Comments by "" (@titteryenot4524) on "France: Fears for King Charles' first state visit as protests continue" video.

  1. This is really a question of priorities. People use the argument that France shouldn’t have given so much aid to Ukraine, but to date that has been about $300 million - a drop in the ocean, when compared to the billions pensions cost per year. The other thing to factor in here is that France is 3rd in a list of OECD countries in terms of the proportion of its GDP its pensions take up at 14%. For comparison, the UK is 5%. Pushing back the retirement age by two years and extending the pay-in period would yield an additional 17.7 billion euros ($19.0 billion) in annual pension contributions, allowing the system to break even by 2027. Economically, Macron’s measure makes sense, but the way it has been done is awful and undemocratic, and the only reason he bypassed a vote was he knew it would be voted down. After Denmark, France is the second highest taxed country in Europe, but my own proposal would be to raise the tax threshold for the top band earners in France, and let the middle and lower income workers retire at 62 after a life of work. After all, the rich can retire at any point they want! The less rich don’t have the luxury of that choice.
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  2. The irony of some old bloke who’s never had a proper job in his life in Paris right now! 🤣
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  3.  @koolio4997  Fact check: 2022 France gave $2 billion for Ukraine war. France’s pension system accounts for 14% of GDP.
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  4. It hasn’t given ‘billions’. It’s given about $300 million to date.
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  5. Allans! ✊✊✊✊✊
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  6.  @koolio4997  Here’s Jacques with the weather! 🧅
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  7.  @tiffanytiffany1459  De rien.
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