Quote: (12-22-2018 04:08 PM)Uprising Wrote:
Props to the French for keeping up with these protests week after week. These things tend to run out of energy, but the French are still going strong.
We'll see how this plays out. Maybe some of you Frenchmen can help me out here - These protests are still mainly about economic and tax reforms, right? Immigration doesn't play a part in these protests, right?
The people are protesting for various reasons.
One of the reason is that in France the levels of taxes are high and rising even more, but the quality of life is decreasing in a lot of places. You have a bad return on the taxes you are paying.
Most people would gladly pay some taxes if the state was making a fair use of their money.
Many people know that some adult migrants are posing as poor young refugees. These fuckers cost a lot of money to the tax payers, so there is a connection that can be made between the false refugees and the rise of the taxes (for a few percents).
Since the crowd are chanting the patriotic song "La Marseillaise ", there is a patriotic part in the Gilet Jaune movement.