Apparently, the French don’t like being screwed.
I hope U.S. politicians can take a hint.
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3 Dec 2018 – The protests began about two weeks ago, when French drivers wearing yellow vests led a demonstration of more than 280,000 people across the country to push back against rising taxes on gas and diesel fuel.
The tax will increase the price of diesel – the most commonly used car fuel in France – by about 30 cents per gallon at the pump. The tax, bad enough as it is, is scheduled to continue rising over the next few years.
The tax hike is a direct result of President Emmanuel Macron’s commitment to curbing ‘climate change.’
Gas already costs about $7.06 per gallon in France, which has more diesel cars than any other country in Europe.
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The protest movement — known as gilets jaunes — has blockaded streets and highways, burned cars, set buildings on fire, and brawled with police in response to the tax hike.
The name gilets jaunes (yellow vests) comes from the high-visibility yellow jackets that motorists are required to carry in their vehicles in France.
Yellow jackets also blocked access to at least 11 fuel depots, resulting in many gas stations running out of fuel.
So far the riots have resulted in at least three deaths and almost 300 injured.
The riots have spread to other cities including Marseilles, the second-largest city in France. However, it is in the smaller French towns and cities, where people are dependent on their cars, that the anger is most deeply felt.
Since his election in May 2017, Macron has sought to position himself as one of the world’s leading advocates for action to combat climate. He hosted a second major climate summit in Paris in December 2017.
Paris and its surrounding suburbs have already moved to ban older model diesel cars from their roads, and Macron’s government committed France to banning the sales of all gasoline-powered cars by 2040.
Unfortunately for Macron, a recent poll showed that more than 80 percent of French oppose his carbon tax, which, again, was imposed supposedly to fight climate change.
I hope U.S. politicians can take a hint.
Lots of photos and videos
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6454033/Riot-police-beat-lone-protester-shocking-video-Paris.html
https://www.thegwpf.com/new-poll-80-of-french-oppose-macrons-carbon-tax/embed/#?secret=Nfc5Dq8iAH
See scary photos:
https://www.vox.com/2018/12/3/18123906/france-protest-macron-paris-riots-yellow-vest-arc
As much as I hate to, I need to give The Washington Post credit here. The following two articles actually tell the truth of the matter, namely that the the French are rioting against the climate-change taxes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/frances-climate-change-commitments-trigger-rising-diesel-prices-and-street-protests/2018/11/17/fdc01fa6-e9b1-11e8-8449-1ff263609a31_story.html?utm_term=.9ab7a3d6548f
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