 places in the world: Shanghai and Rotterdam. This i write to illustrate how important a good infrastructure is for a thriving economy.

[@chrisvanloenen6591]

The Dutch made most of their money in the 16th/17th century not with to the VOC, but with the grain trade at the Baltic Sea

[@suckieduckie]

was heel even bang dat je de WIC ging aanwijzen als groot verdienmodel. Gelukkig weten sommigen nog wat de moedernegotie is.

[@chrisvanloenen6591]

@@suckieduckie VOC, WIC... allemaal kleine spelers

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Grain, lumber, and animal pelts.

[@willemthijssen1082]

@@suckieduckie We praten niet over de WIC. Net als J. P. Coen. Vergeten we voor het gemak even. Disclaimer: ik ben een historicus in opleiding, en snap héél goed dat we het hier over moeten hebben, maar voor de meme even niet

[@suckieduckie]

@@willemthijssen1082 Leuk, maar heeft niets te maken met wat ik zeg. Als we dan toch diploma's en opleidingen gaan noemen, ik ben afgestudeerd historicus en geschiedenisdocent.

[@raymonengels637]

Subbed. You’re channel will grow a lot this year mate. Keep it up

[@mullerman1970]

In the mean time i live in the Netherlands can't buy a house and have nothing left of my paycheck at the end of the month because of the insane high prices and absurd taxes. But he apparently we are rich and have enough money to just give away to beggars like Italy.

[@mhpno7]

exactly.

[@TheBeastBony]

Je klinkt als een lekker ongenuanceerde PVV stemmer.

[@TheBeastBony]

Maybe spend less and save up to buy a house

[@chigchong2805]

on average we are one of the richest countries in europe. also in purchasing power.

[@CroeksOss]

Yepppp we dont have a damn euro at the end of the month 🤣

[@raymondsabee]

Great video! Love from the Netherlands

[@Stormfox93]

I must correct you on something. The Netherlands did not get rich from the VOC. The VOC had a massive overhead because of the maintenance of the fleet and the cost of war. The company barely broke even. The main reasons the Netherlands became a large economy, are: 1. Being a delta country: both the Rhine and Möse flow through the Netherlands, and give access to Germany and France. 2. Being a small country with a high population density: centres with high population density are more efficient and productive 3. Being rich in natural resources: the country was and is rich in fertile land, wood, coal and natural gas 4. Being part of and establishing larger trade treaties, blocks, leagues, and unions; allowing for easier trade with other nations

[@testjeaapiel9707]

do some research geez xD

[@Stormfox93]

@@testjeaapiel9707 The book "Bewind en beleid bij de VOC" reveals that from its founding until approx. 1690 it turned profits but after this, profits declined and turned into losses, year after year again until it was eventually dissolved. It never recovered from the colonial costs, operational costs, strong competition from the British East India Company, and the wars it had to fund to retain its sphere of influence. You do your research, geez XD

[@jurrezwart6112]

Thanks for taking the time for making this video. I never fully realized that the capacity of mills to saw wood with greater capacity was the reason for why wood was such a big part of the dutch milling industries. But it's good to know that even though Wageningen University is influential throughout the world the agriculture industry in terms of actual food production and trade. It's actually just 7% as it says on a Wageningen University webpage.

[@ElementalGamer_-2018]

If the dutch were elemental benders, we would be Water or Air benders. We got alot of mills, and alot of water. Fun fact: It took Germany around 5 days to take over the Netherlands, While Ahem, you know who, expected to only take 1 day or so. How did the Netherlands last so long? 1 word. WATER. Because of the absurd amount of water, Tanks and troops and whatever stuff traveled on land, werent really able to go through water. Boats also wouldnt work easily, as the water is shallow, and after a few minutes you'd have to be on ground again. It was only after germany Bombed the city of Rotterdam, and was threatening to bomb other locations, The Netherlands gave up

[@sumps3210]

The VOC was of course very big, it was Northern Europe making us so rich back in the days. It's estimated that the VOC has made around 20% of the money back then and that trading in Northern Europe made us about 80%. The thing with the VOC is that is was 1 company and why it's just way more impressive

[@BrianJ.]

The VOC was actually a lot of different companies combined into one. Hence the word 'United' East India Company (or in Dutch: Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie). Tax income from trade was incredibly important to fund the war of independence, and the fierce competition between the different rivalling shipping companies drove up buying prices and drove down selling prices, thus lowering war chest contributions. The Dutch government solved this by combining all the rivalling shipping companies into one big trading company.

[@sumps3210]

@@BrianJ. I got out nerded 😭

[@BrianJ.]

@@sumps3210 Your comment still stands, but this explains why the company was so big.

[@sumps3210]

@@BrianJ. Yessir 🫡

[@Crosis89]

I'm Dutch, I work fulltime and I can barely get by. lets hope the Netherlands learns how to share again.

[@ElementalGamer_-2018]

Inflation here is hitting us hard :(

[@le-berry]

Go to Russia they share all they have @@ElementalGamer_-2018

[@willemthijssen1082]

I'm in my early twenties. If I want a future (including a house), we have to learn how to share again.

[@user-ue4fh5mv9s]

atleast you werent born in a third world country

[@drood78]

Time for a change in jobs then? after expenses we have 1500+ savings per month.

[@manaf.alfize]

Beautiful! One more reason is that, thanks to its geographic location, the Netherlands survived both world wars with relatively little damage as compared to the rest of Europe. It also remained unaffected by the cold war. This also adds to political stability and economic prosperity.

[@f87max30]

Intellectual property also has an advantagous tax regime in the Netherlands which is why for example a lot of famous bands have their HQ over there. That way their royalties are not taxed.

[@martijn3015]

Well... Easier to farm on flat land, yes maybe.. But when that land always sinks deeper and deeper below sea level then maybe not so much

[@SOSULLI]

Sounds legit. Thought you would have mentioned ASML, as the format the video was heading. I mean, that is one of the most important companies The Netherlands has, we're talking a tech company that literally prevents wars in Asia. A company where the US is begging that they don't take on new "cliental" as it could cause wars. We're talking a company that has a huge threat pertaining to spies infiltrating it. I would consider it one of the most valuable, globally speaking, companies The Netherlands has started.

[@Tarabass]

I would say Philips had more value according to our history.

[@jbird4478]

@@Tarabass Definitely. ASML may be more important nowadays, but ASML spun off from Philips.

[@VintageCR]

just a small fyi; innovation never stops. If some tech has been improved by X amount, it can still be improved upon. in other words, when something seems finished, it is in fact not finished, though it is finished enough to a point it can repay itself ten fold to then be improved with the money it regained. work smarter, not harder.

[@Vlame]

Since I was born I live in the Noordoostpolder, Flevoland. Almost every day I got to see a sign with the following message: 'Welkom op de zeebodem'. In English it means 'welcome to the seabed'. It's amazing that Dutchies were able to do this!

[@petewall13]

Nice to know that at least our country is rich because the people here certainly aren't :( all prices and expanses are increasing monthly, while the wages stay the same or barely increase

[@SOSULLI]

When you compare it to other civilians, let alone after a huge crisis the whole world endured. Pretty rich. Not even mentioning how the wealth is divided (best in Europe) and in the top of the world. And from the average wealth per person we went from number 7 in the world to number 4 in 2020, with the median being ¢128.557.

[@Pogost1ck]

​@@SOSULLIthat's not what that means... Half of the people above that number isn't even CLOSE. A few extremely fortunate (rich) people increase the average to those numbers. Only a small percentage earns above 128k.

[@SOSULLI]

@@Pogost1ck Yeah you can save those "..." for your own mind perhaps. You can't read. Tragic.

[@SOSULLI]

@@Pogost1ck So tragic. Education is free in The Netherlands. So I can assume you're not from here. Either it's the English language or reading in general. Can you explain to me what "wealth" means? Is it the same as the word "earns"? Can you also explain what the median is of a set of numbers, is that the same as "average"?

[@gabenvandenbrink9114]

We zjn harstikke rijk. Schatrijk. Je hebt een verwarming toch? Internet? Computer misschien? Fijn schoon water? Kom op man.

[@masterm537]

I live in the Netherlands but the gouverment is rich due to taxes. This country is known by that and believe me the citizens are paying themselves dry and barely got anything left for themselves.

[@Pogost1ck]

Taxes aren't the problem I believe. Taxes pay for what we have in NL. Not much corruption, good roads, health care, social safety nets etc. Life is expensive because food and energy prices aren't governed properly and housing is not affordable. Income tax isn't crazy high however double taxing is f*cked If you ask me (housing tax, wealth tax, gift tax, etc)

[@masterm537]

Corruption is rising even in some councils there are people charged for corruption.

[@shaow9455]

dramaqueen

[@Alnivol666]

@@Pogost1ck Not much corruption? You must be joking. I think corruption is through the roof but nobody seems to care. In the last years I have seen how the incompetence seems to be syphoning through. Look at ProRail, NS, KLM etc. All businesses that have links to the government. All governed by incompetents that no matter how incompetent they are, nothing seems to happen to them. Meanwhile, there is a green tax obsession in a country that cannot basically cause a dent in any emissions on a global scale. They want to make paid parking basically everywhere. Buses and trains are so freaking expensive and they want to make having a car even more expensive. We can't all use our bikes to get to work. It makes no sense that they make it so expensive to simply live. People are leaving. They should really fix this now and not wait until it gets really bad. But there is nobody competent at the top. Nobody. Either far left ideologues who care more about global climate change (which makes no sense for such a small country) or trans agendas and on the other side you have right wingers who obsess over migration. I don't know. man.

[@mantras1pit57]

Not much corruption lol 😂

[@G0atCore]

Great vid especially for such a small channel

[@SOdamsko]

Great vid mate you just got a new subscriber

[@J2I3H]

Because we pay a rediculous amount of taxes here...

[@chrisvanart]

Ridiculous? I have an above average salary and I pay 30% in taxes over my gross income. Seems pretty much on level with other countries.

[@Alnivol666]

​@@chrisvanartYou should look deeper into how much taxes you pay. It is not only about the tax on salary as if that was the only tax.

[@rafaelmartinmeuldijk6030]

goodforyou@@chrisvanart

[@gertebert]

The Netherlands have one of the highest taxes of the world.

[@regenen]

Als belasting ons rijk zou maken dan zou ik zeer graag nog meer belasting willen betalen. Nee, belasting is niet wat een land rijk maakt, het geld blijft in de nationale economie, belasting is geen nieuw gecreerde waarde voor een nationale economie. Heel raar statement, geeft blijk van een ondermaatse kennis van economische basisprocessen, erg gek om dan zulke overtuigde reacties te plaatsen. Oftewel, je verzint letterlijk maar wat, dus waarom dacht je dat het een goed idee was om dit te typen? Of denk je dat iedereen op het internet en in het maatschappelijk debat maar wat verzint? En jij nu je steentje bijdraagt?

[@chicobicalho5621]

I once had a remarkable experience in the Netherlands, staying with family in Wassenaar, my cousin and I decided to ride bicycles to the beach, a relatively short distance in a flat country... we cycled for a little while, then we began to go uphill, up and up on a road that went left and right but a significant incline that caught us by surprize. After a number of (long) minutes huffing and puffing, up this long-ish hill, with our heart rates also going up, we arrived at the top, and there was the ocean, level with us! It was an amazing epiphany, to feel in our hearts, legs and lungs, as we stopped in awe, and then looked back to see the Netherlands well below the sea level. If we were passengers in a car, I doubt it would have had have the same impact.

[@skabuoy]

In the more rural areas, you can drive on a road on top of a dike, with on one side a canal with water pretty near the top of the dike, and on the other side nice houses with farm land, ten to twenty feet below, where only the second floor might look over the dike's summit. It's still an amazing observation, even for me, who doesn't know anything else.

[@lucvanderwegen-ir8yy]

i am from the netherlands this video is a big compliment for me!

[@userGapeGuliver]

Great content! Keep it up

[@makesenz]

*Anyone is rich out here except the Dutch citizens. The government is throwing away money on anything but it's hard working citizens.

[@jandenijmegen5842]

So that is why everyone is driving a donkey on mud roads, crossing rivers on an old ferry, never going to an hospital, not knowing how to spell English because they never attended school, children starving, nobody attending a 100 € concert or football match or festival, never going to spain for holiday. I understand.

[@Elaba_]

The Toyota Aygo is/was one of their most popular cars. Enough said?

[@erikbouma9408]

Driving is expensive here

[@Bentayeb030]

If you drive a big car you pay like 500€ per month with insurance and taxes😂

[@MeneerdeLaat]

​@@Bentayeb030youngtimer regeling 😅

[@ralzvy]

yea cus we dont need giant tanks to haul ur fragile ego and groceries

[@Pogost1ck]

Big cars do not make sense in 90 percent of use cases.

[@Koenwijkalbe]

Nice video ! Looks really good and sound perfect, one tip the Netherlands also found the biggest gas deposit in Europe, a pretty big reason why are infrastructure is killing it !

[@OfficialMythicalSlime]

Since im Dutch, its really cool too see that theres no chance of us flooding, please go to the netherlands for vacation, its really nice there ❤❤💗

[@floydstash]

The dutch created the machines that create computer chips. Thats how. The rest is just us playing with water and flowers.

[@erlinghrautbaaland]

G E K O L O N I S E E R D

[@henkdejong8104]

#proud

[@chappievandebuurt5781]

dus kan iemand een trotse piraat, kolonist, terrorist, pedo, nazi of racist zijn??@@henkdejong8104

[@forkless]

@@henkdejong8104 More than 150,000 Indonesians alone died during the "politionele acties" after WW2 (You know the thing Putin calls a "special police operation" today). They apparently also never taught you in school about the massacre the Dutch unleashed on the Banda islands either, for the Dutch spice trade they brutally tortured and killed over 2,800 Bandanese and enslaved as many. Not to mention the slave trade as a whole which we Dutch gleefully took part in. Just because others did it as well and it was economically profitable does not it make it any better. ...but sure, that's something to be proud of -- Jan Lul de behanger.

[@wolfetone2012]

​@@forklessmany African tribes were and are involved in international slave trade. Can they never be proud of current or future achievements? We don't indefinitely condemn people for past crimes. We allow them a chance to redeem themself. Netherland has done much to further equality and human rights. Only an utter randdebiel clings to a single past issue to continuely beat others into submission and ignore achievement

[@Denpiq]

@@forkless hell yea im proud. it made my country one of the best

[@Sjorezz]

Is this the fastest growing channel? They went from 300 subs to 2.22K in a few days. Well deserved considering the quality of the channel.

[@TomorrowTom1337]

We have a lot of problems. Immigrants, housing shortage, insane prices for a lot of things, high taxes. We pay more than 40% tax on income and then we pay 21% VAT.

[@lucaspolderman6622]

And don’t forser inflation That also is tax

[@TomorrowTom1337]

@@lucaspolderman6622 if you have a normal job and a normal boss inflation is covered.

[@Alnivol666]

@@TomorrowTom1337 How? Salaries do not increase with inflation. But everything else does.

[@TomorrowTom1337]

@@Alnivol666 talk to your boss. Most usefull jobs got raises. I did. Even postal workers are getting 19% in 2 years now lol.

[@Alnivol666]

@@TomorrowTom1337 how will that change how much the government is stealing from people? I make okay money. That is not the issue. The issue is how the government increases taxes more and more. Everything is getting more expensive. Most people will not get raises that cover inflation. That is the truth. It will not work for everybody.

[@ceccoangiolieri3430]

Ok hear me out, italy but managed by dutch people, sea culture, tourism culture and wise financial decisions

[@theroyalpotato8390]

Let the old venetian families rule and you're over half way there lol.

[@Immo02]

As a Dutchy, sounds great let's do it

[@zegeensa]

Holy shit 775 subscribers? Make that 776, you are way underrated

[@SalutoRomano010]

Great video ! Also your pronuciation in dutch is very good :)

[@Jkyt135]

It is really simple…Dutch are innovative, well educated and have business acumen. Downside may be the complete directness (often mistaken as rudeness)

[@Ramon314]

It's true. It's just sad that many Dutch citizens don't realize.

[@ultimateearrapechannel31]

we dont realize because we have to pay shit tons of taxes for literally everything. and where tf does it go to? good roads is the only thing i can think of. police does everything but helping people unless theres guns involved. have your bike stolen? no time/people available. someone speeding? 10 cars on his ass

[@Ramon314]

@@ultimateearrapechannel31 you're the prime example, thanks for confirming.

[@Natte_Voeg]

@@ultimateearrapechannel31 Yet the Netherlands has one of the shortest average work week in the world... That's only possible because we are so rich. I dare to say we are becoming lazy because we are so used to our high standard of living.

[@dylant2900]

​@@Ramon314 ive lived in multiple countries (i grew up and lived mostly in Netherlands) and i would agree if the taxes werent so stupidly high. Sure the salaries are higher than in most other countries but taxes are also way higher ive felt the poorest in the Netherlands because of that you dont realize that till you actually move out and leave the country

[@CroeksOss]

@@ultimateearrapechannel31all the € is going to mark rutte and 🇺🇦

[@loekpeeters7512]

Going to watch al the video's on this channel in 3, 2, 1

[@misternl123]

thanks for this video im from the netherlands and you have givin a good aspect from our land

[@milkboi1773]

NL is rich bc taxes . in holland the tax fucking everything even if you sell stuf on facebookmarketplace but the dutch version wich is marktplaats

[@Glazenbol-uo2ni]

Go follow an economics class first before you say dumb shit

[@ramonschliszka6332]

It wasn’t the invention of the windmill but the invention of the crankshaft that allowed for faster production of lumber. The VOC has indeed been an important part of the history of our country, but I believe freedom, both religious and personal, have played a major part in the development of our culture. Perhaps it is of note to add this to your video together with the fact that this country fought a war for independence that lasted 80! Years. The economic success of the Netherlands has a cultural background.

[@jenshendriks9092]

Your Dutch pronunciation is nearly on point. A standout on all of KZbin making videos about the Netherlands.

[@SnorProductions]

Just correcting u the Netherlands has officially now above 1t gdp. Amazing video man, u learned a dutchie a little more that i knew. Edit: U deserve more subscribers!! ❤

[@nrico77]

Tell that to the thousands of Dutch people that depend on one of the 177 foodbanks because they are unable to pay for their groceries.

[@drood78]

Mostly due to bad choices bad luck or because they refuse to work....

[@user-ip1ms8gv4h]

meeste mensen zijn gewoon lui of hebben een gigantische gokschuld (of allebei.)

[@Rykojames]

Why would you not use a food bank? If you are paying all that in taxes why would you use the money you have left over to buy food? Go get what your taxes are paying for.

[@next3576]

We pay much taxes, but the people are not rich. We have many 2ndhandstores and foodstamps for the poor. But even if you earn 3000€ you cant survive in the Netherlands. We have so many refugees and the goverment take good care of them and forget her own people. But England, France, Belgium, Germany have the same problems. Europe look like one big thirldworldcountry.

[@SOSULLI]

Thats bullshit. You've either never travelled or you don't understand numbers and or money. You're accounting taxes as something we have to endure, and the fact we have second-hand stores should indicate what? Look at our healthcare, it's absurd. We've probably forgotten what it normal. Or the huge organisations that exist for people that have gotten ill and are unable to ever work. I see two things pertaining to our "poor" as you describe them. A lot have debts and when I converse with them a lot are not because we simply have no money. Apparently it's self-evident for people to own an iPhone of 1000,- or have a phone bill of 60,- per month. I see "poor" people that often have addictions. Our "poor" people are not financially poor, we are just very poor with money spending. When I walk to some neighbourhoods or bars explain this to me. How can so many of the poorest people, that according to you have to shop at second-hand stores and need foot staps, be addicted to cigarettes? I've met people that genuinely need financial help! They have debts (also, in this country you can go into the " schuldhulpsanering". For people with major debts, they kind of declare themselves bankrupt, and the government controls your money, so you have not too much or too less). Anyway how can I meet these people you describe and they tell me they smoke one pack of cigarettes a day (seen worse). Thats almost 300,- a month. How can anyone declare how people have so little money here when I see the poorest people smoke away 300,-.

[@Schurkie505]

@@SOSULLI i pay more then 400 euro each month for health care, my boss is also paying, it is more then 20% for a average income, the energy housing etc

[@SOSULLI]

@@Schurkie505 Well when it comes to the wealth of a country it's only measured by the poorest. So I can listen to friends and family talk about how much taxes they pay, regarding income, piggy bank or a donation from someone. Or when filling out your taxes you're required to note down if you've got more than 542,- in paper at home. But when I look at myself and a lot of people I have encountered. After studying psychology, got a good job in healthcare. Then got very ill myself, random seizures, so can't work. My current situation and this is all pure from the state. I have a large student loan and I pay 7,- a month. I've got pretty big appartement and receive a discount with rent and my healthcare. Receive enough money to do anything I want. Not gonna buy an Audi or travel first class or buy the latest 1400,- iPhone. Even though these things are NOT reserved for rich people here, but for simply the people above the poorest.

[@Alnivol666]

@@Schurkie505 Health care in Netherlands is only good if you have real serious problems. But in Netherlands. there is basically no prevention. They don't care about the general well-being of the population. To catch things early so you don't have to spend tens of thousands of euro to treat these things when they get really bad. They simply do not care. With making your own contribution 400 euro per month, people shy away from going to the doctor for small inconveniences or what they think are small. People pay between 150 and 200 euro per month for medical insurance. Some young people do not use this for 10 years which means they have basically paid into the system 18000 to 24000 euro. But they paid for other people basically. It is a social system. It is simply not going to be good the more of an aging population appears which is the case as it stands. There needs to be a better way.

[@yougotOWENd]

2500 netto zou genoeg moeten zijn om voor 3 a 4 mensen rond te kunnen komen. Als je rond de 1000 euro per maand uitgeeft aan hypotheek of huur dan 4.

[@multitalent8]

You forgot to mention the discovery of natural gas under Dutch soil in the 1950s. That gave a tremendous boost to our wealth.

[@PriitKallas]

Awesome content!

[@lsdtriptv1105]

Im dutch. I went too college. Now i own my governent 50k. The gab between poor and rich is growing, so nha we aint rich

[@Pogost1ck]

Didn't pay attention in English class in college then.

[@WinterMute99]

With English that bad, I wish I was more surprised about the student debt you've accumulated.

[@ghost1987nl]

Im dutch and also went to college but own nothing to the government. college cost about 4k per year so in 4 years it will cost you no more then 16k. So blame yourself by getting a loan thats is 3 times your college. take responsible for your own actions.

[@lsdtriptv1105]

lekker bij papa en mama gewoond zeker?niet iedereen heeft die luxe, ondanks dat ik altijd een bijbaan had alsnog moeten lenen voor woning en eten. @@ghost1987nl

[@jilljessurun2897]

​@@ghost1987nl je weet dat sommige mensen op kamers gaan? En universiteit + master doen? Denk wat verder

[@rgb_goblin6226]

we have way to much people in our country. Like WAAAAAAAAAAY to much so dont even think about immigrating here

[@lifeonaleak9389]

I said the same. Some people watch these videos and think “ah great i should go there”. LOL DONT. If you read this. Dont come.

[@mikedegroot99]

Great video. What I thought should be mentioned is the discovery of natural gas in ‘59 and the financial impact that this has had on the GDP of The Netherlands, especially immediately after WWII, when the country was basically on its knees.

[@NoflikVids]

Great video dude

[@bobbybos2170]

Too bad it’s boring af here and the weather always sucks

[@TheSuperappelflap]

Get a hobby?

[@anoniemegamer]

I love how when talking about political stability, you showed a JA21 member

[@maaaavin]

I expected ASML to also be in this video, the revenue is very significant nowadays.

[@Michaatjeh]

Great content :)

[@raineblackstar3522]

Honestly, i wish we were. My government can't even afford normal streets without potholes because they spent it all on houses nobody will live in.

[@mchouseboat3405]

We are, ur just complaining about something most people would nearly kill for

[@raineblackstar3522]

@@mchouseboat3405 have you *been* to Bergen op Zoom? The government there literally ran out of funds to fix roads because of said homes. Most of which are vacant. Empty. Unused.

[@mchouseboat3405]

@@raineblackstar3522 okay fair I can’t speak for singular towns. Tbf even then ur easily in the better off bit of the world. People in the Netherlands as a whole have very, very little to complain, yet a lot of us still do cuz most of em are spoiled brats.

[@raineblackstar3522]

@@mchouseboat3405 i wish i was spoiled tbh. Get a car, a driver's licence and a ps5...that's the shii. But alas, I'm one of the Unfortunate people who need an "uitkering" to survive.

[@mchouseboat3405]

@@raineblackstar3522 nearly half the world can barely obtain a single trash meal a day. 18% doesn’t have a roof. If you have a functioning toilet, tap, shower, roof and any connection to a road network , you’re already in the upper bits.

[@sdf6508]

The Dutch gdp is over 1 trillion

[@tristan8538]

This is the comment I was searching for

[@Rykojames]

That's pretty good.. 400bil to go and youll match the state of Florida alone.

[@AlexMacDonnell]

Awesome! I want to learn more soon.

[@tuvillo]

Our infertile reclaimed land was originally the reason we had to focus on flowers and cheese (grass for cows). I’m Dutch but I also only learned that recently from another video.

[@armygetic2509]

I am from the Netherlands. Wel said! We conquered England with an army of 30000 man😜. France and Spain were broke. We are just smartest people of Europapa!

[@EricvanDorp007]

Europapa, Europapa..........................................................................................

[@mantras1pit57]

Yeah right lol 😂 🤣

[@IbrahimSean]

Its a shame none of the people see any of it and get fucked in the supermarkets and on the elecric bills and the gasprices every day

[@zeylemaker]

Have you ever been outside The Netherlands, seriously?

[@IbrahimSean]

@@zeylemaker ???

[@ghost1987nl]

Die prijzen zijn allang gezakt, het is niet altijd de overheid zijn schuld.

[@IbrahimSean]

@@ghost1987nl als jij denkt dat je het hier goed hebt, en “vrij” bent, mag je dat vinden, het is nederland en “vrij”, ik weet hoe het hier was en nu is, en dit is hele andere koek, je wordt meegetrokken in allerlei soorten oorlogen en het land is over ongeveer 10 jaar op, dan zijn de groepen buitenlanders die op de hoek staan van 5 naar 25 gegaan en die krijgen een jaar of 15 later ook allemaal weer 5 kinderen, nederland gaat er langzaam aan (het nederland zoals we het kenden), en dan heb ik het nog niet eens over de “ vrije “ nederlander zelf die denkt dat alles normaal is, denk aan abortussen, man en man, vrouw en vrouw en het indoctrineren van kinderen met vuilnis gedachten, maar goed gaat prima hier hoor

[@IbrahimSean]

Ik mag niet eens meer een reactie plaatsen dan wordt het gelijk verwijderd

[@alistair676]

4:40 not just the first stock exchange in the world, VOC was also the first share with world's first IPO in 1602

[@user-ck3by4zg3e]

The Duch are well known in world History. We did a lot of bad and great stuf.

[@forkless]

We did a lot of great things indeed, but we also still have a tendency to whitewash the atrocities we partook in. Our actions over the centuries in Indonesia for instance do not win any medals, whatsoever.

[@AsscherMazzelaar]

@@forkless Indeed, im grateful that slavery in Java was not as horrible as it was throughout the rest of Indonesian history😂

[@kire5991]

@@forkless Without us indonesia wouldnt even be a thing now, it was almost an uninhabited place when we arrived, we arrived and brought people from many places there. Those colonies that stuck with us like curacao are great places now, good economy etc. those that wanted "independence" are what we consider third world countries now. shoudlve stuck with us ^_____^

[@forkless]

@@kire5991 That's a cute hypothesis which is better described in Dutch as lulkoek.

[@mantras1pit57]

Yeah right! Let's bring civilisation to the rest of the world 😉 VOC era 😂

[@fietsvriend]

Water management, Agriculture, Trade.

[@rmyikzelf5604]

And the Poldermodel politics

[@stefschoningh3542]

"Gas, gas, gas" 🎵 (haha kut groningen)

[@lotsofpixels]

You forget to mention ASML. This company is super important worldwide for chip industry's

[@jbird4478]

Everybody forgets our pension funds. We have (or had until recently) a rather unique pension system, which has turned our pension funds into some of the biggest private investment funds in the world.

[@Mathijs.K]

And yet the government still seems to only care about the fact that the Netherlands is a rich country, instead of making changes for their people.

[@Joey-ct8bm]

That's not true. Our debt has been kept very low all these years at 47%. During a crisis the government has pulled his wallet. It's never perfect, but billions have been spend to make sure everybody had a salary. In foreign countries they got way less from their governments. The prblem we've now is the powernetwork. We are at the edge we can handle. We need a megaproject for it and need loads of extra power too. It will take years before this is solved and we can build again. The energy bill will have to go way up and tax extra tax revenue need to go with that. ASML can't even expand for this reason. We got a shortage of 317000 houses, a city the size of Utrecht and no power to support it for the next 15 years until a nuclear plant and a new power network. You need to build twice Utrecht for the future. This will cost tax money and a lot of it. Farmers will have to move. We got the BBB and PVV in the formation, so another lost 4 years of building. Never ever gonna happen! Rents and houses will go to new record levels. 8% to 10% rise of the housing market this year. You can tweak with taxes and government spending all you want. Rents will go up and nothing substantial will be build. Every party who promise this solve the problems in the Netherlands and has tax cuts in their program is lying. Farmers also need to be bought out for houses. You can build houses on a closed power circuit with green energy on a battery, but those aren't gonna be cheap houses. Also again.. PVV and BBB in our government. They don't even want windpower. Watch your energy bill closely. I'm gonna take a very long contract this year on my energy. Hot tip!!! The only way is up here.

[@jeffreysteijn9324]

The dutch build this country with the straight up culture. But with mass immigration it might not be the prospering country it used to be. Hopefully they can keep it together!

[@xgabox1]

absolutely NOT! we are already drowning... paying dearly for our own needs!

[@tanura5830]

Without immigration there are not enough young people in the country

[@gerritvalkering1068]

Something that most definitely contributed to The Netherlands's Golden Age was the many immigrants who were fleeing religious persecution at the time bringing fresh ideas. It wasn't just business that took off, but also arts and the pursuit of knowledge. And, well, The Netherlands needs immigration. Before covid hit there was an almost historic labor shortage. Not just in a few branches, but in nearly all industries. As business closed down and a percentage looked for new jobs it was partially alleviated. But as things returned to normal, so did the shortage. And it's not a case of 'if you paid more, you'd have enough people'. Because those people have to come from somewhere too, they don't just pop up out of nothing when you raise wages. It's just switching around who's looking for employees, and it will be the small businesses that suffer from that. Added to that, Dutch people tend to be well-educated, and able to find suitable jobs at the moment. There aren't enough people for lower income jobs like cleaning an office. Natural population growth isn't enough to keep up. The only situation in which The Netherlands doesn't need immigrants, and quite a lot of them, is in the case of a harsh recession. It'd have to be worse than covid and the energy crisis, those were only temporary setbacks.

[@EJTechandDIY]

The consequences of this mass migration are just starting. Just sad too see. And the problem is we are not getting the good and respectful people from those countries.

[@group555_]

​@gerritvalkering1068 the big issue with modern immigration I have noticed threads through all the complaints is that back then people were happy to go and live here but these days it's seen as a paycheck. Most new immigrants don't respect the culture and barely try to fit in or contribute. It puts a negative image over the whole group which in turn only makes them feel unwelcome which causes more to not have respect. It has led to a divide of culture, ideals and even living for the average person and makes everyone unhappy

[@carolusvdv]

New Amsterdam was the name of the seventeenth-century fortified settlement in the province of New Netherland that would later grow into what is now the city of New York. Broadway is one of the major streets in Manhattan, New York. At the time of the first settlement of Manhattan, this street was a path that the Manhattan Indians used to go. After Peter Minuit bought the land from the Indians on behalf of the Netherlands, the name “Breede Weg” was given to it. This name literally translated into Broadway after the city passed into British hands.

[@kayakcobber524]

We save money by going on a bicycle instead if a car. And in a conversation we say: you just call that's cheaper!! Buy one, get one free works as well. And we will cycle 10 kilometres further for a 0,25 cent discount. Going Dutch is the way to go....

[@dennisvandijk5314]

Im from holland, its a nice country if you can handle being a sugar cookie when it rains from time to time:) 317000 households have more than a million in holland (you can find this number yourself at CBS). however we also have people still struggling to get by or unwilling to work more because is doenst pay more (due to all the tax benefits). Im well on my way myself. Just invest cash (for me thats in sp500 and other indexes as for now) and always keep your lifestyle one level lower than what you earn. To everyone who's struggling, it get better. You will make it. If it is to be, it is up to me.

[@Bentayeb030]

Holland is not a country.. it’s a province. Netherlands is the country.

[@StephieCopper1985]

@@Bentayeb030 And Holland is a surname. Why should I work hard and have a difficult life because of fiscal oppression? There are many injustices for the hard-working people who work for this country and pay taxes.

[@nashwagemakers]

we're litterally having a refugee crisis, carbon crisis, farming crisis, political crisis, housing crisis, government fraud crisis, and loads of cultural and financial issues. People aren't becoming rich because the cost of living is not equal to salaries

[@nashwagemakers]

omg so rich let's go here.! reality: the government is rich we are not.

[@JackFou]

A few additional points worth mentioning: 1) The Netherlands are a bit of a tax haven as there is no capital gains tax or tax on income from rent which makes it attractive for people with lots of money to invest. There was also for a while a debate about abolishing tax on dividends but this ultimately didn't go through. 2) The Netherlands is very attractive to highly skilled foreign workers because they are eligible for a reduced tax rates for the first few years, making it cheaper for companies to offer an attractive net salary to skilled migrants. This rule is currently on the chopping board since the last election and that predictably causes some unrest among companies in the Netherlands, particularly in the high-tech sector. 3) Dutch agricultural exports are indeed impressive. Possibly more impressive than the video is letting on. In fact, the Netherlands are the 2nd largest exporter of agricultural products in the entire world -- behind the US, before China. And I don't mean per capita but in absolute numbers.

[@Tony.in.motion]

Well made.

[@ravilagro7896]

Yeah... but ask the dutch people how rich they feel and where all that money is going....... (great video though!)

[@drood78]

Quite rich to be honest. after all expenses still have 1500 per month as savings.

[@fisher_price]

This video does not tell you that living here is super expensive, too.

[@jongsma_aquaria5071]

Yea it is. But i has also one of the best health care, great roads etc and social care etc etc. But its indeed expensive. The taxes is insane!