A-Infos (en) France, Organization Alternating Current OC - Save: rumors and disinformation in countries Sarkhollande (fr) [machine translation]

The point where the government gets into the shoes of the former is impressive, even for 
those who have never believed in the promises (or rather lack thereof) of "candidate 
normal." Daily economic news recites a lot of new about it. All in one media interference 
also impressive. Government ("the Goche") dressed all in favor of employers scoops the 
slogan of "right effort" while the opposition (right) and the MEDEF howl whenever feather 
patterns, getting to all shots even greater benefits. Consider a few examples in the news 
recently (well, most very recent when you read this).

PSA Save!

Throughout the campaign, we warmed PS (s) with the "industrial recovery" and salvage jobs. 
Montebourg multiplied factory visits, announced he would not let fire ... Then, PSA 
announced the closure of Aulnay and 8,000 job cuts. Impressive silence of the government 
... ordering a report ... Report concludes that natural patterns alas PSA have made ââmany 
mistakes but now that these strategic mistakes have been made, it remains only to dismiss. 
And then, suddenly, the government IS. And what does he do? He gives in to PSA course! The 
scenario is well oiled. First, we will see what we see, rotomontades Montebourg, who told 
Liberation: "We want, first of all, guarantees on the social aspect. Regarding the 
Aulnay-sous-Bois, Seine-Saint-Denis, PSA wants to close in 2014, the group must 
demonstrate that 3000 will be reclassified as employees or through internal 
re-industrialization of the site. (...) The goal must be zero PSA employee job center. ". 
And in exchange for some unfortunate billion PSA supposedly made ââconcessions, he 
"reformed its governance" as they say in the jargon. And what is this reform? There will 
be an employee representative on the board (and the state)! We are happy for him ...
There is another more interesting concession: shareholders will not receive dividends for 
three years. Super! A few small details closely. To receive dividends, you must first make 
a profit. It is therefore the official admission that PSA has well remain profitable. And 
anyway, this is a standard practice not to pay an interim dividend in case of 
difficulties. It must be said that shareholders have generally some other resources, and 
interest in their work does not fall, so that the company does not run.
Ah, I forgot! Executive Board members will not have additional free shares during this 
time. It also must be said that their annual salary in 2011 was only 1.3 million euros and 
Guillaume Philippe Varin Faury, 1.6 GrÃgoire Olivier. This is what is called a fair 
distribution of effort and a sense of sacrifice. Last amusing detail: after the rhetoric 
of industry support, after beautiful lyrical against banks and diversion of money from the 
state, the deposit of billions, who is it for? In the industrial, maintenance of 
employment? Nay. It is the bank that owns PSA, BPF, which is well saved.

Recovery industrial competitiveness

It has shifted from the industrial recovery "industrial patriotism" (it was in the program 
of the Netherlands) and quickly competitiveness, barbaric word whose meaning is more 
blurred for the typical person that economists are in fact no agreement between them. 
Wholesale and French, to be competitive, it is better placed than others. It can be 
because it is cheaper, or because they offer better quality products. This is what 
economists call respectively "price competitiveness" and "non-price competitiveness." The 
problem is that you can not have your cake and eat it too. For a non-price 
competitiveness, we need a skilled workforce, involved, good infrastructure, a relatively 
short rich, a public service that takes the road and too poorly paid employees. To be the 
cheapest, by cons, the easiest way is to pay slingshot (employees, not bosses!). 
Basically, traditionally right wing economic policies emphasized the price competitiveness 
(lower wage costs) and economic policies "of Goche" on non-price competitiveness. So 
Holland has given a report on competitiveness ... Welsh, former CEO of EADS (annual 
salary: â 2.6 million). Entrusted to a report of such a character is deciding in advance 
what will be the conclusion: lower labor costs.
And even before the publication of the report, the little game ideologically very 
profitable rumors resumed. There have been "leaks" in the press 30 billion cuts in social 
security contributions, anything that ... which means of course, now that parliament has 
ratified the golden rule of balancing the budget proposed by Sarkozy in his time, 30 
billion savings on benefits.
Statements by the Government as what it is not required by the report (why he ordered 
it?), the right screams and MEDEF against the leftist government that oppresses the 
bosses. Again, the script was written in advance upon order of the report of such a 
character. Hide all for what? The decision has already been taken. Just read the title of 
"Liberation" October 22: "For competitiveness, Moscovici announces a" trajectory "rather 
than a" shock "." If we understand a political right, it's down to payroll and pay the 
poor immediately, and left politics is to lower payroll and make the poor pay gradually 
(but quickly anyway).

"The fair tax"

Again this is not bad.
The French tax system is quite complex, so we are not very sure it is not global balance 
(the more you rich, you pay less tax as a percentage). VAT accounts for half the taxes. It 
is a tax that is paid by consumers and low income pay the full salary they spend their 
entire salary, while those of you who have a higher income to save part. So in reality, 
France, nobody is not taxable. But of course, when we talk about taxes, nobody talks about 
this tax there, everyone thinks the income tax, probably the least unjust. The corporate 
income tax (you know, the one who crushes "our" companies) accounts for 14% of the taxes, 
and income tax 19%. Incidentally, the famous tax breaks totaling a gift of 14% on income 
tax, 14% naturally benefiting the richest, but they also allow companies to present third 
of corporate tax. That, oddly, we talk less. Anyway, even if it is not even a little bit 
Social Democratic extent of tax reform is needed. Well, of course, it did not matter, even 
social democracy is no longer in fashion, now it is the new revamped left to right.
It is matter between the less- time a new taboo is installed. Should not tax capital, 
competitive forces (see above). It is a typically schizophrenic speech: let the rich pay, 
ask them to contribute to national solidarity, but do not pay companies whose dynamism is 
the engine of our economy. As if the richest were not, in fact, the owners of those 
companies! So every scoop tax, we take a lot of painstaking measures to not "penalize 
companies". In other words, a CEO who has a salary of several million will pay the famous 
75% tax (over a million anyway). A CEO who earns a million in the form of salary and other 
remuneration million in inventory option, will have nothing to pay, he should not hinder 
entrepreneurial dynamism. Although fool who pays the famous tax under these conditions ... 
He remains the possibility of investing in investments that provide tax credits ... And 
yet, the MEDEF screams every time that taxing large fortunes is discouraged initiative. It 
has a set of puppeteers to hide the enormity of income transfers to the sandstone 
bourgeoisie.
And this "fair tax" is to finance what? Of course, the police who baton justice that 
condemns us and the military will bomb ex-colonies (approximately 1/5th of the state 
budget). Then, well, you have to pay the bankers a bit more than 15% of the state budget 
is the "debt burden". The burden of debt is currently less than the budget for education, 
but more than the defense ....
The debt is very useful for the capital. It allows to tackle social protection in the name 
of the fight against deficits, it imposes austerity policies, and in addition the same 
people who are crushed by these policies pay the bankers through their taxes. Capitalism 
has found a way to charge the condemned rope with which we will hang them.

Pigeons and other birds

Good, but to get the pill, it must be some symbolic measures. They are symbolic in the 
true sense of the term, are scoops the margin to show that but if it is true. Except that 
the problem with symbols is that they require a certain professionalism in communication. 
From this point of view, the case of pigeons is crying. What was the scandal? The 
government dared propose that when a boss sold his company, the profit he made ââon this 
occasion is integrated with its return of income and therefore account in the calculation 
of tax. A pure scandal, we concede! I want to know from you who understood that it was 
what he was listening to the radio or watching TV. Even me, I had to search a bit to 
understand. This was well in line with the so-called "fair tax." The government has not 
even been able to tell. He fell immediately after a few thousand signatures internet. I 
want to know how many times we got anything after a few thousand signatures and internet 
without needing to demonstrate. So the bosses in question will abatements they have 
created themselves or the company they reinvest more than half a new case (presumably 
successful) ...
This case, not very important itself, is emblematic of the current level of misinformation 
(and report status of forces). There is no question of asking any crumb to the capitalist 
bourgeoisie, even coat an austerity plan the size of the one who is coming. And when a 
bourgeois move even a finger that he has an army of journalists to repeat orders 
faithfully what he asked, without a hint of fall, without an iota of information. It is 
ultimately in economic journals and right sites of finance found much information ...

The point at which the Hollandie like Sarkozi 6 months after the handover is still 
amazing. To believe that capitalism has no alternative plan, or is certain to be forearmed 
against any effective social movement in France. The extent to which the liberal dogma is 
implanted in the heads is also impressive against the truths are dealt out as evidence, 
the defense of the capital was erected in sacred dogma that no one disputes. No false note 
is reflected in the media. The simple fact that the king is naked passes for breaking 
position. This is not really encouraging.

Sylvie
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