the carbon taxes should be levied on large corporations and their shareholders rather than than low income individuals and employees
We all know that no one will do anything.
the yellow jackets are out rioting, killing, and dying to protest what they see as unfair
the prime minister has already agreed to suspend the gas tax for 6 months, and will need to make further concessions or else risk being ousted/replaced
>>Every time I hear politicians say how they know what needs to be done, but they will get voted out if they try. I don't believe this is true.
I meant we all know that no one will do anything about climate change, because whenever anyone proposes something with an actual effect people come out "rioting, killing, and dying to protest what they see as unfair".
But, this is more of an example of the problem: the state is propping up crumbling social infrastructure with extra taxes, and trying to greenwash them. You can see it in the things Macron promises to do now: Raise the minimal wage of the protesters. In the same way, the main complaint from the protester is that they are average salary workers, and they can't make ends meet anymore. It doesn't matter much that the straw that broke the camel's back was a green tax.
Imagine people rioting in the streets because you put a carbon tax on gas.