2024-09-21 16:00:00
DECRYPTION – It is a French paradox: in a world where everyone is attached to public services, to schools and to our health system, taxes are still perceived as a heavy financial burden and remain poorly understood.
Lunch was very pleasant, until the hosts started a new conversation: taxes. “Have you seen the tax simulator of the New Popular Front ? I looked, if they go to the elections, we will go to the pot”Julien says at the beginning of July. The thirty-year-old seems annoyed to see that the left’s program provides for “to bludgeon him fiscally”Around the table, each of his friends has his own argument. “You’re not going to complain, if you pay taxes, it’s because you can afford it.”retorts a first. “I understand taxing companies that generate profits, but I find it unfair to tax workers who earn their living by the sweat of their brow more.”defends another. The debate is launched, and it can last for hours. Especially when we know that three out of four French people are opposed to a tax increase, according to the Odoxa-Backbone poll for The Figaro
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