Left-wing deputies, including the communist Sébastien Jumel or the rebellious François Ruffin, pleaded Tuesday for a " Jean Valjean tax ", an " exceptional " contribution from the highest heritage in the face of the coronavirus crisis, taking up an idea launched by the actor Vincent Lindon.
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Supported by Sébastien Jumel (PCF), this motion for a resolution, with symbolic value, is co-signed by communists, rebellious and some elected socialist and related or Liberties and Territories.
For people with " 10 million euros of wealth " and more, it would be a " progressive tax " of 1 to 5% which " would bring back 34 billion deeply useful from the first year ", presented the Communist deputy, elected from Seine-Maritime, at a press conference in Place du Palais Bourbon.
This exceptional contribution, " to finance public services ", would complement the request to reinstate the solidarity tax on wealth claimed by the left and the far right. “ The question of the wealth tax, the taxation of capital, it is no longer tenable for walkers. But as it will not fall from the sky, we will have to shake them up ”, with a“ balance of power ”, estimates Mr. Jumel.
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The Communist deputy wanted to give a parliamentary translation to an idea defended with " humanity, sincerity and sensitivity " by actor Vincent Lindon, on May 6 at Mediapart, he explained.
“ It is obvious that in the country there is a feeling of deep fiscal injustice. It is latent and it is a cause of resentment for a certain number of people, ”added François Ruffin (LFI).
“ During the yellow vests crisis, one of the slogans was that the little ones pay small and the big ones pay big. It had the merit of simplicity and clarity. You still have to remember that the French Revolution was born out of tax reform, ”he continued.
" It pleases me to sign a proposal called Jean Valjean " and that " two centuries later we can do Victor Hugo ", because " some live the life of what he said, " said Caroline Fiat ( LFI), in an allusion to the author of Les Misérables, and to his central character Jean Valjean.
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The Minister of the Economy Bruno Le Maire had estimated mid-May that the reinstatement of the ISF, suppressed in 2018 by the government, would be “pure demagoguery”: “ We did it for years, it didn’t didn't work, it didn't enrich France, it didn't improve prosperity ”.
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