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Alex Iancu

Riders mount horse blockade of Paris over stable tax - Telegraph - 0 views

www.telegraph.co.uk/...-of-Paris-over-stable-tax.html

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shared by Alex Iancu on 07 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Lorry drivers and horse riders will seek to block roads in and around Paris and other major cities on Monday after a weekend of protests that saw several thousand truck drivers cause disruption across France and up to 40,000 “red caps” protest in Brittany against tax hikes and job losses.
  • Horse riders will take to the streets of Paris to denounce a plan to raise VAT on stables from 7 per cent to 20 per cent.
  • Meanwhile, lorry drivers plan to block roads around Lille, in the North, and Marseille, in the South in the latest effort to force the French government to cancel the so-called "ecotax" through which it aims to raise more than 1 billion euros a year to finance mostly rail infrastructure projects
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  • the French government has suspended its implementation until 2015
  • 26 blockades on France's main road arteries on Saturday
  • Up to 4,500 trucks caused significant disruption from the Paris region to Bordeaux and Aix-en-Provence in the south, affecting transit towards Spain and Italy
  • Meanwhile, in Brittany, up to 40,000 people took part in a rally in Carhaix, many wearing “bonnets rouges” (red caps) that have become synonymous with rising anger against President François Hollande’s punitive tax hikes.
  • “Brittany is being scorned and ignore
  • The government is due to propose a “Pact for the future of Brittany” on Wednesday which it hopes will finally quell the protest movement and stop it spreading to other regions.
  • Jean-Marc Ayrault, the prime minister, has promised a “total overhaul” of France’s tax system to quell tensions – an overhaul that Mr Hollande says will take his entire five-year mandate to complete
  • Jean-Luc Mélenchon, head of the Front de Gauche (Left Front) party, warned that “France is in 1788”, namely on the verge of revolution. “The tax system is rejected by all as everyone knows that it protects the privileged wealthy,” he told Le Parisien.
  • “We are asking for a tax reform respecting a simple principle: everyone pays and the more you earn, the more you pay.”
  • Alex Iancu on 07 Jan 14
     
    Very interesting article dealing with French protests against tax that appears to be protecting the wealthy. A lot can be discussed when analysing this article; the outcome of the blockades can be a subject of discussion (how it delayed transport, for example), also, Elasticities can be dealt with, as PES is clearly higher than PED in this case. 
Iris Tilea

BBC News - Mexico passes 'junk food tax' reform - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...world-latin-america-24766027

shared by Iris Tilea on 03 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • tax reform bill imposing new levies on junk food and soft drinks.
  • aims to boost government revenue by increasing top earners' income tax.
  • extra cash will go on infrastructure and social security
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  • Mexico recently surpassed the United States as the country with one of the highest obesity rates in the world.
  • 32.8% of adult Mexicans are obese, compared to 31.8% of Americans.
  • The law imposes a levy of 8% on junk food, after the Senate increased it from the 5% originally proposed; and creates a tax of one peso ($0.07; £0.04) on every litre of soft or sugary drinks.
  • The legislators also passed a controversial hike in value added tax (VAT) for border regions, from 11% to 16%.
  • Alan Cheung on 12 Dec 13
     
    This is a good article. There should be plenty to analyse and evaluate.
anonymous

BBC News - E-tolls lead to South Africa traffic jams - 1 views

www.bbc.co.uk/...world-africa-25193478

shared by anonymous on 03 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • The "e-toll" system affects the ring road around Johannesburg and the motorway to the capital, Pretoria.
  • The government says the toll is need to pay for improved roads
  • fuel tax, VAT and existing tolls
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  • monthly fee of 550 rand ($54; £33) to use the roads, while those who do not register pay up to three times as much if they do not pay within seven days.
  • e-toll gantries and a conventional, manned toll-gate.
  • Their car number plates are scanned by gantries over the toll roads and bills sent to their homes if they have not paid in advance.
  • Critics have described the system as "highway robbery".
  • The government says the e-toll is the only way it could have afforded to improve the congested roads around the commercial capital, Johannesburg.
  • Alan Cheung on 12 Dec 13
     
    This should be an interesting article for you to analyse and evaluate.
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