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[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (2 children)

According to the BBC

Alongside policies for giving French citizens “national preference” for jobs and housing, they want to cut VAT on energy and allow under-30s to escape income tax.

existing promises on immigration, crime and insecurity as well as tax cuts to tackle the cost-of-living crisis.

plans to abolish droit du sol, the right to automatic French citizenship for children born to foreign parents

Sounds like some good policies no wonder they are getting loads of votes. The reduction in taxes always comes back to bite you and that's probably a mistake but the lower tax for the youth allowing them to get started in life instead of being in debt is a great idea. I haven't heard anyone have such a progressive idea.

[–] Draedron@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think helping everyday working class people is a good thing. That's what they want.

Sure if you want to help businesses fuck the common people. Keep wages low and prices high and keep the upper class rich.

Most people don't think like that though.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

I think helping everyday working class people is a good thing

Just cut taxes bro. Just one more time dawg. I promise it'll work this time, dude. Just one more tax cut. One more time bro I promise. It's going to stimulate the economy homey. This time we swear.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

There is a big difference between tax cuts in general and tax cuts on the poorest people in society.

But I agree. Tax cuts across the board are a bad thing usually but I can see why people vote for that. People feel they need more money and it's not coming from wage increase.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

tax cuts on the poorest people in society

Are functionally no different than higher wages. But without public infrastructure - housing, education, health care, etc - what does an extra couple grand actually buy?

We've seen this in the US for decades. A pittance of tax cuts pitched as a percentage of income is presented as this enormous boon. But then wages stagnate, prices skyrocket, and debts soar in the face of new privatization.

And then we're worse of than when we started.

The tax cut doesn't buy anything in an inflationary economy

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Yes so we agree. Wages need to be increased and the best way to do that is to stop businesses undercutting wages by hiring cheap foreign labour. Demand for labour goes up and with it wages.

Inflation is largely a global issue.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Wages need to be increased and the best way to do that is to stop businesses undercutting wages by hiring cheap foreign labour.

Urban density increases the efficiency of public services. Wage rates do not.

Trying to keep populations small and fragmented does nothing to improve domestic quality of life. And rising domestic populations don't hurt overall household incomes. Cartelized labor markets are what do that.

Inflation is largely a global issue.

Prices vary enormously by local regions. And price gouging is increasingly difficult over large distances.

Inflation is most commonly a consequence of local commodity monopolization, not global price trends.

[–] Wanderer@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Well some I agree with strongly. Other stuff you have just completely made up. Were you get your info from Facebook?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

Were you get your info from Facebook?

Huh?

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Where do you target your fear mongering if you don’t share a border with scary brown people? Where do you build a wall?

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

It's called a Maginot Line and you build it on the German border

[–] egeres@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago (1 children)

What are the reasons for this? I'm out of the france loop

[–] orangeboats@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)
[–] lennybird@lemmy.world 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Ah yes, right-wing authoritarianism that helped cause mass immigration from regional instability thanks to ignoring climate change and sowing global conflicts... Let's just give the fox the keys to the henhouse.

[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world -1 points 3 months ago

It's foxes all the way down. Just a question whether Russians or Americans get their slice.