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The French are rioting over Macron\u2019s increase in the carbon tax.<\/p>\n
https:\/\/www.atr.org\/french-revolt-against-carbon-tax<\/a><\/p>\n In France, diesel fuel is now at $8.20\/gal and gasoline at $9.00\/gal. The bulk of the price at the pump here is taxes, not fuel costs. Macron wants to increase the carbon tax in France to $63\/tonne. There is no reason for it, other than his personal greed factor. It goes for absolutely nothing other than payola to IPCC and to line his pockets.<\/p>\n From the article: The loudest and most famous voice from the weekend protest is that of Jacline Mouraud, a diesel owner from Brittany who has become the star of the yellow vest movement due to her YouTube videos and appearance on all major French news outlets.<\/p>\n \u201cYou have persecuted drivers since the day you took office. This will continue for how long?\u201d she said in a\u00a0YouTube<\/a>\u00a0video that has millions of views. \u201cYou only need those taxes for new china in the \u00c9lys\u00e9e palace or another expensive swimming pool for your private residence!”<\/p>\n This seems to be a growing movement in France since 283,000 people in 2,000 locations rioted and burned stuff over it. I\u2019m waiting to see how long it takes Macron to realize that\u00a0 – well, the French generally hate him. But they voted him in over Marie LePen, and she warned them what would happen.<\/p>\n The link to WUWT\u2019s article is here: https:\/\/wattsupwiththat.com\/2018\/12\/02\/president-macrons-climate-change-fuel-tax-riots-continue-in-paris\/<\/a><\/p>\n It also appears that in Paris, some of the rioting is the work of groups closely resembling the antifas here this country. There is much damage in Paris, and Macron is ‘shocked’ about it. \u00a0Well, les Crapeaux had a chance to vote in Marine le Pen, but they went for this King of Disconnectedness instead. I wonder if he will offer the peasants cake to eat.<\/p>\n It is not just in France that this tax-to-death attitude is going on. There is a proposed bill coming up to inflict a $55\/ton carbon tax on us, the unsuspecting public.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve already discussed how a similar tax proposed by IPCC on my gas bill alone would cost me income I simply do not have. \u00a0I did the simple math to find out what this carbon so-called tax might cost me, the same as the IPCC\u2019s carbon tax, which was a staggering $21,000 per month by 2030, based on cubic feet of natural gas usage.<\/p>\n Converting therms to tons was easy enough. There is a site that does that. The result for me was 3.774892954361 tons in January 2018, which is about average for me. My January bill is usually $115 to $120, depending on the weather.\u00a0The carbon tax is an incremental tax, meaning that it starts low but increases every year for five years to an unconscionable $55\/ton, which in my case is $206.14, making my wintertime household gas bill $325.98, an amount that is unaffordable at best, and egregious at its worst.<\/p>\n This proposed so-called tax is not meant to benefit any of us at the taxpaying end of the economic scale. It will simply go into a massive slush fund with an elaborate title that this bunch of tax-sucking slugs in Congress will be able to dip into at will.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.atr.org\/details-horrible-carbon-tax-bill<\/a><\/p>\n