Foreign News: Borrowing vs. Taxation

The Chamber of Deputies has authorizaed Finance Minister de Lasteyrie to balance the budget by issuing 1,400,000,000 francs worth of bonds. This is indicative of the trend of French politics, which prefers to borrow rather than meet the financial situation squarely by increasing taxation.

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