The Dutch Government’s Benefits Scandal Is Rooted in Stigma Against Welfare Recipients
▻https://jacobinmag.com/2021/01/dutch-welfare-benefits-childcare-scandal
Last Friday, the Dutch government had to resign in scandal, after thousands of parents were wrongly accused of making fraudulent childcare benefit claims. The affair was driven by racist demonization of welfare recipients deeply rooted in the country’s politics. At least 26,000 families on the verge of bankruptcy, in more debt than they could repay in their entire lives. Countless people losing their homes, jobs, or partners. And one parent committing suicide after they were ordered to (...)
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