The thing that people are missing here is that complaining about this is not even anti-left. Current French civil servant's pensions (the govt. accounts for the majority of the French economy at 55% GDP) are worth more than a million euros and employees pay tax on this at 7% (average retirement under age of 60 on 75% of your maximum salary) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_special_retirement_plan
So in other words, a person who takes a 'blue collar' job gets to be a guaranteed millionaire paying 7% tax whereas an entrepreneur taking the risk of making nothing will pay 60% tax if he makes the same as a civil servant's pension.
If people don't point this out it makes French people think that not giving back tax is some kind of capitalist arrogance, when in fact the socialists pay a tenth of what the capitalists do.
So in other words, a person who takes a 'blue collar' job gets to be a guaranteed millionaire paying 7% tax whereas an entrepreneur taking the risk of making nothing will pay 60% tax if he makes the same as a civil servant's pension.
If people don't point this out it makes French people think that not giving back tax is some kind of capitalist arrogance, when in fact the socialists pay a tenth of what the capitalists do.