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Originally Posted by Traum
I agree that the French have the correct mentality in holding their government to the fire -- part of their protest is about how Macron had forced the reforms through despite massive pushback from the citizens. And I don't blame them for protesting about this at all.
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I don't blame the protests but I think this is one of those cases where this is good, if painful, policy that needed to happen. Kudos to Macron for pushing this through despite what it might mean for his future as a politician.
I remember when the GST showed up way back in the 80's when the Mulroney gov't implemented it and there were howls of protests around it but it was a necessary change in taxation. Same with the carbon tax - it's one of the better taxes we have.
OTOH, we have local politicians who are too chicken shit to mass rezone our cities to make housing affordable and who are hollowing out our city centers as a result.