Tax increases: “We need commandos to go to war and tell the French that we are making a collective effort proportional to everyone’s capacity to contribute,” according to the Senate budget rapporteur
“We have to look at the tense and unprecedented state of our finances. You can’t play with fire. If we all end up going along the red lines, it will create a mikado and collapse immediately. Unfortunately, that’s what’s happening.”expressed his regrets to the Senate budget general rapporteur Jean-François Husson today to Agence France-Presse.
Mr Husson, who is also a senator for Meurthe-et-Moselle and a member of the Les Républicains group in the Upper House, “collective effort” Faced with the economic situation, he calls on Macronie, like his political family on the right, to take action. “Take a step towards each other” The divisive tax increase hypothesis.
According to Jean-François Husson, whose role as general rapporteur in the Senate is strategic in the preparation of the 2025 budget, “The political structure forces us to go beyond expectations and prejudiced boundaries”.
“My beliefs have not changed: I think we are being taxed too much. But when we get into the red, we have to fix it. We have to look at everything.”including the issue of taxation, the parliamentarian accepts that “personally” would be necessary “Perhaps we could adopt some additional new and temporary efforts” face to face “Berezina in public accounts”.
“You must have the red rag in your pocket, because if you accept to be in government, you will put yourself in marching order and move forward. We need commandos who will go into battle and tell the French that we are making a collective effort in proportion to the abilities of everyone who contributes.”Jean-François Husson, who has distanced himself from LR in recent months in response to Eric Ciotti’s participation in the National Rally, continues:
He also called on the Senate Finance Committee: “The spirit of responsibility and openness”. “For this reason, we should not engage in political and economic marketing and should not pit the French against each other.”he insisted.
Pierre Moscovici called for cleaning up public finances “Reasonable control of expenditure is the exact opposite of the policy of planning which has never proven itself.”. “A sudden and uniform reduction in public spending is not a solution to achieve these savings. We must work smartly and efficiently by acting according to the quality of spending.”he emphasized.
“Let’s not expect a miracle cure through growth (…) France has more resilient growth than its partners; it is not an Asian tiger.”He added that this had overcome one of the paths preferred by the outgoing government.
The room for maneuver regarding possible tax increases is limited, and the mandatory deduction rate is limited. “it’s already too high”he guessed.
