The primary protection against poverty is earned income – for which even France’s generous unemployment benefits and other welfare payments are an inadequate substitute. Much of the high tax burden required to finance them falls on companies in the form of payroll taxes (employers’ social security contributions), which further deter companies from taking on more staff.
失业是贫困的主要原因。防止贫困的主要保护是工作收入——对此，即便是法国慷慨的失业救济和其他福利补贴也不能充分代替，而给这些福利提供资金所需的税收负担很大一部分以工资税的形式落在公司的头上（雇主的社会保障贡献），从而进一步妨碍公司雇用更多的职员。