Stimulus cheque European style. This is just politics at it’s finest. They calculated it would be cheaper to give each £100 than cut the fuel duty which makes the government about 10x more in the same period. The populace becomes thankful of the chicken feed which simply goes back to the governments pocket. The governing party gets some nice sentiment and new supporters.
And in response greedy landlords and businesses will increase their charges to compensate for this new “cash boost”
what use are british pound to the french?
> The €100 payment will be tax-free and Prime Minister Jean Castex said it would cost the government €3.8bn (£3.2bn; $4.4bn). That would be far less than the cost of cutting fuel duty, he said.
There’s the kicker
Free money at election time. What a thoughtful gift.
French government to give 38m citizens €100 each of the money they taxed from them in the first place.
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So €118?
Stimulus cheque European style. This is just politics at it’s finest. They calculated it would be cheaper to give each £100 than cut the fuel duty which makes the government about 10x more in the same period. The populace becomes thankful of the chicken feed which simply goes back to the governments pocket. The governing party gets some nice sentiment and new supporters.
And in response greedy landlords and businesses will increase their charges to compensate for this new “cash boost”
what use are british pound to the french?
> The €100 payment will be tax-free and Prime Minister Jean Castex said it would cost the government €3.8bn (£3.2bn; $4.4bn). That would be far less than the cost of cutting fuel duty, he said.
There’s the kicker
Free money at election time. What a thoughtful gift.
French government to give 38m citizens €100 each of the money they taxed from them in the first place.
French voters are so easily bought.
Inflation goes brrrrr….raaa…….