President François Holland recently proposed a 2016 budget which cut public spending and introduced a three-year program to grant more than €40 billion in tax breaks to businesses. Critics argue that the caps on spending will hurting the economy and President Holland’s proposed tax breaks are unfairly skewed toward businesses at the expense of households. Proponents argue that the proposals will stimulate the French economy which has an unemployment level of 10% and a growth rate of less than 1%.
70% Yes |
30% No |
68% Yes |
19% No |
1% Yes, and eliminate federal agencies that are unconstitutional |
5% No, increase taxes on large multinational corporations instead |
1% Yes, but by drastically reducing the benefits and salaries of government officials |
2% No, focus on ending tax evasion instead |
0% Yes, and increase taxes |
1% No, cuts to public spending will negatively affect the economy |
1% No, increase taxes on the wealthy instead |
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1% No, reduce military spending instead |
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0% No, reduce the number of government officials instead |
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@9CWNCJY9mos9MO
Spent and expertise about cost of living crime credit and more decrease for adults and children
@99BSWHG1yr1Y
No, they will only hurt the economy. Raise taxes on the wealthy, close tax loopholes, and raise taxes on large corporations.
@9CP6TFV9mos9MO
Yes, and the government should privatize the healthcare industry to reduce costs and raise money. Then the government should further cut public spending until the budget is balanced.
@8Q5FHVX3yrs3Y
The roman Emperors used to burn the records, because it's the only way which works ; His Imperial Majesty should pick up the idea. Fortunately most of the japanese debt is national, and so to remove it would be coherent with a Subject's fidelity.
@8PV3RBD3yrs3Y
No, reduce military spending, increase taxes on the wealthy, focus on ending tax evasion, and increase taxes on large multinational corporations instead.
@8CT6JD84yrs4Y
No, increase taxes on multinational corporations, increase taxes on the wealthy and cut military spending.
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@BagelsGenesis5mos5MO
Germany froze public spending for the rest of the year after a court declared the government’s spending plans unconstitutional, dealing a blow to Europe’s recovery and efforts to beef up its defenses and reduce carbon emissions.The court decision is likely to widen the economic speed gap between Europe, whose economy has stagnated for over a year, and the U.S., which grew at an annualized 5% in the three months through September, turbocharged by massive fiscal stimulus. Berlin’s decision to freeze all federal spending for the rest of the year came after the court defunded the government’s 60 billion euro—the equivalent of more than $65 billion—green-transition project. The court said Berlin couldn’t repurpose unspent credits originally earmarked to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic to fund environmental and energy projects. It said Berlin was bound by the country’s constitutionally enshrined fiscal rules that limit budget deficits to 0.35% of gross domestic product in normal times.
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