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Corkey's avatar

Hey Jeff. Another great update. It sounds like Paris is literally burning to the ground too. Is anyone paying attention to that one?

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Based Florida Man's avatar

It's Putin's fault.

Macron overruled the legislature to raise the retirement age from 62 to 64... in order to raise the money to send weapons to Ukraine.

Looks like the People have spoken and don't want to spend their glory years working to pay for more war. Good on them.

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Christy's avatar

Nice to see a country have the guts to revolt.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Nothing will happen there to change things. It never does. Maybe some very targeted and minor concessions but when most of the workforce is employed by the government, they end up having to go along.

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Corkey's avatar

Yeah. What a bunch of big babies. For the life of me I cannot understand why the “Parasites” are protesting raising the retirement age while their government funds Nazi trash in Ukraine. I totally cannot understand their displaced aggression 😂

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Willing Spirit's avatar

I seem to remember decades ago frequent reports on the lavish vacation time and various other envious perks enjoyed by Europeans. Well, it’s been several decades since American workers could retire at age 62 with full S.S. benefits. Is it still age 67 now, or has the government been able to raise it to age 70 yet?

Good luck to the French people.

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RunningLogic's avatar

Oh but they’ve been revolting about that same issue for decades. The weeks-long strikes way back in 1995 were a backlash to the same kinds of measures. The government workers, especially in certain very protected and advantaged sectors, didn’t like that they were going to be more aligned with rules for the private sector workers.

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Celeste Disciullo's avatar

I heard about them protesting cause the government raised the minimum retirement age by two years. But I didn’t hear on the news. I heard from a friend whose husband is there now cause of it.

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J Kaz's avatar

Apparently the French people when they start at work, agreed to lesser pay for an earlier retirement and more pay at the end, that’s why they’re ticked off. Also, the leader of France just decided to pass this and not put it through there parliament. I’m not sure what their government is called.

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barbara ford's avatar

Heck, it kinda sounds like the government we have, with a single demented guy signing all kinds of executive orders, shutting out the congress and overstepping the power given him in the constitution.

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Satan's Doorknob's avatar

Don't blame the current office holder(s). A social welfare state (e.g. government paid retirement, health care, etc.) sounds wonderful in theory. But it's larely based on a sand "foundation." In fact, it'll slowly turn to quicksand. Here are some problems the architechts ignored: longer life spans, lower birth rates. Mass immigration was thought a partial remedy, but turns out most of those incoming aren't going to refill the treasuries as well as was hoped.

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ConcernedGrammy's avatar

If Congress would stop raiding the SS fund and giving money to people who don't deserve it (not paid in) Social Security would've been fine.

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Andrea Leshok's avatar

Government sponsored Ponzi scheme is what my boss coined it as we were talking about it earlier this week. Spot on.

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Willing Spirit's avatar

Refill the treasuries? 😂🤣😂🤣😂

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Celeste Disciullo's avatar

That is awful. It should always be for the new generation entering the work force not the ones who already agreed to a term and have already started working. I wish I could say more so you can understand my comment better but the US is paying folks to be in Paris for “some reason” and not folks you would think.

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Leskunque Lepew's avatar

It's the new WEF style of government. It's quite popular these days.

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Professor Lulu Fuzzbean's avatar

it's called a JOKE

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J Kaz's avatar

Yesterday dell, big tree pod Catherine Austin Fitts on she was discussing central bank digital currencies and also what was going on in Paris

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Janet's avatar

El gato malo had a really good but scary substack today on this.

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