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T tikiskip Grand Member (8 years) Joined: Nov 26, 2005 Posts: 5993	T tikiskip Posted posted on Tue, Apr 2, 2019 10:07 AM Remember the reason for the riots in France are over gas taxes raised to force people not to use gas. These riots still are going on today almost six months later. 4/2/2019 https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-france-fuel-tax-riots-20181204-story.html Chicago Tribune Dec/12/2018 "The single most effective weapon in the fight against climate change is the tax code - imposing costs on those who emit greenhouse gases, economists say. But as French President Emmanuel Macron learned over the past three weeks, implementing such taxes can be politically explosive. On Tuesday, France delayed for six months a plan to raise already steep taxes on diesel fuel by 24 cents a gallon and gasoline by about 12 cents a gallon. Macron argued that the taxes were needed to curb climate change by weaning motorists off petroleum products, but violent demonstrations in the streets of Paris and other French cities forced him to backtrack - at least for now." "In the United States - where energy-related taxes are among the lowest in the developed world - politicians, their constituents and their donors have repeatedly made that clear."

Remember the reason for the riots in France are over gas taxes raised to force people not to use gas.
These riots still are going on today almost six months later. 4/2/2019

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-france-fuel-tax-riots-20181204-story.html

Chicago Tribune
Dec/12/2018
"The single most effective weapon in the fight against climate change is the tax code - imposing costs on those who emit greenhouse gases, economists say. But as French President Emmanuel Macron learned over the past three weeks, implementing such taxes can be politically explosive.

On Tuesday, France delayed for six months a plan to raise already steep taxes on diesel fuel by 24 cents a gallon and gasoline by about 12 cents a gallon. Macron argued that the taxes were needed to curb climate change by weaning motorists off petroleum products, but violent demonstrations in the streets of Paris and other French cities forced him to backtrack - at least for now."

"In the United States - where energy-related taxes are among the lowest in the developed world - politicians, their constituents and their donors have repeatedly made that clear."

Post #794216 by tikiskip on Tue, Apr 2, 2019 10:07 AM