Posted on 05/11/2012 10:30:41 AM PDT by reaganaut1
no excerpt from Bloomberg allowed, story here .
I am sure the real French are poo-pooing their countrymen who are fleeing the glory of France to that philistine “nation of shopkeepers.”
The French have thought this way for over 200 years.
Hollande is just putting it into practice for the first time since the guillotines stopped falling.
Slow learners.
This is probably happening in the US, too, but little covered by the media.
Meanwhile, Brit tabloid press (a bastion of honesty compared to mainstream) today is reporting that Citizen Hollande owns 3 luxury properties on the Riviera
Wealth is only for deserving socialists who care about the little people
Of course it is.
Not hiring liberals/marxists/democrats can have an impact too. ;-)
Which might just make him the real French John Kerry.
Madame Guillotine, she is laughing, mes amis.
Excellent article, BTW.
Wonder where France’s muzzie masses figure in the New Order?
Atlas Left.
Don’t laugh to loud - the same thing is happening in the United States.
Now I am wonder what the article was and what was in it to get pulled by the Moderators.
You think, maybe, that it is from Bloomberg? Dur.
The difference being that US citizens can't escape excessive taxation just by moving to another country since the US taxes on worldwide income. The only way for a US citizen to escape is to pay an exit penalty and renounce his citizenship. However, every time there is a story posted about folks renouncing, FReepers usually react by calling them traitors and tax-evaders, completely the opposite reaction to this story. Interesting dicotomy.
“Rejection” -> “Confiscation”
I believe the proper term is "dachas".
WTF!!!?
It was a long, involved The Economist kind of article describing the French national attitude of envy toward wealth & how the socialist Hollande regime will play to that, along with various exit strategies for wealthy citizens to UK, Switzerland, Italy, the U.S., etc. Not quite 1791 all over again since guillotines are not yet involved. Very well written and a primer to the next few years in France (75% tax rate proposed).
Almighty moderator must have feared copyright challenge, IMO.
Having assets of around a million isn’t a lot these days.
- Dave, Hamilton, 11/5/2012 19:19
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