"It was a programme of unfunded tax cuts for the wealthy that the Macronists wrongly assumed would increase economic activity and therefore the tax take. According to Macron’s own economy guru, “this was not a bad strategy, but it didn’t work”. "

"...not a bad strategy"?????? Tell me, have unfunded tax cuts with no constraints ever worked? (Except from the perspective of the beneficiaries of the tax cuts, of course)

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jan/02/emmanuel-macron-liberal-france-europe?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

#NeoliberalFalacy strikes again.

#NeoliberalMyth

Emmanuel Macron was the great liberal hope for France and Europe. How did it all go so wrong?

The French president’s failures offer an object lesson in what happens when liberalism is stripped of its morality and values, writes journalist Oliver Haynes

The Guardian