President of France wants fuel prices high to discourage driving in order to prevent “climate change”.
The revenue is not needed or budgeted but will go to eco projects to reduce the pollution.
This will save the world from France’s hard 35 hour Work week two hour lunches and paid leave for stuff.
Please do not get confused the protesters are not “Nationalist” they are members of a global society that just happen to live in France.
Note: Europe is lost!
I can’t say I’m not disappointed. I wanted to hear, “yeah. That was me in the video. It looked worse than it was. Thankfully I was wearing a cup.”
Thank you for the assessment Sylvain. It is always good to hear from someone local that knows what is really going on. Our media outlets always sensationalize news to get better ratings .
And this could be us, if the "right" people get elected!
I don't know anyone who only works 35 hours a week, and I never had a two hours lunch break.
70% of French workers work over 35 hours a week.
Just like in the US where the standard work week is 40 hours (I think) many Americans work more than that.
I think at least half of French workers work over 40 hours a week.
You have to be a civil servant to work that little with big lunch breaks.
Sylvain what's with everyone being required to have those vests? That seems pretty dumb, unless you make the vests.
Sylvain what's with everyone being required to have those vests? That seems pretty dumb, unless you make the vests.
Sylvain has to show up with actual facts from France and ruin my conspiracy ideas!
So much for my theory of the “2nd French revolution” I was waiting patiently for the crowd to break out the guillotine!
I overheard on CNN the vest are required saftey equipment for motorists in France so they are wearing them as a sign of protest?
So I had a mental picture of Sylvain taking a rubber ball to the n#&’s while charging the police. Kinda like on a painting when the patriots stormed the Bastille?
For once they are actually right.
What's with everyone wanting me to get shot in the nuts?!
Well. Yeah. I was wondering that too. Like, meh, burn stuff, riot, whatever. It's just "protests"...as long as you wear a yellow vest.
Take a nut shot for liberty!Well, it's not that we want you to get shot in the nuts, per se. It would just be less boring if you were the dude in that video standing...er, uh...hunching over, for liberty.
I thought Europeans loved paying taxes?
I have two in the car...
In Spain prostitutes are required to wear yellow vests when they work next to a road btw ...
I guess it makes it easier for clients to find them also.