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> Macron is just trying to level the playing field and make France attractive. ... to whom? > After this reform, we will still be one of the most generous cou

> Macron is just trying to level the playing field and make France attractive. ... to whom? > After this reform, we will still be one of the most generous country in the world even for pension and social net even among Europe and even more worldwide. Not sure why I'm thinking about a frog being slowly boiled alive.

HaixuanTao 4y ago
> ... to whom? Tax apply to income generating people by design. You pay very little tax in France if you're poor (as a percentage of income). Macron reduced tax on what is comparable: corporate tax, flat tax on certain income such as dividend. Now, did he go overboard? I will let you judge: https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corporate-tax-rate https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corporate-tax-rate with https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/social-security-rate https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/social-security-ra... France has been very generous during COVID, has been very generous during the Energy Crisis with the `bouclier tarifaire` that has helped most the poorest. We really have to put that in a world context where most does not get anything during time like this. Can we really say that France is boiling alive its people?
jewayne 4y ago
> ... to whom? To the people whose job it is to advocate for the privileges of the wealthy. And that is a frightening number of highly-trained, well-paid people. They are starting with the foundational belief that taking any privileges whatsoever from the wealthy will end in complete catastrophe for all of society. This is, of course, not true, but it's a story that pays well to tell and re-tell. So, it gets told a lot, particularly here in the Anglosphere, and also apparently now in France.
jbn 4y ago
>Not sure why I'm thinking about a frog being slowly boiled alive. The double entendre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre) here is wonderfully funny, I love bilingual jokes. It is true that this reform (like all others before it, they revolve every 5-10 years in France) is only modifying the system at the margin, so it really is a slow boil.

HaixuanTao 4y ago

> ... to whom? Tax apply to income generating people by design. You pay very little tax in France if you're poor (as a percentage of income). Macron reduced tax on what is comparable: corporate tax, flat tax on certain income such as dividend. Now, did he go overboard? I will let you judge: https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corporate-tax-rate https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/corporate-tax-rate with https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/social-security-rate https://tradingeconomics.com/country-list/social-security-ra... France has been very generous during COVID, has been very generous during the Energy Crisis with the `bouclier tarifaire` that has helped most the poorest. We really have to put that in a world context where most does not get anything during time like this. Can we really say that France is boiling alive its people?

jewayne 4y ago

> ... to whom? To the people whose job it is to advocate for the privileges of the wealthy. And that is a frightening number of highly-trained, well-paid people. They are starting with the foundational belief that taking any privileges whatsoever from the wealthy will end in complete catastrophe for all of society. This is, of course, not true, but it's a story that pays well to tell and re-tell. So, it gets told a lot, particularly here in the Anglosphere, and also apparently now in France.

jbn 4y ago

>Not sure why I'm thinking about a frog being slowly boiled alive. The double entendre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_entendre) here is wonderfully funny, I love bilingual jokes. It is true that this reform (like all others before it, they revolve every 5-10 years in France) is only modifying the system at the margin, so it really is a slow boil.