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Let's start again with yet another sloppiness of the Rutte government: that damned VAT measure on the arts, which are the only ones to be bounced to the 'normal' rate of 19%. VVD doesn't like it, CDA isn't happy about it, but because tolerance specialist Martin Bosma once had to play a red mushroom in the school play, he has sworn eternal revenge on the arts. ...

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Let's start again with yet another sloppiness of the Rutte government: that damned VAT measure on the arts, which are the only ones to be bounced to the 'normal' rate of 19%. VVD doesn't like it, CDA isn't happy about it, but because tolerance specialist Martin Bosma once had to play a red mushroom in the school play, he has sworn eternal revenge on the arts. ...

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