First edition on 28/10/2013 - Updated 01/02/2017 When taxes kill ... Income tax, vat, family quotient, family allowances, deductions related to high school and university students, local taxes, ... everything is increasing, everything is good to puncture. "The French must make efforts", this refrain repeated over and over again by politicians (of whom the public is convinced), is the only one that can be used as an excuse to make a profit... Continue reading De l’utilité de l’impôt
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Political inspiration suffers from the pre-formatting of partisan thinking
Why is it so difficult to renew oneself politically and culturally? The time of great crises, of great decisions, of great changes, must also be the time of renewal, of creativity, of gathering, of national unity, of the "project". This applies both at national and European level. Europe should be at the time of the Europe nation, not the Europe of the world. Continue reading L’inspiration politique souffre du pré-formatage de la pensée partisane
France, freed from its shackles and taboos, would be an irresistible economic power
When we see the performance of a hobbled France, we dream of what a liberated France would be able to offer! The editorial of Tuesday 23 October 2012 on atlantico.fr (http://m1p.fr/ozS) ... which is likely to remain relevant for a long time! Never before have we talked so much about transition, yet never before have we suffered so much from inertia. This is the ... Continue reading La France libérée de ses carcans et tabous serait une puissance économique irrésistible
A B-government
More than a problem of strategy, tactics, or implementation, the communication problems of the executive and the government are primarily to be found on the side of their representatives. Everyone is full of analyses and comments on the communication problems of François Hollande, and of the government in general, judging here the ... Continue reading Un gouvernement de série B
Public debt: 40 years of psychological denial... and counting
(first published: on atlantico, 27 November 2012, http://www.atlantico.fr/decryptage/dette-publique-40-ans-deni-psychologique-et-continue-alain-renaudin-558285.html - an article which unfortunately does not take a wrinkle! except to consider the additional lines of debts as the wrinkles of a State which ages and weakens it) Since the presidency of Valéry Giscard d' Estaing, the public debt of France passed from 20% to 100%... Continue reading Dette publique : 40 ans de déni psychologique… et ça continue
Broken government
The left now has all the power, all the power, but few cards. The government is desperately looking for the green light card or the mile marker card to get rid of the series of obstacles that the ugly economy has put in its way, which hampers its credibility, its room for manoeuvre, its confidence and which ... Continue reading Gouvernement en panne
Businesses are also a crisis exit weapon
The crisis we are going through could, paradoxically, be an opportunity to restore the image of companies, and to re-demonstrate the indispensable role they play, from SMEs to CAC 40 companies. A period of transition is always uncomfortable, we know where we have come from without knowing very well where we are going, what we are losing without knowing what we are gaining. Continue reading Les entreprises sont aussi une arme de sortie de crise
Will the French social summit team be better than the French football team?
The social conference must not turn into a media mass, where everyone tries to shine with their science and flatter their egos. This meeting is not an end in itself: it must create a French team, united by a common destiny and objective. As a general rule, meetings have a ... Continue reading L’équipe de France du sommet social sera-t-elle meilleure que l’équipe de France de foot ?
Have political leaders reached their competence threshold?
Published on 26/6/2012 // The political power drowned in a globalized system and an era of interconnected issues, is struggling to find the means to act and influence the course of things, while remaining convinced that it has the authority. Without growth, the only known fuel for the system, we create more and more debt, ... Continue reading Les dirigeants politiques ont-ils atteint leur seuil de compétences ?