It’s not just about the fuel tax; it’s about anger at ever-increasing burdens on the working class.

Overseeing his very first budget as president, Macron rushed to repeal France’s wealth tax, which had applied only to those with over €1.3 million in assets. This is why the notion of justice fiscale, or “tax justice,” figures so prominently among Yellow Vest sympathizers: Why should ordinary people, they ask, be forced to fork over another couple hundred euros each month while the super-rich are rewarded simply for being super-rich?

via What’s Really Behind France’s Yellow Vest Protest? | The Nation