Translation of the French article by Jacques Rouchaud
It is a disgrace. In France, those who govern us earn ten times what a worker earns. The President and the Prime Minister receive more than €16,000 gross per month, and a minister nearly €10,700. The worker on the minimum wage (SMIC) receives about €1,450 net.
And that is only the salary. On top of it come the perks: car, chauffeur, bodyguards, housing. In total, that makes at least €35,000 per month for these princes, more than twenty times the minimum wage.
And that is not all. Many of these princes also draw, on top of this, their pensions as former ministers, senators, deputies or local elected officials. Former Presidents of the Republic are members by right of the Constitutional Council and keep an allowance for life, along with, for years, an office, staff and a car with a chauffeur.
And that is nothing compared with poor countries. There, in one month, these princes earn more than a family does in ten years.
They call themselves servants of the Republic. They live like princes.
Demosciocracy puts an end to these privileges, in France as in every country. The national leadership can be revoked and is accountable. Citizens and corporations are the foundation of all power.
Liberty — Equality — Truth
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