ramen07 wrote:MEZZANINE wrote:Well first of all, can he actually do what he says ? The tax revenue alone wont cover his spending plans so he can only carry out his plans if banks will lend to a France with his policies.
Effects of a Tax+Borrow to spend policy if it goes ahead as planned
1) Frances national debt will increase
2) The interest rates France pays on national debt will increase
3) The interest repayments on debts France has to make will swallow up all the planned income & corporation tax increases
4) In the short term the increased spending will increase employment
5) The wealthier people in France will move their assets to lower tax countries
6) The people of France will not have any more money to spend since their taxes will decrease disposable income
7) Imports into France will drop as personal spending drops, meaning less exports for the UK, Germany and other exporters having a negative effect on these EU countries.
8 ) As more and more wealthy French and French companies more abroad to avoid the higher taxes the tax revenue will drop and France will no longer be able make the interest payments on their national debts
9) The negative effects on other EU countries exports will mean a drop in their imports from France, combined with the higher cost of production in France due to high taxes will mean Frances exports will drop, again dropping Frances tax revenue
10) France defaults on debts and needs bailing out..... only no one will be able to afford to bail them out..... doggy doo hits the fan
If you don't mind my asking, what is the alternative at this point?
Living within our means, being honest with people, of course people want more public services, more public spending, more infrastructure projects, better pensions, better wages, lower working hours etc etc and if your promise people these things they will cheer and vote for you
BUT
The TRUTH is we cant have everything we want without paying for it, we can only have what we can afford and work for. The more we get paid & better our wages/pensions are the less competitive with others countries like China so our exports drop, imports increase, spending outways income and it all goes to hell
What we need in France and every EU country is pragmatism and honesty
Mezz's 10 point plan
1) Break up the EU super bureaucracy, the few wealthier countries cant support the many less wealthy to have equal living conditions, it's simply a money pit. Go back to the EEC trading community, the only bit we ever needed.
2) Reduce public spending to levels we can actually afford to pay for without borrowing
3) Pay off national debts
4) Increase import taxes on non-EEC imports to a level where EEC business can compete, this will drop non-EEC imports, prices on consumer products will increase heavily and end the disposable mentality, people will have to save for luxury goods and reaslise they can all have everything the adverts say they need to be happy. Homegrown manufacturing will slowly increase and with it employment of the masses in the lower skill/wage brackets, as employment increases so will tax revenue and public spending can slowly increase inline with income.
5) Limit immigration to a system like Australia has, only let in people who have skill we need or are financially independent .
6) Force the unemployed to work for their benefits, to many people dont get jobs just because they get so much on benefits that working would only earn them £100 pcm more so they dont bother, you cant reduce benefits as most in this bracket have kids who would suffer but if you force them to do menial work for their benefits then taking a low paid job for a little more money would seems much more attractive.
7) Put laws in place that prevent any political party from borrowing money they wont repay within their term in government. Its shocking that politicians spend for popularity then leave the debts for the next elected party to repay.
8 ) Put laws in place to ensure a cut of the treasury income goes into a Sinking Fund, all major businesses and property portfolio's have these to set money aside for future major works, countries should have them for major infrastructure projects.
9) Massive tax reform, cut out all the stealth taxes, end VAT, have all personal national taxes based purely on income, and corporations/companies to be taxed even if their incomes go abroad ( Recently heard that Amazon thats mankes 140 mill profit pa in the UK pays no UK tax that kinda thing has to end, make it here, pay tax on it here )
10) Banking reform, split investment banks from the essential high street functions, that way if the investment bank fail again... let them go bust like any other badly run business. Yes this will mean paying small bank fees for our day to day transactions but well worth it.
This is the Hard Painful way to make our economies work...... it's also the reason I will never be voted into power because people dont like the truth, they prefer pretty lies
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