Vive La France

[Bjornebye]

57 minutes ago, Strontium said:

 

I forgot all about that. In a shock twist that should surprise absolutely nobody, I was correct.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/dec/31/france-drops-75percent-supertax

 

France forced to drop 75% supertax after meagre returns

 

Just wait for another glitch so you can go back and rep yourself fella. 

[Anubis]

 

 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

On 28/09/2012 at 12:50, Strontium said:

right down to elimination of the deficit by 2015 

How did that work out?

[Strontium]

14 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

How did that work out?

 

They got it down to about 4% in France by 2015, just like we did.

[Harry's Lad]

French bizzies doing what French bizzies do best. 

They love a good teargassing them bastards.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

5 hours ago, Strontium said:

 

They got it down to about 4% in France by 2015, just like we did.

So... not eliminated, then? Probably just as well; it's a fuckwitted economic objective.

[Kepler-186]

 

[Kevin D]

Macron is such a cunt.

[Kevin D]

Neoliberal policies once again leading to chaos.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-65064510

 

 

[SasaS]

Neoliberal policy of people living longer?

[Kevin D]

48 minutes ago, SasaS said:

Neoliberal policy of people living longer?

That’s the line Macron has gone with.

 

It doesn’t seem to be going that well.

[Strontium]

50 minutes ago, SasaS said:

Neoliberal policy of people living longer?

 

If people started living to 200, you'd still get some arguing that the retirement age should remain at 62.

[Kepler-186]

Good politics apparently. 

[SasaS]

11 minutes ago, Kevin D said:

That’s the line Macron has gone with.

 

It doesn’t seem to be going that well.

 

And the truth is?

[Gnasher]

18 minutes ago, SasaS said:

 

And the truth is?

 

The truth is life expectancy has fallen in the UK, USA and France.

https://news.sky.com/story/how-falling-life-expectancy-generation-x-and-the-backlash-in-france-have-pushed-the-uk-government-to-rethink-pension-policy-12840176

 

 

https://tfn.scot/news/stark-warnings-as-new-report-shows-people-dying-younger-due-to-austerity

 

 

 

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2021/01/19/france-s-life-expectancy-falls-because-of-covid-pandemic-data-reveals

 

 

 

[No2]

10 minutes ago, Gnasher said:

 

The truth is life expectancy has fallen in the UK, USA and France.

https://news.sky.com/story/how-falling-life-expectancy-generation-x-and-the-backlash-in-france-have-pushed-the-uk-government-to-rethink-pension-policy-12840176

 

 

https://tfn.scot/news/stark-warnings-as-new-report-shows-people-dying-younger-due-to-austerity

 

 

 

https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2021/01/19/france-s-life-expectancy-falls-because-of-covid-pandemic-data-reveals

 

 

 

Someone's not reading the articles they post. Again.

[Gnasher]

18 minutes ago, No7 said:

Someone's not reading the articles they post. Again.

 

Have another couple then. Life expectancy in Britain falls. I think you'll find I'm right.

 

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/1749328/state-pension-age-68-plans-delayed-mps-latest

 

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/03/21/state-pension-age-plan-shelved-life-expectancy-falls/

 

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2021/sep/15/life-expectancy-in-england-falls-to-lowest-level-since-2011

 

 

Stagnating/falling slightly in France. 

 

https://www.lemonde.fr/en/france/article/2023/01/21/births-at-their-lowest-and-life-expectancy-stagnating-french-population-hit-by-covid-19_6012435_7.html

 

 

[Anubis]

Can we import some of the French protestors please?

 

 

[sir roger]

Charlie Boy having to cancel a visit to France this weekend.

Pity, would have been entertaining seeing him carted to the guillotine in a tumbrel.

[Gnasher]

 

 

 

 

[Kevin D]

On 24/03/2023 at 15:55, SasaS said:

 

And the truth is?

That there are many ways to plug the potential deficit and Macron chose this way for ideological and cuntish reasons.

[Jairzinho]

CENTRISTS UNITE!

[SasaS]

1 hour ago, Kevin D said:

That there are many ways to plug the potential deficit and Macron chose this way for ideological and cuntish reasons.

 

Are they? He wants them to work until they are 64 the cunt. Imagine that!

 

Next they will cut the lunch break to just an an hour.

[Gnasher]

36 minutes ago, SasaS said:

 

Are they? He wants them to work until they are 64 the cunt. Imagine that!

 

Next they will cut the lunch break to just an an hour.

I might be wrong but I thought the uproar was not just the raising of the retirement age but the fact Macron run roughshod over the French parliament and French democracy in his implementation of the change.

[A Red]

Retirement in your 40's is where its at, cant believe more haven't caught on.