France Hit by Massive Strikes Over Budget Cuts

These strikes represent the justified anger of working people who refuse to bear the burden of France's financial crisis while the wealthy escape responsibility. The proposed 44 billion euro budget cuts would devastate public services, freeze welfare payments and force ordinary citizens to pay for a debt crisis caused by Macron's business-friendly tax breaks. Workers, teachers, healthcare professionals and students are rightfully demanding that the government tax the rich instead of gutting the social safety net that protects France's most vulnerable.