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"We’ve had enough. We have low salaries and pay too much tax and the combination is creating more and more poverty"
"We are just normal people who are fed up. I voted for Mr Macron last year, but I feel betrayed and I’m angry. I was wrong."
#GilestJaunes
theguardian.com/world/2018/nov…
.@NabilaRamdani: "The majority of those I spoke to were part of a forgotten France based in the suburbs of major cities or the countryside. They rely on very low incomes or benefits, and are mainly dependent on their cars to get them anywhere"#GilestJaunes
independent.co.uk/voices/paris-p…
.@Ed_Crooks: "The protests are the latest illustration of how difficult it is to raise taxes or cut subsidies on energy. ... [they] showed how poor people can often bear the cost of fighting climate change."
ft.com/content/b47b5f…
Photo gallery of '#GiletsJaunes' [‘yellow vests’] demonstrations across France against Macron
theguardian.com/world/gallery/…
.@crimethinc: “what happens when centrists come to power and use their authority to stabilize capitalism at the expense of the poor? ... governments and capitalists are forcing us to bear the brunt of the problems they caused.”
#GilletsJaunes
crimethinc.com/2018/11/27/the…
“The French government will suspend a fuel tax rise which has led to weeks of violent protests ... The difficulty for Emmanuel Macron is that this is exactly the kind of capitulation to the street that he has vowed to stop.”
#GiletsJaunes
bbc.com/news/world-eur…
.@jonathanwatts: Macron “has been forced to postpone a planned eco-tax rise on fuel, showing how ecological measures can have explosive consequences if there is any suggestion they are being used to “greenwash” austerity.”
theguardian.com/environment/20…
.@BRICBreaker: “Paris is literally burning, with more antitax protests expected this weekend in the French capital. This should be the immediate takeaway for markets: Austerity is on its last legs in Europe.”
#GilletsJaunes
forbes.com/sites/kenrapoz…
Frédéric Lordon: “it is not a ‘social movement’, it is an uprising. ... the singularity of this movement lies in the fact that it brings the fire where this has never been before, and where it should be: the seats of the rich.“

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.@leninology: “the logic of the shitstorm ... was possible for the gilet-jaunes sentiment to spread virally to quite diverse constituencies, insofar as it genuinely resonated with them.”
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.@davidgraeber: The deep confusion shown by commentators in France & abroad in face of the #GiletsJaunes is the result of an inability to take into account the changes in power, workers and movements that have risen up against power over the last 50 yrs
news.infoshop.org/europe/the-yel…
Official EU account with Orwellian name would like us to believe that the French people are angry not because of any legitimate grievances but because of 200-odd Twitter accounts with allegedly dodgy ties. It angers me that I pay for this crass propaganda
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1. My Predictions For 2019:
- #Macron will find it more & more difficult to hold onto power.
- #Merkel won't last until 2021 & her power will further decrease this year quarter by quarter.
- I expect that the #Brexit-Exit-date will be moved (most likely by 12 months).
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National Bank of Canada 1/5: With wages on the rise, one would have expected some cost-push inflation. But after picking up steam earlier in the year, consumer prices seem to be moderating again as evidenced by core PCE inflation rate dropping in Oct to 1.8% y-o-y,
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"The Government’s place is not to be assisting people who think they can’t make it on their own, it’s an absolute last emergency order” --> the words of UN Special Rapporteur on Extreme Poverty & Human Rights @Alston_UNSR should shame Britain & need to be publicised. My THREAD:
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THREAD: Number of people in the U.K. in #poverty:

Working-age adults: 8.4 million

Children: 4.5 million

Pensioners: 1.4 million

Total: 14.2 million people
#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
Percentage (%) of people in #poverty in the U.K in 2016/17:

Children in poverty: 32.6%
Working adults in poverty: 21.5%
Pensioners in poverty: 11.4%

Total U.K. population in poverty: 22.0%
#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
Family status of people in #poverty in the U.K. circa 2016/17:

Single parent families: 2.6 million
Couples w/ children: 5.6 million
Single, no children: 3.1 million

#NewPovertyMeasure #UKPovertyMeasure
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Poverty has Declined in the United States, and Work Requirements in Welfare Programs are Not a Punishment

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whitehouse.gov/articles/pover…
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