[powercf]

If wealthy companies should pay French pensions, simply because they can, do you think that wealthy westerners should pay for, say, pensions or services in Africa?

Raising taxes on wealthy companies to cover pensions seems arbitrary and unfair (by which I don't mean that taxes shouldn't necessarily be raised).

[p-e-w]

> do you think that wealthy westerners should pay for, say, pensions or services in Africa?

If they have business interests in Africa, absolutely.

The world's biggest corporations are profiting massively from having access to the French market. But that access is not a given, it is being granted by the French people, and can be taken away at any time for any reason the French people consider valid.

[riku_iki]

> wealthy westerners should pay for, say, pensions or services in Africa?

actually this sounds reasonable, and Western countries obviously pay already through various programs.