september 2020 – De-Equal

september 28, 2020

Split the supply of energy from the provision of charging stations

Electric cars are better for the environment, even if the car is charged with gray electricity. For the climate, we should therefore want all new cars to be electric in the long term. Then we just have to make sure that everyone can also charge the car. Let the customer ask his energy supplier from home for a fuel card with his home rates. He can then charge his car at the nearest charging station and therefore simply park near his home or work and charge it at a normal price. The provider of the charging stations must receive a fair reimbursement for the service via a fixed maximum surcharge per kWh and thus earn back the investment in the long term. The normal user benefits most from a charging station at every parking space. And the chance of this is greatest if we leave it to the municipalities to set that standard. In short, apply the private energy market to public charging station facilities and make electric driving attractive for everyone!
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General / Taxes

september 28, 2020

Simplify social services with a universal basic income

At the moment we have a social system where you are protected at the bottom by a social assistance benefit. Wouldn’t it be better if there was an unconditional basic income for everyone so everyone can really make ends meet. For example EUR 1,500 net per month unconditionally for everyone over the age of 18. It’s possible!
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Taxes

september 28, 2020

Make income tax and profit taxation comparable!

Over time, tax law has grown into a stronghold with different routes and associated different tax rates and deductions. This means that inequality has crept into the system, which, according to Piketty, is also causing inequality in society to grow. In my opinion, it should not matter through which route a euro arrives at a private person, the percentage of tax paid on it should be the same. The essence must be, if you have earned something from the Nederlands, you give the same percentage to the State as the others who earned something from it. Paying a lot of tax thus gives the status of having a lot of earnings. It makes a big difference whether you contribute almost 50% tax on every extra euro, or just under 40%. At the moment, it is mainly the shareholders of multinationals who have been given ways to not only have an even lower tax rate, but even avoid it. What is actually stopping us from making the Netherlands a bit more thorough?
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Taxes

september 28, 2020

Improve capitalism through progressive corporate taxation

Companies merge because they think they have no right to exist. The downside is the emergence of semi-monopolies where the remaining parties increase their prices until a small party decides to step in. However, there is still hope, with a small adjustment the natural path can also be one with more competition. This can be done with a simple measure, namely charging companies an increasingly higher percentage of profit tax as they have larger profits.
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