Yellow Jakets

"It's yellow, it's ugly, it's nice with nothing.
But it can save your life."

There is a movement of demonstrations tomorrow everywhere in France and if you are in you should wear a security jaket.

 The main contestation is about the taxes we have to pay on fuel for cars, as in France we pay more taxes than fuel price.
So they ask everyone to put this yellow jaket on the dashboard, and tomorrow to stop the country by not going to a bank, not taking fuel, not going to a movie theater, not taking any transport, not buying anything. Well, that’ll be a normal Saturday, isn’t it?

This “popular movement” allows to ask some interesting questions.

First of all, the poor people are pushed out from the downtowns, so far away from public transportation. Once they found an inhabitation they will not change each time they have a job because that costs (I can say I’ve moved from France for almost one salary) and that’s a lot of changes (school, friends, networks…)… for a job that will not be a life-job.

Statitiscally the ones who are far away from their job place (so the ones who have the more to drive) are the richest.
So the “poor” are not the ones who pay the more these taxes, but which proportions these taxes are in their budget?

One step beyond: an electric car!
If I would have been able I would have bought one when I’ve got my licence. But at this time there was not a lot of choice. I still can’t pay for one (and I have a strong doubt about the economy of the batteries to rent on long term) even with the national subventions. Maybe a second-hand, for which I’ll have to pay earlier when it will break, and which would be forbidden first because not “clean” enough. Is the electric car clean?

One step beyond: my parents made a home form a barn, almost 20 years ago. They wanted to use geothermic energy but even with the financial helps they did not have enough to pay. So they have a fioul boiler, and then had a wood stove a few years after. Woah.

I will not riot nor block anything on Saturday as this is not consistent.
Did the “blockers” of tomorrow went in the street on April 3th? This time was about defend a public service of transportation. And public service should not be attached to any obligation of benefits in economical results.
I think they didn’t. They are considering only their own case. There is no social project included in these gatherings.

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