tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post3437284908949966877..comments2024-03-28T19:12:11.348-07:00Comments on Just A Car Guy: one very angry french farmer that isn't going to stand by while the prices of fuel go up with another taxJessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18429349943129907930noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-26721876230623795332018-12-08T07:31:31.126-08:002018-12-08T07:31:31.126-08:00I smell russian interference.I smell russian interference.double nickelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02067401914703468252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-5231493638271725722018-12-08T05:49:49.215-08:002018-12-08T05:49:49.215-08:00Don,t you wish Americans had this kind of fervor e...Don,t you wish Americans had this kind of fervor every time a new tax is slapped on us? There was the Tea Party. They're gone. I hope the French Parliament gets the message. Wonder if that was a pile of manure Valette dumped on their door step? :) jsfuryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05376420982509061892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37353682.post-24376476899662960552018-12-08T04:16:35.965-08:002018-12-08T04:16:35.965-08:00They put the tax increase on hold and there are ev...They put the tax increase on hold and there are even info that they cancel it. Now different people/groups inside those demonstrations (there is no central planning or representatives) start to demand more things. This looks like "give a finger, they want the whole hand" now. Number of demonstrating is now much lower, those who demonstrate against tax increase go back home. Those who stay want more things. There also groups of simple bandits that wear green vests to blend in and steal shit from shops ect. <br /><br />But that is not something shocking, mass demonstrations and fight with police is somehow of French tradition from times of Revolution. You could be sure for some clashes every year in Labor Day. <br /><br />Macron administration want push things too fast and without any backup plan to ease such transition. This need to be a process that take time, the idea to move to more power efficient engines is good and all but you can't change that with one sign and expect that everybody just buy new better trucks. Give people huge tax cuts for buying new trucks, dotations, take a long road with some good program that will take a decade. Now I get that they afraid that next government will just fuck it up and cancel whole program but hey, this is the democracy, this is how things works. Next governments can and often do fuck things up no matter if they are good or bad, they do this just for pure malice against predecessors. Shashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06772329154615576984noreply@blogger.com