The government multiplies the devices to support the purchasing power of the French.
What frustration for the executive! While tax and charge cuts for households – ISF, flat tax, housing tax, income tax, payroll charges, etc. – have punctuated the five-year term, here we are, a few months before the presidential election, the return of inflation, which threatens to undo these efforts. To avoid losing all the political credit of these measures, but also to deflate the fears of the French people about their purchasing power, the government is therefore ready to provide the means. On the subject, the doctrine of “whatever the cost” seems just as rigorous as for the treatment of the health crisis.
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The government even systematically anticipates complaints before they are clearly expressed. Since September, almost every month, a new purchasing power support system has been announced. It was Jean Castex who opened the salvo by promising a boost of 100 euros at the start of the school year for the 5.8 million beneficiaries of the energy check in…
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