“These are the same people that voted for the guy Macron.
What did they expect? He is doing what he said he’d do.”
Well, yes. But, they didn’t think he’d do it to them!
Two observations. The crowd is demanding, among other things, more socialism. This is what led to taxes being so high in the first place. High taxes is what they are mad about. And, two, there is no leader. Not only does that make it impossible to make a deal to stop the rioting, it also is a first class indicator that the French government has failed so massively that nothing the government does is going to fix this.
The pièce de résistance is; Macron decided to raise taxes, not to improve socialism, but to further a nutty global warming agenda (religion) that few believe in. I think he could have gotten away with higher taxes if he could demonstrate that they were going towards higher living standards and earlier retirement. That was part of the sales pitch, but the word leaked out it was an effort to drive everyone to buy an electric only car by 2030.
Incidentally, there is a way to drive up salaries and living standards. It’s called capitalism.
Free stuff. Free yellow jackets too! I want my MTV.
Really? Can you post reference to that?