{"id":18946,"date":"2025-01-09T15:25:38","date_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/business\/finance\/5-ways-for-the-belgian-government-to-make-some-easy-money-by-thomas-guenter-illumination\/"},"modified":"2025-01-09T15:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-01-09T15:25:38","slug":"5-ways-for-the-belgian-government-to-make-some-easy-money-by-thomas-guenter-illumination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=18946","title":{"rendered":"5 Ways for the Belgian Government to Make some Easy Money | by Thomas Guenter | ILLUMINATION"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Last summer, former CD&V Minister Koen Geens stated that serious measures<\/strong> have become virtually impossible<\/strong><\/a> at the federal level in Belgium: \u201cOnly spending increases are feasible.\u201d<\/p>\n

If Koen Geens is right in saying that serious measures are impossible, perhaps it\u2019s worthwhile to have a look at 5 non-serious measures<\/strong> that were recently proposed on r\/belgium<\/em><\/a> <\/em>to allow the Belgian government to bring in some cash.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer: These ideas were proposed on Reddit and should be considered satire. If you only follow me for my content on personal finance, please ignore this one-time satirical piece.<\/em><\/p>\n

Idea #1: Make personalized license plates transferable<\/h2>\n
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Personalized license plates are gaining popularity in Belgium. The number of applications went from less than 2,000 in 2017, to more than 10,000 in 2021.<\/p>\n

To further boost this growth, one Reddit user proposed to allow citizens to buy a personalized license plate for someone else<\/strong>. Receiving one as a gift (rather than having to buy one yourself) could also eliminate the uneasiness that prevents some people from making this purchase.<\/p>\n

I did a quick check<\/a> to find out which plates are still available. Some examples:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n