The U2P employer organization (local companies) presented a “big bang” project on Tuesday to improve net labor income. His idea: delete the CSG-CRDS by finding recipes on the side of pensions, annuities, inheritance and VAT.
The U2P observes that “for the majority of people, working no longer allows you to improve your standard of living”, with an annual increase in purchasing power that slows down. Net salary, it only represents 54 % of gross salary, against 60 % in 1990 and 69 % in 1970.
“Better distribute the financing of the social protection model”
The organization proposes to “better distribute the financing of the social protection model between the French”. The modification of the financing of social protection, without however weakening the amount, is a subject shared by all employers, with different suggestions.
Its president, Michel Picon, presented a proposal to completely remove the CSG (general social contribution) and the CRDS (contribution for the reimbursement of social debt) on all activity income, in five years. This would result in a revaluation of 116 billion euros in income from these assets.
Four sources of revenue
Combined with the increase in labor income to the rate of the past fifteen years, the increase would be 22 % of net remuneration in five years, for 28 million workers. To compensate for the measure, the employers’ organization recommends that political power to request four different sources of revenue.
-The financial and real estate annuity first. The U2P proposes to “reassemble a few points” the only 30 % flat -rate levy on financial income. And “a few CSG points” property income, while establishing an income tax floor for people with property income. She suggests freezing for three to five years pensions greater than 2,300 euros net, while eliminating the 10 % income tax allowance from which they benefit.
“The devaluation of work, and therefore of merit, mother of all battles”
It recommends the establishment of a minimum rights floor from 10 % to 20 % for inheritances exceeding 500,000 euros per heir. Finally, it suggests revising a revision of VAT rates, with “a moderate increase in a few points” of the general VAT, allowing more products to pass at the reduced rate, and a “high increase” for luxury products.
For Michel Picon, it is “possible to find these 100 billion with these four tools without anyone suffering”. He is inspired by the “getting out of the work that no longer pays” (ed. The dawn) by Antoine Foucher. “The devaluation of work, and therefore of merit, is the mother of all battles,” says the latter.
Our file on wages
He believes that “we could also organize a great debate, which would be concluded with a referendum for which everyone would be concerned and would be interested in the subject”.
