1. Housing for all homeless people => nice thought. I'd be down for it. But this means more taxes, which is what yellow vests started demonstrating against.
2. A more progressive tax system => Ok good idea. Steps are too steep.
3. Minimum wage of 1,300/month => Why not, but where do we find the money? Also the purchasing power in France has been steadily increasing last 25 years...
4. Measures to protect small businesses (stop building malls, no more big box stores), more parking spaces in downtowns => WTF ? The idea is to move people to public transportation, not to make more room for more cars.
5. Government program for insulating homes & other buildings => Sure, with your money?
6. Big businesses (McDonalds, Google, Amazon...) should pay big taxes & small businesses pay small ones => actually yes, but it's already the case, minus when they transfer they profits to ireland or another paradise.
7. Same health insurance system for all (including self-employed) => It is already almost the case. You can get most necessary care for free.
8. Keep retirement system the way it is now (working people pay the pensions of retirees) => Ok so more old people, longer life expectancy, so where do we get the money? You live longer, you work longer. Period.
9. No more increases on fuel taxes => So fuck environment? Fuck what we voted regarding carbon emissions?
10. No old age pensions below 1,200/month => Again, nice thought, but where do we get the money? The movement arose because taxes are too high. Basically this is another "just increase taxes"
11. All elected officials should earn French median income + reimbursement of travel costs if justified + meal tickets => Why not. But then we would have noone that is even close to having the needed brains to run the country. Real bad idea
12. All salaries & government benefits must be indexed on inflation => No. The salaries have actually been cut down last years.
13. Protect French industry, outlaw delocalizations => So that we loose any chance of being competitive? This means losing marketshares, losing BIP, and having pricier products in France, you wouldn't be able to affort anymore
14. End the European system whereby workers from other European countries are paid the lower salaries and benefits of their respective countries rather than French wages and benefits. => This is up to them to accept working for that wage. Some people are actually willing to do what it takes to get paid.
15. Job security. Larger businesses should be obliged to give more employees permanent contracts (CDI) => No better way to kill their envy to offer jobs in France. Looking at 2 figures unemployment.
16. Create a French industry of hydrogen powered automobiles => Air Liquide is world leader in Hydrogen. We might be getting there. But then how to produce the needed electricity? More nuclear power? We aren't even able anymore to build new nuclear plants (cf flamanville). And everyone gets crazy when the word wind farm is pronounced. This is you guys
17. End the politics of austerity => austerity in France ?!
18. Better treatment for asylum seekers. Provide lodging, food, security & ... => YES YES YES PLEASE
18. (cont.) ... education for minors. Work with the UN to build camps in many countries to hold asylum seekers until their papers are processed
19. Accompany those who are not granted asylum back to the countries they came from
20. Create a program for integrating immigrants. Living in France entails becoming French (certificate program in French language, history, civics)
21. Maximum salary fixed at 15,000/month => Again that would kill the drive of some people who are helping the french economy strive.
22. Jobs for the unemployed => Ok let's make some jobs. lol, wonder how since you want to scare all the companies away
Uh-oh, missed one up thread 😩
Heres the one I missed, should have been number 18:
18. Treat the causes that are forcing people to migrate.
24. Increase disability pensions
25. Rent control. More social housing and in particular housing for college students, contractors, gig economy workers, people without steady jobs
26. Outlaw the sale of French public property (dams, airports...) => I'm pretty happy France got out of Alstom
27. Allocate much more money to the justice system, the police and the armed forces. Pay police officers overtime or allow them to take the corresponding hours off => Money from where?
28. The totality of sums collected at toll booths should go to maintaining the countries highways & roads...
28. (cont.) ... and to road security.
29. As the prices of natural gas & electricity have risen since these sectors were privatized, we demand the re-nationalization of these industries and the lowering of prices
30. An immediate end to the closings of smaller train lines,...
30. (cont.) ... post offices, schools and maternity wards
31. Well-being for our elderly. Outlaw for-profit elderly care. The time of gray gold has come to an end
32. A maximum of 25 students per class from nursery school through high school => money
33. More public financing of psychiatry
34. Write a popular referendum system into the Constitution. Create an on-line referendum site where citizens can propose new laws, overseen by an independent body. If a proposition receives over 700,000 votes it should be introduced...
34. (cont.) into Congress, accordingly completed, amended and discussed before all citizens are allowed to vote on it (within exactly one year of obtaining the 700,000 signatures)
35. Return to a presidential mandate of 7 years (currently its 5) with interim elections of reps
36. Retirement for all at 60 years old and at 55 for people in professions that are hard on the body (construction work...) => lol. See above
37. Extension of public aid to parents paying for daycare for children up until 10 years of age
38. Incentivize transportation of merchandise by rail - Yes please. However difficult on the french infrastructure right new. Did a research paper on this one.
39. No withholding of income tax = wut ?
40. Presidents should no longer receive a salary for life => agreed
41. Outlaw the tax paid by shopkeepers each time a client pays by credit or debit card => Ok but if they don't pay it, you pay your credit card 200/year. Have fun.
42. Tax kerosene, air and maritime fuels Yes please, then again don't whine if your easyjet is suddenly too expensive for you