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Right.. and exactly WHERE has

demunchained — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 02:04:14 +0000

In reply to Well no, a tax rate of 75% is

Right.. and exactly WHERE has lamestream media been on this fiasco, since they seldom miss an opportunity to attack/make fun of France for whatever reason?

I've a feeling they were hoping we wouldn't notice that France is wayyy more socialist than the U.S. could ever dream of being, and the 75% tax rate is much higher than the wealthy class pays here-- but which they still moan and groan about as IF it is the highest in the civilized world.

What a load.

Well no, a tax rate of 75% is

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:53:00 +0000

In reply to Gerard Depardieu threatened

Well no, a tax rate of 75% is pretty ridiculous. A tax rate of 39% plus capital gains rate of 15% going back to 20% is hardly confiscatory, no matter how much screaming. (Okay, combine state taxes & income tax is about 49% depending on where you live).

So caving on a ridiculous idea vs. just trying to balance the books with a small change?

Gerard Depardieu threatened

Peter Schwartz — Wed, 02 Jan 2013 01:14:56 +0000

In reply to France's 75% 'supertax' thrown out as unfair and unconstitutional

Gerard Depardieu threatened to move to Belgium--just over the border to a bit of a run-down town, I hear--and the country caved. Makes Obama's "caving" seem like small haricots verts.