Up to 100,000 people are too lazy to work: Rita Verdonk

Between 50,000 and 100,000 people living in the Netherlands are too lazy to work, Rita Verdonk, leader of political party Trots op Nederland (proud of the Netherlands), says in an interview with website Nu.nl on Wednesday.


The refuseniks are ‘always the brownest you see walking past because they sit in the sun on all that money they get,’ Nu.nl quoted the former Liberal minister as saying.
‘It must again be come normal to work for your money,’ Verdonk said.
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Meanwhile, a TON party political broadcast featuring an old lady getting mugged, ambulance workers being harassed and a cheering crowd of fans, has been criticised for its amateurish approach.
‘The film makes such an exaggerated link between Moroccans and crime that many people will find it not credible. They will see straight through it,’ VU university profession Jan Kleinnijenhuis, told the Volkskrant.
Nevertheless, the film has been viewed over 130,000 times on YouTube and is fast becoming a viral hit. The film is ‘toe-curling’ and an ‘all-time low in party political propaganda’ according to some viewers.
Over 3,000 people have even joined a special Facebook page devoted to it.

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