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2024-07-09 Europe

France's triumphant left-wing coalition unveils its radical plans for government including a 90 per cent tax rate on the rich, lowering retirement age and huge spending

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Posted by Skidmark 2024-07-09 03:18|| || Front Page|| [11138 views ] Top
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#1 90 per cent tax rate...
They tried this before.
For utterly surprising reasons this didn't work.
Marine Le Pen must have secretly popped out the champagne.

Posted by European Conservative 2024-07-09 05:53|| 2024-07-09 05:53|| Front Page Top

#2 Looking to France for effective governance has always been folly. Excellent cuisine and wine? Yes of course. Governance, no.

Posted by Besoeker 2024-07-09 06:45|| 2024-07-09 06:45|| Front Page Top

#3 It's been said that the French electoral process was designed to keep the Left out in the 1960s & '70s.

Oh, the irony.

Posted by DooDahMan 2024-07-09 07:50|| 2024-07-09 07:50|| Front Page Top

#4 We’ll take the rich French folks. They can insult us without it costing us airfare.

Posted by Super Hose 2024-07-09 12:48|| 2024-07-09 12:48|| Front Page Top

#5 ^^^Yes. We will be happy to take their tax money.

Posted by Tom 2024-07-09 16:25|| 2024-07-09 16:25|| Front Page Top

#6 RN did pretty well in the actual vote. They got 37% of the vote but only 20% of delegates because the center and left parties dropped out of districts where they were behind to let the other one win.

Posted by Lord Garth 2024-07-09 17:25|| 2024-07-09 17:25|| Front Page Top

#7 Better get out before they put in a Newsom Exit Tax. Or worse, release the prisoners.

Posted by swksvolFF 2024-07-09 18:41|| 2024-07-09 18:41|| Front Page Top

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