Allowance parents' stories

More than 50,000 parents have now been affected by the child allowance affair. Children are also victims. Grew up in poverty, with a lot of stress, unfinished education and sometimes removed from home. Parents who committed suicide. Or have fled abroad, or worse, have been removed from our country.

I created this site because I myself have been affected by the government in an unlikely way for more than 15 years now. Until the beginning of this year, I thought I was the only one who had so many problems with the local government and the national government. By now, I know that I even want to make a documentary to tell the complete story.

I have now been officially recognized as a victim and I have also received an apology letter from Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Alexandra van Huffelen. I am also blacklisted (and I suspect my children too). I'm still working on this to find out who put me on these lists. I suspect it is an act of revenge by the Municipality of Amersfoort, because I also found an email addressed to 9 department heads to make my life miserable.

But what does it really mean to be an allowance parent? In the past year, I've heard a lot of stories in Facebook groups, and together with 151 other parents, I filed a complaint against the tax authorities. I am not unique, but every story needs space to be told.

We will soon start interviews with allowance parents who have been expelled from the Netherlands, for example, with children who have been placed out of their homes, with parents who no longer know where to find their children at all, with entrepreneurs (like me), people with experience with blacklists. What is really what happens if you are a victim? It's much more comprehensive than having to refund your fees within 14 days. It's a complete fight against you and your whole family. With huge consequences. Traumas, and what kind of trauma are they? Think of a mother who was very pregnant, lost her home and had to give up her baby, plus 4 other children, two weeks after birth.