Posted on 10/07/2025 5:29:58 AM PDT by McGruff
France's President Emmanuel Macron faced growing pressure on Tuesday to resign or hold a snap parliamentary election to end political chaos that has forced the resignation of five prime ministers in less than two years.
The 47-year-old centrist president has repeatedly said he will see out his second term, which ends in 2027.
But resignation calls, long confined to the fringes, have entered the mainstream during one of the worst political crises since the 1958 creation of the Fifth Republic, France's current system of government.
On Tuesday, as Macron's outgoing Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu held last-ditch talks to form a new government, his first premier in 2017, Edouard Philippe, said it was time for a new president to break the deadlock.
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France hasn’t really been a democracy since Macron lost in the first round of the last election
Macron IS the political mess.
The French government should hold a referendum:
Choice 1 - pension ages should be raised by one year
Choice 2 - tax A shall be raised by Y percent and tax B shall be raised by Z percent
Fiat money makes for messes.
The French government needs to explain its financial situation to the French people.
It might do so by one-page mailings.
First mailing: revenue & spending
Social programs should have dedicated revenue streams sourced closely to expected beneficiaries.
For the USA:
The Medicare tax might be dedicated to finance Medicare Part A.
The lowest 1040 rate might cover the federal share of Medicaid service and the part of Medicare Part A that the Medicare tax doesn’t cover.
The tariffs might be dedicated to funding federal debt service.
A money export tax might be dedicated to funding federal debt service.
Various federal luxury taxes might be dedicated to funding federal debt service.
The increment to the second rate might cover the rest of debt service spending.
The increment to the third rate might cover DoD spending.
The increment to the fourth rate might cover Medicare Part B.
The Department of State would be financed by passports and visas.
Motor fuel taxation might cover DoT spending.
The FAA, TSA, USCIS and USPTO would be financed by fees.
The FCC and subsidized telecom service would be financed by telecom fees and taxes.
The Department of Agriculture and SNAP might be financed by a sales tax on items that would require a Mexican front of label warning and a prepared food tax with equal rates.
The federal courts and the ATF might be financed by alcohol taxation.
The DEA might be financed by a tax on cannabis products and services.
The FICA tax might cover old age Social Security spending. Your FICA tax rate might be based on your public-school funding costs. The old people help fund public schools and their graduates pay FICA tax. The amount of Social Security one gets might get related to one’s property tax.
The corporate income tax might cover Medicare Part D, Medicaid drugs, veterans, federal housing subsidies, Social Security disability and other federal spending.
All Medicare drugs should be placed in Part D.
The federal government should pay for Medicaid drugs as it runs the patent system.
States should cover 30% of other PPACA Medicaid expansion costs and 60% of all other Medicaid costs as they regulate hospitals and doctors. Each percentage should be increased by the federal deficit/$1 trillion a year.
A tax rate (increment) should be increased by a tenth if a revenue shortfall of more than 1/20th occurred.
Well, good to know that Macron is a “centrist”!
Well he did walk by the river do they want him to jump in ?
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