Agnès Verdier-Molinié’s warning to presidential candidates: “Stop taxing us! »
In a shocking book, the economist warns candidates for the next major election against the weight of taxation.
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Economist Agnès Verdier-Molinié warns presidential candidates against any new tax increases, advocating budgetary rigor and lower taxes to reduce public debt.
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Why It Matters
France faces a public debt reaching 3,600 billion euros and recurring debates on taxation.
By Ghislain de Montalembert, for Le Figaro Magazine
INTERVIEW - In a shocking book denouncing the weight of taxation on households and businesses, the economist warns candidates for the next major election: the French are not ready to accept new tax increases.
Agnès Verdier-Molinié has established herself as the face of the fight against excessive spending in the public sphere, the waste of taxpayers' money and hyper-taxation. Vast program in a country that culminates in the firmament of the most expensive and taxing states in the world!
The director of the Ifrap Foundation is sounding the alarm: there is no question of further increasing the tax burden borne by the French, she warns in her latest essay, Stop taxing us! (Éditions de l’Observatoire).
Ideas are flowing, however, among the candidates for the presidential election. “Taxes, yes, spoliation, no! » warns Agnès Verdier-Molinié, recalling that the one and only solution to get France out of the vicious spiral of deficits and debt (3,600 billion euros of debt!) involves budgetary rigor and the reduction of taxes which are suffocating the French economy.
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What to Watch
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Debates on taxation and budgetary rigor during the presidential campaign
Very likely · Within months
Open Questions
- What concrete proposals will the candidates make to reduce public spending?
