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African Countries Forced by France to Pay Colonial Tax
- gus_massa 12y agoPrevious discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8876429 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8876429 (67 points, 23 days ago, 41 comments) The comments are very interesting. Read the complete discussion. I'll copy the first comment by alain94040: > That articles looks bogus. For instance: > It’s such an evil system even denounced by the European Union, but France is not ready to move from that colonial system which puts about 500 billions dollars from Africa to its treasury year in year out. > According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_France http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_France, that's pretty much equivalent to the budget of the French government. If that number were true, France finances ought to be in better shape.