Do you know the story of the guy who meets a girl and falls madly in love with her?
For weeks, he is very nice to her and brings her breakfast in bed.
Coffee, croissants, orange juice, a fresh little flower – in short, the whole thing.
And then one day, the guy gets up, kisses his beauty and is about to leave for work when the girl calls out to him, angry.
“Hey, ho! And my lunch? You do not love me anymore ? »
Moral: Nothing is more difficult than taking away from a person what they consider acquired rights.
WE WILL NOT BACK UP!
This is what happens in France.
The government says: “Okay, listen, the economic and demographic situation has changed, the old ways of doing things no longer hold, we will have to adapt to the new reality and push back the retirement age from 62 to 64 years old. »
Result: the country explodes.
“You will not take away our acquired rights! »
Yes, I understand, it’s not easy, but anyway, look at the situation, we can’t go on anymore, and…
“You will not take away our acquired rights!!! »
I hear you, it’s never fun to back down, but what do you want, there are more and more retirees and fewer and fewer workers, and you don’t want more immigration, so…
“YOU WILL NOT TAKE UP OUR ACQUIRED RIGHTS!” GO, HOP, WE’RE SET THE SHOT ON FIRE! »
You can explain the situation to them calmly, and show them all the figures, all the demographic forecasts and all the statistical tables, nothing to do.
They are on the way out.
All they see is that the government brought them breakfast in bed for decades, and now it doesn’t.
So they set fire to newsstands and throw rocks at the cops.
As de Gaulle said: “France is capable of making revolutions, but not reforms. »
Cut off the king’s head? No problem, sharpen the guillotine and bring the basket!
But raise the retirement age from 62 to 64?
It’s not okay, right?
ALWAYS MORE !
It’s like this: for most people, government can only go in one direction.
Ahead.
Even if ahead, there is a cliff.
Look at the “pseudo austerity” of the Couillard government.
The government had not cut spending. It had curbed the growth of spending.
Government spending continued to rise, but at a slower pace.
Result: we reacted as if the government had cut off our supplies.
As the millionaire tap continued to flow.
Nothing is harder for a government than to go back on what is rightly or wrongly considered acquired rights.
On the one hand, taxpayers are complaining because they are taxed and taxed too much.
But don’t cut spending, though! Because we are going to organize strikes all over the kingdom!
So what do we do ?
We do nothing ! We continue in the same direction!
Even if it will lead us into the wall!