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You can't make this up. With the Dutch yield curve <20y all negative, politicians and voters are getting increasingly worried about public debt sustainability. Government has prepared a 'menu' of potential budget cuts on (a.o.) health, housing, and education.
The common reasoning as summarized by journalists: in the coming years, we will need to 'earn' the money that is being spent now.
Interest payments on government debt as % of GDP have never been lower.
