What is uncontrollable is not public spending, but the shift of national solidarity towards the dominant forces of the system

The drift of national solidarity transfers

\n\nRepeated cries of alarm highlight a worrying drift in our country: the explosion of public spending. However, another aspect, less immediately visible but just as worrying, deserves our attention: the massive transfer of national solidarity for the benefit of the strongest players in the system.\n\n

Understanding national solidarity

\n\nThe principles of national solidarity have been established for many years to fairly distribute the burdens of society. This noble idea is manifested by social aid schemes, allowances and even insurance policies supposed to benefit the entire population. \n\nThe transfer of this solidarity towards the dominant economic actors creates a dynamic which weakens the most fragile and strengthens the most powerful, endangering the balance of our society. \n\n

The diversion of national solidarity

\n\nThe question of massive transfer of national solidarity does not concern so much the scale of the sums involved as the injustice and inequality it generates. The current trend sees the resources of national solidarity progressively monopolized by the most powerful actors in the economy.\n\nThey benefit from subsidies, tax exemptions or even tax credits which sometimes seriously harm the fairness of our tax, social and economic system. This not only harms social cohesion, but weakens the vitality of our economy.\n\n

Inhibition of public spending

\n\nContrary to what one might believe, the public spending is not the main issue, but the symptom of a system in difficulty. Paradoxically, it is the inhibition of public spending which may prove more problematic. Indeed, public spending on heavy investment (infrastructure, education, health, etc.) is essential to the stability and development of our country.\n\nThe drastic reduction in public spending can have disastrous long-term consequences, leading to increased precariousness, a reduction in investment in public services and an increase in inequalities.\n\n

Towards an overhaul of national solidarity

\n\nIt is therefore urgent to rethink the national solidarity system to allow for a more equitable distribution of resources. A complete overhaul of the redistribution system is necessary to avoid the excessive appropriation of our resources by the most powerful economic actors.\n\nIn conclusion, the real issue lies less in the level of public spending that in the massive transfer of national solidarity for the benefit of dominant economic players. It is this transfer which today seems largely uncontrollable, and which endangers the cohesion of our society. \n\n