Chicago Boy

Chicago Boy wrote that he dined the night before with a right-wing advisor to Lecornu, whom he described as profoundly disillusioned by the exercise of Macronist power. According to this interlocutor's assessment, the failure of Macronism was attributed to the political origins of its leaders, most of whom came from the left, particularly the Socialist Party, the Rocardian movement, or the CFDT, and were influenced by its values. Chicago Boy believed that this legacy led Macronist leaders to only half-heartedly pursue right-wing policies. He cited the replacement of the ISF with an IFI, which he deemed almost as counterproductive, the numerous exceptions to the pension reform that would have limited savings before it was suspended, as well as the promise to eliminate 100,000 public sector jobs, whereas their number had actually increased by 200,000. He concluded that one should never vote for the soft center. #Macronisme #PolitiqueFrançaise #GaucheDroite (translated)

Chicago Boy recalled that at the beginning of the Covid pandemic, France found itself without masks and that the Macronist government had subsequently promised to replenish the state’s stocks. Relying on information he claimed to have received from an industry executive, he stated that the state had given up on renewing these stocks to save money and was leaving hospitals to fend for themselves. He estimated that the country would thus remain without sufficient reserves in case of a new pandemic and blamed the state for saving money at the expense of what is essential. #Covid19 #Santé #État (translated)

Dans toutes les régions touristiques, les mêmes reportages : il n’y a pas de touristes, les terrasses sont vides, le mois de juillet a été catastrophique. L’explication est simple : les Français sont pauvres, leur budget est très tendu. Avec la montée du prix des carburants, beaucoup de gens n’ont tout simplement pas les moyens de partir en vacances. La cause de cet appauvrissement est connu : le transfert massif de richesse depuis les actifs vers les inactifs et les retraités. Nous sommes en train de constituer une gigantesque classe moyenne inférieure, qui n’est pas vraiment pauvre mais qui n’a les moyens de rien. #Tourisme #Économie #Vacances

Juste pour comprendre : quand Macron fait bosser des consultants de McKinsey sur son programme et l’organisation d’En Marche bénévolement, en contrepartie de futures missions de conseil, c’est de l’ingérence intérieure ? Ou c’est juste un financement illicite de parti politique ? #Macron #Politique #Consultants