The fight against social inequalities is a laudable objective, but too often misguided for demagogic and electoral purposes.
The idea that overtaxing the better-off would solve the ills of the poorest is rehashed ad nauseam.
You do not have to force yourself to consider that a good tax - that is, a fair tax - is a tax paid by others.
And, attractive as it may be, this claim lends itself to much criticism.
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The Secours Catholique 2020 report on the real state of poverty in France is alarming.
Almost 10% of the French population - or between 5 and 7 million people - have recourse to food aid.
Yet France is the world champion in compulsory levies with Denmark.
These represented 44.5% of the GDP in our country in 2020. There is therefore no established causal link, to say the least, between a strong fiscal pressure and a reduction in poverty.
And the importance ...
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