There goes Paris

From Yahoo News/Agence France‑Presse:

Socialist Anne Hidalgo to be first female mayor of Paris
Anne Hidalgo, a Spanish-born Socialist, will be the first female mayor of Paris after an unexpectedly comfortable win in municipal elections on Sunday.

Hidalgo, 54, had been expected to be run extremely close by her centre-right rival, former government minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, on a night when the Socialists took a beating from voters across the country because of the unpopularity of President Francois Hollande's government.

Francois Hollande may be unpopular but large cities trend towards people who want handouts and socialists love to give handouts. Case in point:

Hidalgo has promised major investment in housing, transport and green spaces, with the aim of reversing a middle and working class exodus to the suburbs.

She has promised to create 10,000 new social housing units and 5,000 kindergarten places.

Her administration will also have a distinctly Green tint to it as a result of a deal she did after the first round. Under the pact, the Greens are expected to double their representation on the council that oversees the mayor's work and take around one fifth of the deputy mayor posts on the city's executive.

And she is doing this with whose money? The exodus mentioned is the end result of a war on the middle-class. We have it here in the USA as well. The rich don't see any real difficulties as they are insulated from economic troubles. The ruling class sees to it that they stay that way by barring entry into the market for potential competitors as well as passing targeted legislation to lower the tax burden of contributors. The socialists want to have an all-controlling state taking care of the poor from cradle to grave. The middle-class represents a 'messy problem' to them as the M.C. wants nothing to do with any form of Government and just wants to be left alone. Push beyond a certain point and I am outta here!. It will be interesting to see the exodus over the next couple of years. People keeping their Paris house and living 51% of the time somewhere cheaper.

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