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According to the survey carried out by Viavoice for “Libération”, respondents consider the French tax system unfair, and are in favor of increased taxation of the most prosperous individuals and companies.
The Elysée, Matignon and Bercy risk being in trouble. Dealing with the debt and the public deficit, yes. Cut 10 billion euros from budgets and reduce social assistance, okay. But on condition, at the same time, that we ask the wealthiest and large businesses to contribute more to the national effort. Here are some lessons from the survey carried out by the Viavoice institute for Release on the “perceptions” the French “on taxes and public services”. “At a time when some, even within the majority, are proposing to put back on the table the possibility of a tax increase which Emmanuel Macron refuses, public opinion is not closing the door to this solution”observes Adrien Broche, head of political studies at Viavoice.
Indeed, if, for three quarters of them, the people questioned judge “unfair” the French tax system and have the impression that “Taxes [leur] cost more than they [leur] report », the aspiration for more tax justice is evident in this survey. Nearly half of the 1,001 people surveyed believe that it “taxes need to be increased” of those who have the most means: 27% for “companies that do the most