It is January again: a happy new year from your local government as represented by Al D. Erman, civil servant in your town..
We have had some bad luck with our investments in Icesave (Landsbanki Bank) three years ago… That costed us a number of millions…
Also Goldman Sachs sold us some shitty mortgage products they shorted themselves. It sounded like a real bargain at the time…
Besides that the ground sales to potential residents of our community are stalling, as groundprices are considered being too high. Those people don’t know what they are talking about…
The housing market is also stalling and project developers are going down by the dozen. What the hell those guys are doing anyway…
The building costs for our new city hall have increased by 240%. It was impossible to see this in advance and that alderman that was warning for it was just a jerk…
Our new, prestigious metro line is also 4 times as expensive as planned. Do you believe those contractors…
Our new industrial park suffers from vacancy of more than 25%. Can we help that we are in an economic downturn these days…
Therefore we are happy to inform you that we raised the tax percentage for real estate tax substantially. In this way we can cushion the falling housing prices and still receive more money from you…
Also the:
- sewerage charges;
- taxes for processing of waste;
- land draining rates;
- municipal and provincial surcharges for your certificates of residence, passports, ID-cards and permits
have been increased substantially
Although the oil prices on the market are lower than three years ago, we managed to keep the Dutch gasoline and diesel prices at the gas station among the highest in Europe.
And yes, we do care about our citizens, as we say: a happy citizen is a taxpaying citizen…
So shut up with your ridiculous comments about feeling like a sponge that is squeezed out for the last drop of water. We are addicted to money and we know you citizens still have some left…
Yours truly
Al D. Erman
Civil Servant
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