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Every year for 10 years, for 1 day, I would work for free and donate my salary to the French state. They had set up a fund to purchase and install air condition
by yardie 7y ago
Every year for 10 years, for 1 day, I would work for free and donate my salary to the French state. They had set up a fund to purchase and install air conditioning into the homes of the elderly due to the 2003 heatwave that affected 15,000.
And that is literally all I know. The money I earned goes somewhere to do something, supposedly. I'm really starting to feel like I've been defrauded because I also feel not a whole lot has been done.
- esnard 7y agoHere's the English Wikipedia page related to that workday: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journ%C3%A9e_de_solidarit%C3%A9_envers_les_personnes_%C3%A2g%C3%A9es https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journ%C3%A9e_de_solidarit%C3%A... The money is paid to the CNSA, which has a 26.812 billion euros budget for 2019, according to https://www.cnsa.fr/budget-et-financement/budget#le-budget-2019 https://www.cnsa.fr/budget-et-financement/budget#le-budget-2...
- ptah 7y agoit reduced the death toll by 90%, possibly more if you take into account population growth
- thecleaner 7y agoI believe that this is a noble sentiment. But the bigger issue here is shouldnt just not stealing money on taxes be enough ? I cannot fathom why a lot of people have to act like heroes to get things done. EU in general doesnt seem to have a corruption problem or a moeny problem and yet the infrastructure feels lacking.
- balfirevic 7y agoParts of EU have enormous corruption and (partly as a consequence of corruption) money problems.
- Simon_says 7y agoAny thoughts about the other 118 days you work for free and donate your salary to the French state?