6…7 you say?
Get out.
The problem is that they have too much debt and they can’t just ignore it anymore. They can complain but they have to cut spending somewhere or increase revenue. Now they can raise the retirement age for everyone. Or they can take the money from the billionaires. But that still doesn’t get you closer to lowering the deficit which is very high well over 100 percent of GDP. That means the protests are really just complaining that France doesn’t have enough money but you can’t keep the spending going as is without a lot of drastic cuts. All you can do is cuts now or kick the can down the road and hope something changes. Or just default on the debt and say fuck it.
they can take the money from the billionaires. But that still doesn’t get you closer to lowering the deficit
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Raise revenue you say? There’s plenty of disgustingly wealthy people who could do with less wealth.
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
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
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?
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
