Except that France is already one of the most heavily taxed countries in the world. We’re already well above the average for developed countries.
The problem isn’t “not enough taxes on the rich.”
The problem is that the money is massively wasted, that there’s waste and corruption at every level, and that we have a pension system that’s a ticking time bomb.
Raising taxes even more solves nothing when the state spends 57% of GDP and the results (schools, hospitals, security, infrastructure) are stagnating or getting worse.
It’s not a revenue problem. It’s a management and structural problem.
But hey, keeping on believing that “more taxes = more justice” when we’re already at the ceiling is intellectually comfortable.
Exactly and I didn’t hear any candidate for presidential election speak about that. It’s either remove every social progress or tax more they barely speaking about ai and job destruction or universal income.
on est peut etre l'un des pays Les plus taxés, sauf que c'est Les pauvres qui en patient le plus. Il y a de l'argent, le probleme c'est qu'il ne change jamais de poches.
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u/Cute_Disaster_6867 7h ago
Except that France is already one of the most heavily taxed countries in the world. We’re already well above the average for developed countries.
The problem isn’t “not enough taxes on the rich.”
The problem is that the money is massively wasted, that there’s waste and corruption at every level, and that we have a pension system that’s a ticking time bomb.
Raising taxes even more solves nothing when the state spends 57% of GDP and the results (schools, hospitals, security, infrastructure) are stagnating or getting worse.
It’s not a revenue problem. It’s a management and structural problem.
But hey, keeping on believing that “more taxes = more justice” when we’re already at the ceiling is intellectually comfortable.