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Poverty was the main topic of 2022. Due to inflation and high energy bills, more and more people found themselves in trouble. The government seemed unaware of the increasing problems that people were getting into. So we launched the hashtag #IkRedHetNietMeer, which has been viewed 40 million times. People let us know en masse that they could no longer make ends meet or could barely make ends meet. Due to sky-high inflation, groceries and energy bills became unaffordable for many households last year. Kassa wanted to give this group of people a face and collected a large number of – sometimes harrowing – stories. We bundled these stories and presented them to the government. The government came up with a record amount of purchasing power measures. For many people, this means that they now have a little more money to spend. But is it enough?