• Lyricism6055@lemmy.world
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    3 hours ago

    How does the billionaire and taxation problem in france compare to the us? I assume it’s more “fair” but I know basically nothing about it

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      1 hour ago

      Read up on the so called Zucman-tax proposal. That would close down loopholes but it would still only fill around 10% of their deficit today, while costs will keep increasing

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        47 minutes ago

        Damn… So what is the solution there? The EU bails them out (if they even can) and they try to boost the economy by… Doing what exactly?

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          By doing what you’re told to do when you get bailed out by the EU: gutting whatever welfare you’ve left, privatizing essential services, letting private companies dictate school syllabi etc etc