A contribution from the wealthiest retirees to the financing of Social Security at the heart of the debates. After the government relaunched the idea of 7 hours worked for free by the French, Astrid Panosyan-Bouvet proposed an effort by certain retirees to make up the Social Security deficit. Guest of TF1 this Tuesday, the Minister responsible for Labor and Employment considered that “different taxes and contributions could be considered for retirees, depending on their pension level” in order to finance the “autonomy” branch.
“There is intergenerational solidarity, but there is also solidarity between seniors, for those who can afford it,” she stressed. Those around him evoke a “personal position”, supported by Matignon who considers that ministers are “encouraged to have personal ideas”, without them being taken up by the executive.
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This system could bring in between 500 and 800 million euros, depending on the threshold at which seniors would be called upon to contribute. For this implementation, the government could attack the generalized social contribution (CGS), as reported
The Parisian
. For the moment, 72% of the most advantaged retirees are subject to it: 4.6 million of them have a rate
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Source LePoint.fr
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