Jean-Luc Melenchon, the hard-left French presidential hopeful, will pledge to raise the minimum wage and restore the country’s retirement age to 60 when he launches his 2027 election programme on Saturday.
Jean-Luc Melenchon, the hard-left French presidential hopeful, will pledge to raise the minimum wage and restore the country’s retirement age to 60 when he launches his 2027 election programme on Saturday.
I’m sure if we are creative we will find a way to add more money to the system (i.e. not just funding via the current contribution system)
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Take money from the rich
The rich don’t own nearly enough. The retired people own most of the wealth in most western countries. Cap wealth at a million euros, not a billion, if you want to fix things.
Can you help me understand how you came to this conclusion (retired own more wealth than the rich)?