DUTCH FARMERS PROTEST GOVT CUTS
The Highwire with Del Bigtree
The Highwire with Del Bigtree
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🗓️ 24 July 2022
⏱️ 18 minutes
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#DutchFarmersProtest #SriLankaEconomicCrisis #FuelPrices #CLIMATECUTS
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| 0:00.0 | One of the biggest stories right now in the world and for our US audience that may not know this, |
| 0:04.8 | there is a, it's been called a rebellion in the Netherlands of Dutch farmers. |
| 0:08.9 | So to bring people up to speed, let's take a look at some of the news montage we have put together for this. |
| 0:13.2 | Take a look. |
| 0:14.2 | Massive farmer protests are broken out around the Netherlands. |
| 0:18.4 | The government in the Netherlands is shutting down farms in the name of climate change. |
| 0:23.1 | Why is the Dutch Prime Minister pushing this anti-agriculture plan? |
| 0:28.3 | He wants to reduce next gen emissions by so much that it's going to throw tens of thousands of farmers here in the Netherlands out of job. |
| 0:35.9 | The government there order farmers to slash emissions from their cows by 50%. |
| 0:41.6 | A 50% reduction in 10 to 30, that's in seven years, it's simply a feasible. |
| 0:47.3 | The Netherlands has been ramping up regulations despite farmers saying they need a time to adapt |
| 0:52.3 | and to go slow or they'll go out of business. |
| 0:54.7 | This natural policy is, let me say, a disaster. |
| 1:00.2 | Farmers say they are being unfairly targeted as opposed to big businesses and industries. |
| 1:07.1 | Many are going to resist any plans to scale down all close farms. |
| 1:12.1 | Farmers across the country held mass demonstrations and blocked highways with their |
| 1:16.4 | truck tires. |
| 1:17.4 | Minuer has been sprayed in front of some of the government buildings. |
| 1:21.6 | Media buildings have been blocked with tractors, trucks and surrounded with food. |
| 1:25.6 | A few of them had a scaffold with police officials. |
| 1:29.2 | Police have been using tear gas on the farmers and military tanks have been called in to deal with the blockades. |
| 1:34.8 | Police opened fire at protesters in a tractor as farmers stormed the streets. |
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