A-Infos (en) France, Change? Really? Neoliberalism sauce Holland (fr) [machine translation]

Long version of Article Libertarian Alternative No. 221 of October 2012. ---- Replacement 
by Nicolas Sarkozy François Hollande the highest peak of the state would it necessarily 
lead to a break with the capitalist enterprise of looting the company? Many on the left 
have believed, despite clear signs issued on the occasion given the pathetic "primary 
socialist" ( Laugh a little: the proposed "primary" candidates "socialist" ). Four months 
later, the record is already terrible, and resumable: nothing new under the burning sun of 
austerity. ---- In the technocratic language of the Socialist Party, austerity is 
pronounced "recovery in righteousness." A poor euphemism for the perpetuation of a drastic 
austerity cure paid by the working classes who had not asked yet. We deal in reality a 
siphoning of social wealth that they produce in order to bail out banks who knowingly 
deposit and confused speculation.

Chaired Holland Ayrault, it is even more try one  : New clothes were beautiful display of 
neoliberalism in its variant Social Democratic few fetishes French symbolic (the 
"recovery" within the meaning out of the economic crisis , "justice" in the sense of equal 
sharing of effort involved in this release), they do nothing to disguise the general line 
of a regime of capital accumulation which is no longer based only on household debt but 
also the states. There is considerable evidence of the renewal of austerity, such as TSCG 
provided for parliamentary ratification in October.

The TSCG: the "golden rule" remake

Who remembers the covenant "euro plus" or "European semester"? It was only a year ago ( 
MES? Mass. The EU is called: social decline for everyone! ). The recommendation of the 
wage freeze and social security contributions, reduced the number of staff such as raising 
the age of retirement legitimized submission to the European institutions (Council and 
Commission) national budgets, even before any parliamentary debate. The "golden rule" 
dixit Sarkozy calling for the entrenchment of fiscal balance accounts now called the State 
Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance in Europe. The TSCG fits into the overall 
system more "European fiscal pact" which advocates a "fiscal discipline" establishing the 
final takeover of the financial markets on the States' fiscal policies 2 . The adoption by 
the PS TSCG will logically determine the general line in terms of national economic policy.

Taxation: some lousy shots

Provides that if the couple Ayrault Holland, for example instead of Sarkozy's project 
"Social VAT" which consisted basically in exchange for a three-point increase in VAT (11 
billion euros) against an increase the employer's contribution to the payment of social 
security contributions ( signed two new setbacks Sarkozy: "Social VAT" and 
"competitiveness agreements" )? We recall that the exchange was for Sarkozy to trade for 
the benefit of patrons  an increase in VAT (paid by everyone because it is a tax deducted 
at source of goods purchased) against an increase in employers' social contributions (paid 
by themselves)! So the answer "socialists": an increase in CSG! Created by the Rocard 
government in 1990, the tax evaded any logical progression actually represents the first 
tranche of income tax. On all salaries (including pensions), the CSG barely touches on 
unearned income (11% of the 89 billion collected). The increase in VAT to the CSG, the 
note pass from one to two! How to see the decline in left politics? With CRDS Juppé 
created in 1996, increased the CSG will increase when taxation, confiscation policy of 
social protection and wrested control wage ( Social inequalities are also tax inequality ).
As for taxation (provisional time of deleveraging) rich thrilled that even in the pages of 
Le Figaro , the binomial Holland Ayrault has lowered its ambition to 75% tax on incomes 
above 1 million euros for a single year, with only earned income will be affected. It 
would in fact unless you add a new tranche of creating a surtax on the model of the ISF, 
including CSG and the CRDS happen suddenly to 67%! The fact that capital income taxation 
are spared this did not stop Bernard Arnault, the richest capitalist France (1 million 
monthly), ask the pretext of tax exile Belgian nationality. At the other end of the 
operation, between 8 and 11 million people survive head under the poverty line 3 .

"Priority to use" = casualization of wage

Between the weak version back to 60 years as age of retirement as it relates only to the 
employee-es long careers and come September 20 of the Inter PSA Aulnay at the Elysee which 
resulted the promise of tripartite (labor, management, government) but without commitment 
to a freeze plant closure, that he is to make a left politics that is left? Stop promised 
the General Review of Public Policies (RGPP) since 2008 which allowed the removal of more 
than 20,000 annual staff positions? Except that it is a RGPP bis looming, offering 
sacrifice some departments considered non-priority for education, interior and justice. 
Are also maintained for officials freezing point index regarding their treatment as well 
as the slowdown in their career advancement.

Regarding the proposed creation of 150,000 "jobs of the future" by 2014 in the name of 
"work first" (Michel Sapin), we find disguised the principle of "youth employment" dear to 
Martine Aubry! August 24, the Board of Education (CSE) has been consulted on an article of 
the bill on the jobs of the future for pre-recruitment of young people from modest 
backgrounds wishing to prepare competitions for access to Trades Education (the "jobs of 
the future teacher"). We can not say that unions are satisfied, even if they consider 
legitimate the fact to pay attention to proposals to help young people from disadvantaged 
backgrounds to access Trades Education by establishing a pre-recruitment. But not by 
substituting tax (is financed 75% by the state.) The payment of social security 
contributions (including bosses will once again exempt) or by weakening the status of the 
employee by the enlargement of the capitalist norm of the contract ( Precarious in the 
three public functions: the end of status? (I) Precarious in the three public functions: 
the end of status? (II) ). And even less considering youth as a handicap equal access to 
the professional world.

Compared to a policy that perpetuates the business of looting the state of social wealth 
in favor of the financial income and expense of classes violated in their dignity, it will 
be seen, not surprised that the government is left slightly less worse than the right. 
Social movement, far from being satisfied with this alternation politician must make every 
effort to develop an alternative policy establishing the break with the capitalist order.

1 Cf the folder "When the left is not trying" in Perspectives , No. 25, September 2012.
2 Cf The article "Authoritarian and austéritaires" in Libertarian Alternative , No. 220, 
September 2012.
3 http://www.inegalites.fr/spip.php?article1639&id_mot=30 # nb2
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