Is Macron okay?
Is he still hot?
Yes? Okay then.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | March 26, 2023 10:18 AM |
Macron is raising the pension age by 2 years, and the French see this as his sneaky way to pay for all the recent migrants rather than to improve the healthcare or living standards for the French.
They are really, really pissed. Also, they are world champions at vivid protests.
But yes, this time it's far more serious.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | March 26, 2023 10:18 AM |
Zut alors, R2!!
by Anonymous | reply 3 | March 26, 2023 10:21 AM |
Ce n'est rien, OP.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | March 26, 2023 10:24 AM |
Aux barricades!
by Anonymous | reply 5 | March 26, 2023 10:31 AM |
“We’ll sit and drink our wine while the world burns down around us!” That’s so French, and fair play to them.
I’m in the UK and they’ve consistently raised the retirement age, with no protest I’m aware of, alas. It went from 60 to now 66 and is due to go to 68. Fuck, before long there will be a huge increase in the number of geriatrics starting Onlyfans accounts.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | March 26, 2023 10:32 AM |
I hope he makes it through this.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | March 26, 2023 10:43 AM |
Can't they still retire early at 55 like most places?
by Anonymous | reply 8 | March 26, 2023 10:48 AM |
Like which "most places", r8?
by Anonymous | reply 9 | March 26, 2023 10:49 AM |
Like lots of places if you have an early retirement plan. Canada is one, I'm sure retirement at 55 must be possible in the US as well if you have pension eligibility based on age plus years of service.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | March 26, 2023 10:56 AM |
r6 eh, people can be like that anywhere... albeit, we'd likely catch more hell if we admit to it.
It's like the first time you experience a robbery, maybe you react... 2nd, 3rd, fifth,, fifteenth time down the line, you find it more frustrating, like when you're on a lunch break and you're hoping this won't take you too long or they don't need you to make statements to the police after.
I had my own tales but you there's always pearl clutchers of some kind upset that you didn't bust into superhero mode and stop it or were so callous that all you could think about is finishing your lunch, continuing your conversation, albeit from minimal safety under a table and getting back to work.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | March 26, 2023 10:56 AM |
In the US, few people have pensions:
These days, stable sources of income are rare for retirees, making a traditional pension a rare find. Unfortunately, only 10% of workers are currently covered by traditional pension plans (thirty years ago that number was closer to 60%).
by Anonymous | reply 12 | March 26, 2023 10:58 AM |
I LOVE the fact that they're sitting in the cafe chatting over a glass or two of vin rouge while the world around them is literally burning.
That's true sang-froid. Respect!
by Anonymous | reply 13 | March 26, 2023 12:46 PM |
The barking dog seems to be the only one who cares that the road is on fire.
Two people just sit there talking, and two other people move tables because of the inconvenient fire that was burning too close to their sidewalk table.
I fucking love it.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | March 26, 2023 1:11 PM |
More importantly, how is Sesshie managing? The flames must be an impediment to his pilgrimage.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | March 26, 2023 1:15 PM |
That looks quite comical, actually.
The French can just shut the fuck up. The retirement age in the rest of Europe is mostly in the 65 to 67 range, but they feel they're too good for 64. What makes them so fucking special?
by Anonymous | reply 16 | March 26, 2023 1:16 PM |
A long history of entitlement, R16
One that’s impossible to maintain indefinitely.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | March 26, 2023 1:20 PM |
I am still waiting to hear about this place where you can retire at 55. Even where it might be an option, I suspect the payments are a pittance, not any substantial portion of your salary. You certainly can’t get US Social Security then unless maybe some sort of disability.
by Anonymous | reply 18 | March 26, 2023 1:23 PM |
Just because things are shitty elsewhere, R16 and R17, doesn't mean the French should have to give up their retirement age.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | March 26, 2023 1:23 PM |
R18, you can retire at 55 in Canada. You can't collect CPP till age 60, but many company pensions allow for retirement at 55. I have friends who retired at 55 and their company pension is between $50-60, 000. Of course that's half their working salary, but they'll get topped up once they reach 60 and can are eligible for CPP. Teachers, government workers, people who work for federally regulated industries (like the airlines and the railway) are all examples where early retirement is a possibility.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | March 26, 2023 1:29 PM |
[quote] I am still waiting to hear about this place where you can retire at 55. Even where it might be an option, I suspect the payments are a pittance, not any substantial portion of your salary.
In the US, most military members can retire after only 10 or 20 years of service. And with excellent benefits, too.
Free healthcare, and regular cost of living adjustments.
And they're not restricted from working at other jobs after retirement. Even if they're on disability retirement.
I know someone in his early 50's who came to work in my office at $65,000 per year.
He retired from the US military in his 40's, and now he's just bouncing from job to job just for an extra paycheck. He quit after about six months, and moved on to something else because he got bored.
He gets his pension from the military, plus his salary from whatever job he chooses to take from now until he dies.
I think that firemen and policemen in the US get to retire after only 20 years, as well. Regardless of age.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | March 26, 2023 1:32 PM |
Fuck him. He took this action by himself. No referrndum.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | March 26, 2023 1:36 PM |
This is a commonly used retirement calculator.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | March 26, 2023 1:36 PM |
[Quote] A long history of entitlement
Interesting that emphasis of personal life over working until your fingers bleed for oligarchs is considered entitlement
by Anonymous | reply 24 | March 26, 2023 1:45 PM |
[Quote] He gets his pension from the military, plus his salary from whatever job he chooses to take from now until he dies.
The military pension isn’t really all that much. It’s a percentage of “basic pay,” which is only one of many different types of “pay” that make up a salary, including housing pay, meals, location etc. one cannot even qualify for a pension until working 20 yard in the military. At 20 years, a pension is 50% of basic pay.
So the pension can be somewhere around $30-$50k per year. To live comfortable, you have to get another job, have saved separately, and also rely on Ss
by Anonymous | reply 25 | March 26, 2023 1:49 PM |
^yards = years
by Anonymous | reply 26 | March 26, 2023 1:50 PM |
[quote] At 20 years, a pension is 50% of basic pay.
[quote] So the pension can be somewhere around $30-$50k per year.
I could live on that SO easily.
I'm not extravagant or materialistic, so I would be very comfortable with a retirement like that.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | March 26, 2023 1:52 PM |
Please stop talking in our name when you don't know anything about what's going on, R2. No one thinks this is about migrants.
This is about forcefully and unilaterally pushing this reform without even letting the national assembly vote on it. I don't care if it's constitutional, this is not a democratic process. And choosing to do so while there's already a crisis and a lot of people are struggling financially was such a dumb move.
by Anonymous | reply 28 | March 26, 2023 2:03 PM |
There are also many other benefits to being former military, such as preference in federal employment. They frequently get jobs they are not qualified to perform, remain in these jobs (and receive contractor $upport to actually get anything done), and ultimately collect two pensions. Many are anti-government, even though every dime they receive comes from taxpayers.
by Anonymous | reply 29 | March 26, 2023 2:15 PM |
R24, are you suggesting the French are all working their fingers to the bones for oligarchs? Because they're not.
by Anonymous | reply 30 | March 26, 2023 3:43 PM |
OP's pic is like the most French photo I have ever seen. Fuck them for raising the retirement age.
I think 50 should be the retirement age. 30 years of hard work and roughly 20-30 years to enjoy the rest of your life as you see fit while still having some healthy/vitality left. Too many people set their hopes on doing what they want in their late 60's only to see (or actually not see) it ever happen. I still want to go on vacation while I have a good body and look hot in a speedo.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | March 26, 2023 6:32 PM |
R16 You should read more about it, actually
by Anonymous | reply 32 | March 26, 2023 6:37 PM |
[quote] I still want to go on vacation while I have a good body and look hot in a speedo.
R31, something tells me that time has passed.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | March 26, 2023 7:55 PM |
R31, that’s great. How is it supposed to be paid for? You could confiscate every dime from the rich and it wouldn’t pay for this.
by Anonymous | reply 34 | March 26, 2023 8:00 PM |
Of course, what R34 says is correct. R31 is a moron.
by Anonymous | reply 35 | March 26, 2023 8:03 PM |
The rioting French are correct. Get rid of the Tax Havens and tax the rich fairly. We're talking about the wealthiest countries in the world. What's the point of being a wealthy country if the working stiffs have to work until they drop dead? The wealthiest countries in the world should have retirement at 60. Take the money back from the .1%. They are taking ALL the wealth.
by Anonymous | reply 36 | March 26, 2023 8:10 PM |
The very rich are paying nothing. ZERO. And they are getting richer.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | March 26, 2023 8:11 PM |
Paris is not beautiful now.
by Anonymous | reply 38 | March 26, 2023 8:15 PM |
The retirement age is supposed to go down as humankind advances in knowledge.
by Anonymous | reply 39 | March 26, 2023 8:16 PM |
Well, R38, they better get their shit together before I visit in May.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | March 26, 2023 8:19 PM |
Political tactic meant to calm down mass protests against increasing retirement age by 2 years? France's Minister of labor and unemployment , Olivier Dussopt, just revealed he's gay.
Accused on social networks of instrumentalizing his "coming out" in the midst of political turmoil, Minister Olivier Dussopt replies: "The policy of diversion does not work"
by Anonymous | reply 41 | March 26, 2023 8:21 PM |
Lol they don’t take coffee to go even if they’re in the line of fire
by Anonymous | reply 42 | March 26, 2023 8:37 PM |
Désolé mais monsieur le ministre Dussopt n’est pas hot. Au suivant !
by Anonymous | reply 43 | March 26, 2023 9:05 PM |
R39 Alas, we had a very forward thinking US president and they assassinated him.
by Anonymous | reply 44 | March 26, 2023 9:34 PM |
If you are a government worker, you can still retire after 30 years of service in the same job in the US, right?
by Anonymous | reply 45 | March 26, 2023 9:37 PM |
France’s government retirement programs (there are several) account for 14% of French GDP. In the US, Social Security is 5% of GDP.
As in the US, it’s funded by a combination of employer and employee contributions and like the US, those currently working fund the benefits of retirees. People in France live longer than Americans and, as in the US, that means the work force is supporting more retirees.
More benefits for more people collecting benefits for a longer period of time have to be paid for.
How?
by Anonymous | reply 46 | March 26, 2023 11:43 PM |
How? TAX THE FUCKING RICH. PROGRESSIVE TAXATION.
by Anonymous | reply 47 | March 26, 2023 11:45 PM |
You'd think this was brain surgery or theoretical physics. It's not.
by Anonymous | reply 48 | March 26, 2023 11:46 PM |
Soaking the rich doesn’t work anymore. Money knows no boundaries and the rich can move it very easily.
Massachusetts voters just passed a 4% surtax on income in excess of $1 million dollars annually that went into effect as of January 1st, 2023. So far, approximately 1500 people subject to the tax have changed their residence to another state, most of them to Florida where there’s no state income tax. If they stayed in MA, they’d be paying 9%.
It’s estimated the Commonwealth will lose six million dollars a day in tax revenue as a result. Not to mention the charitable contributions that used to stay in Massachusetts because they went to MGH or the Symphony or the MSPCA are now going to Florida along with the jobs those people supported.
The rich can move their money as easily as their country of residence. It’s not like it’s brain surgery.
by Anonymous | reply 49 | March 27, 2023 12:14 AM |
Paris is burning
by Anonymous | reply 50 | March 27, 2023 2:57 AM |
Are they not scared of a fireball hurling right for that table? Gotta love the French
by Anonymous | reply 51 | March 27, 2023 3:00 AM |
Macron's a BANKER. Never trust bankers.
by Anonymous | reply 52 | March 27, 2023 3:13 AM |
It's over.
[quote]France's top constitutional body has cleared the raising of the state pension age from 62 to 64, and rejected calls for a referendum by political opponents.
[quote]But the Constitutional Council struck out some of the controversial reforms citing legal flaws.
by Anonymous | reply 54 | April 14, 2023 4:31 PM |
Oooh la la!
by Anonymous | reply 55 | April 14, 2023 7:10 PM |