French truck drivers block roads in tax protest

France 24 ^ | 11/30/2013 | (France 24 with AFP, Reuters)

[Olog-hai]

There was severe disruption to traffic across France Saturday as thousands of truck drivers blocked roads for the second time in a month in the latest protest against government plans to introduce an environmental tax on heavy goods vehicles. …

The French interior ministry estimated 2,200 trucks were involved in the protest, while organizers put the figure at 4,500. …

The blockades are part of efforts by agricultural and road transport workers to force the French government to scrap its plans to introduce a so-called “ecotax”—a levy on French and foreign vehicles transporting commercial goods weighing over 3.5 tonnes. …

[Tzimisce]

This report is obviously a lie.

People love high taxes.

[GILTN1stborn]

Leftists bastards behind this insanity. If they succeeded in eliminating economical transportation of goods via trucks and forced the populace to go back to horses and asses, they would soon want to tax the horses, asses and the s**t.

[KarlInOhio]

Just go back to horse drawn wagons. Thousands of tons of manure and urine should improve the environment.

[Joe Boucher]

Ameriican truck drivers wanted to protest this magic negro but were ALL ttold the irs would take their trucks if they did

[esoxmagnum]

Probably all racist too.

[logic101.net]

Odd, in France they usually protest to cut the work week or mandate more vacation time, not to prevent a new tax!