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France suspends controversial fuel tax after weeks of unrest
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Posted on 12/04/2018 3:56:36 AM PST by Sub-Driver
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To: Spiridon
The protesters aren’t fooled. They called it a “peanut”.I'd call it a pause by the government to reload. Hope the gilets jaunes prepare for incoming.
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posted on
12/04/2018 6:09:37 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
To: Alberta's Child
AC, from the pics and vid I’ve seen, most of the protesters looked like working class, not layabouts and/or welfare queens.
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posted on
12/04/2018 6:12:26 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Is Central America emptying its prisons?)
To: mewzilla; goldstategop
Nothing is ‘temporary’ with gov’t; once it’s a law, it’s permanent, in one form or another.
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posted on
12/04/2018 6:22:42 AM PST
by
Carriage Hill
(A society grows great when old men plant trees, in whose shade they know they will never sit.)
To: albie
France would do better to permanently suspend Macron.
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posted on
12/04/2018 6:40:42 AM PST
by
bgill
(CDC site, "We don't know. how people are infected with Ebola.")
To: mewzilla
Remember—The British suspended the Stamp Act too—but it was too little, too late. The Colonists took up their muskets and built a new nation. Maybe its time for a Sixth Republic in France. Where is a new Napoleon when you need him? This could be the end of the EU.
To: Sooth2222
Funny how the US media fails to mention the dismal ratings of Macron (while they laud him) and Merkle (while they laud her), etc...
The US media is worse than Pravda, not because they are forced to print drivel...no, they are worse because tehy CHOOSE to print drivel!!
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:02:20 AM PST
by
ExTxMarine
(Diversity is tolerance; diverse points of views will not be tolerated!)
To: bgill
"France would do better to permanently suspend Macron."
You nailed it. Unless they electorate drives Macron from office, the tax will be back (and probably even then unless there is a real revolution).
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:05:58 AM PST
by
Truth29
To: Sub-Driver
If people believe the riots are about taxes, I have a bridge to sell them.
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:21:17 AM PST
by
wastedyears
(The left would kill every single one of us and our families if they knew they could get away with it)
To: mewzilla
Note the use of the word “temporarily”.... And note the timing. Six months means it's suspended until just AFTER the May 2019 EU Parliamentary elections
You think people will notice?
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:24:12 AM PST
by
PapaBear3625
("Those who can make you believe absurdities, can make you commit atrocities." -- Voltaire)
To: Sub-Driver
This is what happens when ordinary folks get a taste of global warming “solutions”.
(I know rent-an-anarchist is involved)
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:26:47 AM PST
by
Oldeconomybuyer
(The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
To: DungeonMaster
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:30:06 AM PST
by
Doogle
(( USAF.68-73....8th TFW Ubon Thailand....never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: mewzilla
... most of the protesters looked like working class, not layabouts and/or welfare queens. Look at the issues France is dealing with in terms of its massive welfare state, and talk to people who have done business there. See what they have to deal with in terms of government hiring rules, mandatory paid vacations, government-funded pensions, etc. The working class in France ARE the "layabouts" and "welfare queens."
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:36:04 AM PST
by
Alberta's Child
("The Russians escaped while we weren't watching them ... like Russians will.")
To: Doogle
Trump seems to becoming more popular overseas.
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:44:04 AM PST
by
EdnaMode
To: Sub-Driver
They should keep it up until abolished.
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:47:07 AM PST
by
Crucial
To: mewzilla
These elites are an arrogant bunch.
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:48:00 AM PST
by
Crucial
To: Sub-Driver
Six months. Protests will be easier to resume in the summer.
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:50:32 AM PST
by
MarMema
(don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
To: Ann Archy
I read here an increase of 12% on gas and 23% on diesel. I think I have the correct numbers.
Next increase coming in Jan and more to follow as it an an incremental program.
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:52:27 AM PST
by
MarMema
(don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
To: Elsie
There ya go. I was also trying to recall what Macron said about only hybrids and electrics in so many years.
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:53:40 AM PST
by
MarMema
(don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
To: outofsalt
Diesel was higher and many of the protesters are truckdrivers.
Additionally the next increase was coming in Jan. More to follow on an incremental program.
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:55:00 AM PST
by
MarMema
(don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
To: webstersII
Just more of the same we see here. Immigrants get paid to be alive and citizens matter not.
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posted on
12/04/2018 7:56:05 AM PST
by
MarMema
(don't forget to stock up on dogfood)
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