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outline of the draft Finance Bill 2011 have been officially presented by the government. Not surprisingly, he continues his austerity plan to reduce public spending set itself the goal of bringing the deficit to 6% in late 2011. The Minister of Economy up to say "we went to the chainsaw ...
By reducing expenditures that mainly affect the employees and households modest (and precarious middle class), by deleting the operating expenses and capital of the state, suffocating local authorities (which helps make possible the implementation of social aid and solidarity) and refusing to invest in the fight against mass unemployment, the government of François Fillon himself creates the conditions to worsen the effects of the crisis, or to create a new one.
Concomitantly, INSEE publishes the last digit of poverty in France. Far from the happy beneficiaries of the tax shield or shareholders and other financial not taxed as they should be more than 8 million people, including employees, live below the poverty line on less than 950 euros per month!
And Nicolas Sarkozy, despite his speeches on the moralization of capitalism, continues to lie more than ever in an ultra-liberal economic logic. Because of competition, competitiveness, attraction of financial capital (all that is behind the crisis), reduce public spending and social, thus reducing costs particularly with regard to retirement falling retirement ages and lengthening the contribution period.
The government operates in three different ways to achieve the expected reductions in wages, pensions and various allowances in relation to their level of previous year:
- Drop openly announced
is the case for example of the allowance for disabled adults whose current amount is below the poverty line and who, contrary to the promises of Nicolas Sarkozy during the presidential campaign, sees its evolution programmed lowered Referring to a deadline four years of its expected increase.
- Decline of fact after an increase below the rate of inflation.
is the case for example of the different amount of family benefits is fixed as a percentage of the monthly calculation of family allowances (BMAF). This base is adjusted each year by decree, but regardless of the actual increase in cost of living. It is also the case of remuneration of officials who are well but increased by a percentage less than the inflation rate.
It may be noted here that most of the media "do-gooders", we have systematically minimal as revaluations and therefore increases as progress so that it actually decreases!
- Drop a pure blocking
is a variant of the previous method but more brutal. The decline is real and greater than in the case of an increase below the rate of inflation.
In the end, very Many allowances, benefits, pensions, annuities, allowances provided by a range of bodies decreased to varying degrees (this is also the case for wages since the turn of rigor in 1983 ...) and lead to a real impoverishment of employees and their families.
funding of pensions and Social Security
As the financing of pensions and in general of all branches of social security, 2011 budget will not solve anything. Neither reform pensions, savings plans or health insurance on the backs of the insured (by a multitude of medical exemptions and delisting of drugs ...) are at the height of financial issues.
few simple proposals would yet to resolve definitively the problem of chronic deficits of Social Security: the creation of a universal social security contribution together with a significant change in attitude, based on all labor income, capital or replacement. The base Pay current dues is in fact largely inappropriate because wages do not reflect the reality of income received and reported to the tax authorities. In addition, a significant portion is not subject to contributions (profit-sharing, stock options ...). The Audit Office estimated in 2009 to nearly 10 billion euros shortfall in funds for social protection.
This fee would be a kind of universal CSG enlarged and concerns all individuals, employed or not. The plate covering income tax, its performance would be very much higher than the current CSG, allowing even to lower the current rate. A rate equal in effect, a point premium income is more lucrative than a point based on salary alone. A point of CSG on all income is nearly 12 billion euros! The new CSG might even be merged with the PIT to make it progressive, fairer and more remunerative.
Regarding employer contributions, these apply here too on wages alone. This situation is is abnormal as companies with a high payroll but low value added (labor companies, for example) are disadvantaged compared to those with low wage and high value added. Therefore, employer contributions could add a contribution based on value added, the amount could be equal to at least the equivalent of one-point increase from the current employer contribution (4 5 billion euros).
But a balanced budget and able to meet the needs of increasingly an important social republic can not be understood without a scale tax reform aimed at restoring a true republican progressive tax or cap and remove a number of devices particularly outrageous (plethora of tax loopholes, exemption of large estates, family quotient , shield tax relief device gains, sometimes called "tax shelter Cope," exemptions from employer, etc.).All tax cuts introduced since ten years, are now losing 90 billion euros to finance public! The fraud to tax and social security contributions cost between 30 and 50 billion euros per year in the state! For comparison, the income tax and corporation tax reported just over 100 billion euros in state budget in 2008!
Finally, a more active policy in terms of jobs and more interested in maintaining the purchasing power would save additional financial inflows (1% salary increase equivalent to 700 million euros of extra revenue for cash only old age).
But Nicolas Sarkozy and his UMP presidential majority-New Center now prefer lower taxes on income and privilege (without saying) indirect taxes (local taxes, property taxes, TIPP, VAT, hospitality packages Medical and franchises of any kind, etc ...) that represents a whopping 83% of total tax revenue, making France one of the most unequal countries in Europe ...
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