A right-wing government's fiscal policies, sold as a path to sustainability, appear to favour corporations and the wealthy, while the working majority face harsh cuts.

The government’s austerity measures have manifested in severe spending cuts across critical sectors, including healthcare, social benefits, government agencies, and civil society. Additionally, regressive tax increases, notably a 1.5 percentage point rise in the basic VAT rate to 25.5 percent, have further burdened the population.

Beyond the questionable economic outcomes, the social costs are becoming increasingly apparent. Projections indicate a 9.2 percent increase in poverty and a 13.6 percent rise in child poverty. After a period of decline, homelessness is once again on the rise, driven by cuts to social benefits and housing services. The government’s dismantling of social housing is also expected to escalate housing costs.

  • lostoncalantha@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    I guess Finland is about to lose their happiest country on earth status to make a few extra bucks. Good luck with that neolib shit. America tried it for the past 40 years and well it hasn’t gone that well.

  • sturlabragason@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    7 days ago

    This has been openly happening in Iceland for about 20 years.

    90% of new apartment buildings arr bought by rent-to-live firms. All critical social systems have been starved. The roads are bumpy and you have to wait 18 hours in the emergency room before being told to fuck off.

    And more….

    You Finns need to stand up to these fuckers.

    • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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      7 days ago

      Thanks. It does not look like the far-right idiots are going to be part of the next government, but it’s still almost 2 years til then. And it’s not like the neolib/conservatives aren’t responsible too.

      We were lucky to have a good ol’ social democrat government before that which carried us smoothly through the pandemic. But immediately afterwards it was economy this and rebuild that. Workers in the social/public sector getting rather less money now. You still remember how they were cheering us on the balconies?

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.eeEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Yeah, the logic overwhelmingly tells you it doesn’t make sense and won’t work, the past experience empirically proves it doesn’t help the vast majority of the people, the politicians can’t really explain why would that work for the people, we absolutely know who pushes this agenda (the rich that are about to get richer, investing in lobbyists and marketing/propaganda) … yet here we are, listening to how this will be great, this time.

  • A_norny_mousse@feddit.orgEnglish
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    7 days ago

    Glad somebody notices!

    Yep, it sucks, esp. for low-income people. The savings are minimal and very questionable considering that this will cost the country much more in the long run.

    Didn’t even know about the dismantling of social housing. Jesus fucking holy Christ.

    Who’s responsible? Far-right populists and the conservative party pandering to their constituency. Idiots.