French Protestors Fume over Climate Taxes and a Rising Cost of Living

Tags: Taxes and Spending

12/14/2018 Ryan McMaken

French protests over a new climate-change-inspired fuel tax highlight high costs imposed on ordinary people by climate-change policies.

Original article: “French Protestors Fume over Climate Taxes and a Rising Cost of Living”.

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