Rich individuals and corporations have rushed to pledge hundreds of millions to rebuild Notre Dame and salve their consciences. No doubt they expect to go to Heaven.It is more likely that a camel will pass through the eye of a needle!
Under Macron one in five French families do not eat three meals a day. He is committed to restoring Notre Dame as a matter of prestige. His amour propre is worth any amount of money.
The most recent report by Secours Catholique states that "poverty is not diminishing. The number of vulnerable families with children — mainly, but not exclusively single parent families — continues to increase. The poorest amongst them, more than others, express a need to be heard: poverty is not only material and isolation is felt with increasing severity. New families who are closest to the poverty line are no longer able to make ends meet, between meagre resources and growing essential expenditure. Finally, the percentage of foreign nationals in vulnerable situations encountered by Secours Catholique in France is significantly increasing despite their overall number being stable. This confirms their increasing insecurity in our country."
In total there were around 8.8 million people living below the poverty line in France in 2017. In France this means they are living on an income of less than €1,026 a month, and many of them live on considerably less.
The rich preside over an increase in poverty and Macron, the 'president of the rich' does nothing. The face-saving pledge to rebuild Notre Dame is hypocritical in the extreme.
The most recent report by Secours Catholique states that "poverty is not diminishing. The number of vulnerable families with children — mainly, but not exclusively single parent families — continues to increase. The poorest amongst them, more than others, express a need to be heard: poverty is not only material and isolation is felt with increasing severity. New families who are closest to the poverty line are no longer able to make ends meet, between meagre resources and growing essential expenditure. Finally, the percentage of foreign nationals in vulnerable situations encountered by Secours Catholique in France is significantly increasing despite their overall number being stable. This confirms their increasing insecurity in our country."
In total there were around 8.8 million people living below the poverty line in France in 2017. In France this means they are living on an income of less than €1,026 a month, and many of them live on considerably less.
The rich preside over an increase in poverty and Macron, the 'president of the rich' does nothing. The face-saving pledge to rebuild Notre Dame is hypocritical in the extreme.
As Anatole France said ‘In its majestic equality, the law forbids rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, beg in the streets and steal loaves of bread.’
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