Jean-Francois Cope, France’s Budget Minister has announced the launch of a new online game called, “Cyberbudget” that let’s you step into the shoes of the Budget Minister to teach you about how France’s budget works. Is it a way to tell the public that budget cuts are coming, here’s why, but find out inside a game?! How fun.

Cope:

“The idea is that when we cut taxes, we can’t do it without creating deficits,” Mr Cope told French television.

“It allows each person to get familiar with how [the budget] functions.

“In this game each French person can pretend they are the budget minister and make decisions to understand how much each [ministry's] budget costs, education spending, military spending, how it’s all organised and see what kind of decision we can make when we want to cut taxes.”

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