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autotldr t1_je3ctm3 wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 81%. (I'm a bot)

> Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in strikes and protests Tuesday in the tenth day of action since January against reforms of the country's pension system.

> The Interior Ministry said it expected disorder at Tuesday's protests and had deployed 13,000 police - 5,500 of them in Paris - to counter it.

> The change is opposed by trade unions and the majority of people but Macron, who has made reform of the country's generous pension system the cornerstone of his presidency, says the country cannot afford the ballooning deficits it will run up over the next 25 years as the country's population ages.

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DigitalTraveler42 t1_je3g8r7 wrote

France about to do what France does, keep that pension age down French fam!

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platypuspup t1_je3um2c wrote

Don't police want to retire too? Why are they working for the wrong side?

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litlewombat t1_je4fmd8 wrote

I'm for the reform, France's social security budget is starched to its Breaking point.

But France is a democracy, and if the people don't want this reform than is shouldn't be past.

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Hamlenain t1_je4h6lo wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,440,491)

The rioters (1200), probably not. The protesters (1 200 000 to 3 300 000) supported by 94% of the current workforce according to polls running since late 2022, probably yes.

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JustMrNic3 t1_je4hbdv wrote

For what?

To protect the corrupt government wanting the money only for themselves?

This is what dictatorships do!

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inklingwinkling t1_je4kgu9 wrote

Countering protests.....why?

Because it threatens the power of the working class, that's why.

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Muted-Brick-8066 t1_je4lv11 wrote

I wish the USA would do this., this is incredible and great example all around the world

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simfray t1_je4qonn wrote

Will the cops be donning rollerblades?

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litlewombat t1_je4u2au wrote

Replying to Hamlenain (#2,443,531)

I agree that those tax cuts were unessasary. But those tax cuts were temporary for 2021-2023.

Moving forward France needs a way to make sure that senior's get enough money from their pension to live a good life.

And with the amount of seniors increaseing every year and the amount of working people decreasing, there needs to be measures to make sure their is enough money in the founds.

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Hamlenain t1_je4wkgr wrote

Replying to litlewombat (#2,446,001)

There are 40 to 120 billion euros to be found in tax evasion in incomes superior to 28k euros per annum per head. The funding for recuperation of that fraud is inferior to that invested in health insurance fraud, which represents only a 200 million euro possible recuperation.

Even a 1% success rate would on former would represent twice as much gouvernment income as a 100% success rate on the later, which is receiving more funding. A 10% success rate would solve the problem for half the anticipated deficit...

This seems like a very obviously sound financial investment, which has been proposed as an alternative by every major french labour union, yet disregarded completely as no discussion or negociation has been allowed by the, arguably bad faith, use of political tools currently available to the gouvernment.

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Automatic-Ad3612 t1_je5iseo wrote

They could keep the retirement agar at 62 and pay people there pensions properly..OR send in a million police and the cost of that will force the retirement age be raised

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SaintJeremy96 t1_je5lnlj wrote

authoritarian?

Or it doesnt work on west countries?

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