High earners say au revoir to France

Telegraph UK ^ | 5/13/12 | Emma Rowley

[Nachum]

As summer draws near, thoughts of the well-heeled Parisian turn to Le Grand Départ. The annual mass exodus from the French capital sees the city's inhabitants while away the August heat in the countryside. But this week many of the biggest earners across the Channel have been mulling a départ which could be rather more permanent. (Snip) In addition, France's high earners feel increasingly unwelcome in a country now led by a man who has admitted: "I don't like the rich." So where are they looking? London. It comes as no surprise – while Hollande prepares to raise taxes, over

[Nachum]

But where do they run?

[Savage Beast]

France has a long history of chasing its best people out of the country. This is part of their national stupidity.

[JudgemAll]

He does not like the rich? As in moron rich for political points through wealth, or as in Doctors, cattle, family and highly skilled rich?

The only moron political rich are Marxistoid like Hollande. A socialist does not necessarily hate the rich, but a communist always spouts this kind of stuff...

It seems Obama has a puppet friend in France.

[JudgemAll]

Indeed, for all the fashion obsessed out here who like the French stuff, the French are quite depressing, colorless and soul dragging. THis is what you get for the antihero worship.

[GeronL]

They should stay away from Kalipornia

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

He owns three homes. I believe the homes are in South France. These hypocrites who claim not to like “the rich” are really expressing their envy and covetousness. Any Socialist should be jailed for fraud and theft.

[jmcenanly]

Don't sneer too much at the French. High taxes have driven Facebook co-Founder Eduardo Saverin to defect to Singapore, where they have a more enlightened view of how treat the Rich.

[VanDeKoik]

Dubai? Maybe the Bahamas. There will always be at least one country with more sense than one that elects a Socialist.

[Farmer Dean]

They had better run soon,before France imposes an exit tax.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Asia

[SuziQ]

Yes, but Eduardo Saverin, while decrying the tax situation in the US, is an Obama supporter. He DESERVES to be hit big by taxes, if he supports the political party that is pushing those tax rates!

[wally_bert]

Open bars/hotels that cater to displaced Americans and German spies?

[Tzimisce]

Guess they shouldn’t have voted for and supported this stuff.

We can learn a lot from France.

We won’t.

But we can.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

That’s not the angle of that story. He’s a rich lib.
Singapore is not a great place to live. Hot humid, muslim, and a bunch of stupid laws like no chewing gum.

[stephenjohnbanker]

That’s it!

[stephenjohnbanker]

I hated Singapore.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

Maybe Britain will get another couple of Brunels out of this?

[Doe Eyes]

Singapore is not a great place to live. Hot humid, muslim, and a bunch of stupid laws like no chewing gum.

Singapore is great city. Excellent food, Not Muslim, sidewalks not coated with chewing gum. Low taxes, but expensive.

It is hot and humid, but not worse than south Florida.

[RedMDer]

Click

[ex-snook]

Singapore is great city. Excellent food, Not Muslim, sidewalks not coated with chewing gum. Low taxes, but expensive."

That's my recollection too. You could throw in they don't tolerate pornography also not a city for hoodlums who trash street signs or p!ss in elevators.