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by vanderZwan 1531 days ago
> This scandal and the issues at the dutch tax office runs much deeper than just this one set of issues

The article doesn't even list all of the issues. For example, on top of the things you rightfully pointed out, this article also fails to mention is that (at least) 1115 children were taken away from their parents as a result of this, and despite this being known for more than half a year, not a single child has been returned to their parents[0]. There just seems to be zero interest by the authorities to help the people who went through life-destroying tragedies as a result of all this.

To paraphrase one comedian from the Dutch version of Have I Got News For You[1], "if one child would go missing tomorrow the entire country would be upside down, there would be search parties, the media would go crazy with the story. And yet at least 1115 children have been wrongfully taken from their families, we've known this for half a year, and nothing seems to happen."

[0] https://www.dutchnews.nl/news/2021/10/over-1100-children-of-...

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JIejxvgjz0