Tim Richards<p>Are they never going to learn that trickle-down economics is complete self-serving bullsh*t?</p><p>'It was a programme of unfunded tax cuts for the wealthy that the Macronists wrongly assumed would increase economic activity and therefore the tax take. According to Macron’s own economy guru, “this was not a bad strategy, but it didn’t work”.'</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/FraPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FraPol</span></a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/02/emmanuel-macron-liberal-france-europe" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/jan/02/emmanuel-macron-liberal-france-europe</span></a></p>