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🗓️ 10 December 2018
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French media analyst Phllippe Karsenty says increased gasoline taxes in the name of fighting climate change are hurting the poorest French citizens.
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0:30.2 | This was a lot of rural Frenchmen who are protesting the increase in petrol prices and |
0:42.4 | gasoline prices because of the French government's deep concern |
0:48.4 | about carbon emissions and it is affecting poorer a Frenchman and rural Frenchman much more than the more wealthy. |
0:59.0 | Is that an accurate description of the origins? Yes, it's exactly what happened, but I tell you something, you know, because of the so-called environment war, you know, they're telling that we should use our cars much less, you know, they want to make |
1:16.5 | people pay much more for their gas, you know, pay more taxes than that, and to prevent people from using their cars. But the main problem |
1:26.1 | is that the people who have to use their car are the pool ones, you know, who's the one who |
1:30.2 | don't live in big cities, who don't have public transportation you see so that's dramatic prison that's |
1:36.7 | terrible just approximately what does a Frenchman pay for gasoline? |
1:44.4 | Around $6. |
1:45.4 | Right. |
1:46.7 | So, and now he has raised it above $6? |
1:50.7 | Yeah, like something very small, like maybe two person, but you know, it's just the idea, |
1:57.0 | it's a concept, you know, it's just more and more taxes. |
2:00.0 | And you know, we are overtaxed everywhere anywhere I mean it's unbelievable what is |
2:06.2 | the justification for such high taxes is it always been to get people to go into |
2:11.4 | public transport? |
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