Do you know the story of the man who meets a girl and falls madly in love with her?
For weeks he has been very nice to her and brings her breakfast in bed.
Coffee, croissants, orange juice, a fresh flower – in short, the whole thing.
And then one day the guy gets up, kisses his beauty and is about to go to work when the girl calls him angrily.
“Hey, ho! And my lunch? You do not love me anymore ? »
Morality: Nothing is more difficult than to take away from a person what he believes to be acquired rights.
WE WILL NOT BACKUP!
That happens in France.
The government says: “Okay, listen, the economic and demographic situation has changed, the old ways of doing things are no longer valid, we have to adapt to the new reality and push back the retirement age from 62 to 64. »
Result: The country explodes.
“You will not take away our acquired rights! »
Yes, I understand it’s not easy, but look at the situation, we can’t do more and…
“You will not take away our acquired rights!!! »
I hear you, it’s never fun to back down, but what do you want, there are more and more retirees and fewer and fewer workers, and you don’t want more immigration, so…
“You will not claim our acquired rights!” GO, HOP, WE SET THE SHOT ON FIRE! »
You can calmly explain the situation to them and show them all the numbers, all the demographic projections and all the statistical tables, doing nothing.
You’re on your way out.
They just see that for decades the government brought them breakfast in bed and now they don’t.
So they set kiosks on fire and throw stones at the cops.
As de Gaulle said: “France is capable of revolution but not of reform. »
Cut off the king’s head? No problem, sharpen the guillotine and bring the basket!
But raise the retirement age from 62 to 64?
It’s not okay, is it?
ALWAYS MORE !
The thing is, for most people, government can only go one way.
In advance.
Even if ahead, there is a cliff.
Look at the Couillard government’s ‘pseudo-austerity’.
The government had not cut spending. It had slowed spending growth.
Government spending continued to increase, but at a slower pace.
Result: We reacted as if the government had stopped our deliveries.
As a millionaire, the faucet kept flowing.
Nothing is more difficult for a government than to resort to what are rightly or wrongly considered to be acquired rights.
On the one hand, taxpayers complain because they are overtaxed and taxed.
But don’t cut back on spending! Because we will organize strikes all over the kingdom!
So what do we do ?
We do nothing! We continue in the same direction!
Even if it will lead us into the wall!
