A couple of days ago I received a letter from the Belgian French – damn you debt crisis of 2008 – bank BNP Paribas Fortis. Since I’m not a customer of Fortis, I was pretty sure it contained some cheap marketing ploy to get me to transfer my funds to one of their exciting brand-new accounts. As it turns out, I was right.
Today I was browsing through the newspaper when my eyes caught an article that read “Belgium has the highest tax burden of the 34 OECD member countries.” Immediately I sat up straight and pricked up my ears. Some of you might not know this, but whenever I read about the tax rates on labour income on your blogs, I always turn jealous at how low they are. Yes, actual jealousy. I know, horrible characteristic.
When I officially kickstarted my financial independence journey into first gear three months ago I thought of setting some ground rules for myself. While you can find plenty of lists online of things you should definitely do to become financially free, I ultimately came up with just one rule.
