Posted on 09/21/2014 12:19:11 PM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion
French vegetable farmers protesting against falling living standards have set fire to tax and insurance offices in town of Morlaix, in Brittany.
The farmers used tractors and trailers to dump artichokes, cauliflowers and manure in the streets and also smashed windows, police said.
Prime Minister Manuel Valls condemned protesters for preventing firefighters from dealing with the blaze.
The farmers say they cannot cope with falling prices for their products.
A Russian embargo on some Western goods - imposed over the Ukraine crisis - has blocked off one of their main export markets.
About 100 farmers first launched an overnight attack on an insurance office outside Morlaix, which they set light to and completely destroyed, officials said.
They then drove their tractors to the main tax office in the town where they dumped unsold artichokes and cauliflowers, smashed windows and then set the building on fire.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
More of article at link and a couple pictures.
I do love to hear about tax offices being burned. It warms my black heart so to speak.
Oh dear.
Sounds like things are not so great in socialism-land
Allahu akbar, baby!
Only problem is I’m not sure they don’t want more government intervention.
Le Ha-Ha.
The citizens of brittany will need a new tax building. So in that light, I make a motion to donate IRS headquarters to brittany.
I second the motion!
We’ll need to send he IRS employees along in order to, um, familiarize the Frenchies with the facilities. This process could take years. Perhaps decades.
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Liberals always say we should be more like Europe...
Yeah but it looks like the farmers can’t deal with free-market pricing. So they’re not really solving any problems nor learning any lessons.
L’OL!
When people talk about the nice easy soft cushionly French lifestyle, they don’t mean the people who actually WORK HARD like farmers!
“Yeah but it looks like the farmers can’t deal with free-market pricing. So they’re not really solving any problems nor learning any lessons.”
It’s worse, far, far worse. They are both hindered from competing by taxes and regulations and forced to try to make a profit working under the rules of Brussels, over which they have no input.
Once you are required to work, but cannot eat, things get violent.
The stage is being set worldwide. Once the financial crisis hits, it will be violent.
Thanks for the further clarification. I knew there were big problems in the government policies but I wasn’t sure of all the stuff making people miserable.
I remember hearing a story from someone visiting france. They were in a smaller town, at some kind of hardware store. There was a line of farmers, each holding a very small tank for propane - just a couple days worth at the most.
He asked why they did not have larger quantities delivered to their farms. They would save buying in bulk and not have to come to town so often.
The farmers shrugged and tried to explain that coming to town every couple days to buy in very small amounts saved a tremendous amount of money in taxes.
It is a crime. It is getting just as bad here. I see so many companies making a break for it and moving overseas.
That’s really awful! Yet the farmers in this country are cutting their own throats as well, by continually voting for democrats and demanding more safety nets and getting into bed with unsupported green tech.
Ah! vive les French!
hopefully this actions spreads world wide.
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