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Yellow vest movement (view source)
Revision as of 23:14, December 22, 2018
, 23:14, December 22, 2018→Let them eat cake
===Let them eat cake===
===Let them eat cake===
Weeks after Macron threw a bone to minimum wage earners protests and calls for his resignation continued unabated.
Weeks after Macron threw a bone to minimum wage earners protests and calls for his resignation continued unabated. After generations of government duplicity, peopke are not fools anymore. What socialism and the [[welfare state]] gives with one hand, it takes back through taxes and [[inflation]] with the other - especially in the [[zero sum]] game of government debt and budget austerity. How out of touch and demeaning liberal elites are, to image people riot and protest for a minimum wage increase so they can remain at the bottom of the Marxist class structure.
As the movement grew, students joined in support of workers, opposing the hardships [[big government]] imposes on people's everyday lives. A manifesto appeared mirroring President Trump's agenda.<ref>Delingpole, James (December 10, 2018). [https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/10/france-yearns-for-trump-style-revolution/ Delingpole: France’s ‘Yellow Vests’ Issue Trump-Style Manifesto]. ''Breitbart News''. Retrieved December 10, 2018.</ref>
Police are exhausted and demoralized. They work 16 hours without eating during the protests and must purchase their own clothes and equipment. They get no help from the government or unions. Macron tried to bribe police with an additional €300 a month, but the police union rejected the offer and went on strike.
Police are exhausted and demoralized. They work 16 hours without eating during the protests and must purchase their own clothes and equipment. They get no help from the government or unions. Macron tried to bribe police with an additional €300 a month, but the police union rejected the offer and went on strike.
Ten Generals and a former Defense Minister have accused Macron of [[treason]] for signing off more French sovereignty with the [[UN Migrant Treaty]].<ref>https://voiceofeurope.com/2018/12/macron-accused-of-treason-by-french-generals-for-signing-un-migration-pact/</ref>
==European Spring==
==European Spring==