Idiotic

The French are threatening to impose new taxes on oil companies if they don't cut gas prices. Needless to say, this will only cause prices to rise further. Of course, with taxes accounting for about seventy percent of the $6.77 French motorists have to pay for gas, you'd think maybe getting rid of the gas taxes, or even cutting them in half would do more to relieve the burden on French motorists than threatening to raise them. Of course, you probably wouldn't be French if you thought that. Frankly (no pun intended), it is disgusting that France would impose such a burden on its drivers and then blame oil companies when the burden becomes too much for them to bear. It is also moronic that they would propose as a solution a measure that if implemented would only make the situation worse.