Christien on September 7, 2012 at 7:11 PM

I see what you did there.

Christien on September 8, 2012 at 12:53 AM

Now that’s FUNNY! You must be Canadian! Je me souviens my arse.

French citizens now make up about 4% of the total UK population and that number is growing. Especially those with wealth. Just walk into any Starbucks- that’s where their kids are hanging out…

darwin on September 7, 2012 at 6:47 PM

Then you have a totally socialistic country like Iceland where the taxes are so high that any young person who aspires to be successful leaves the country.The rest are left with drab mediocrity, if not poverty.

My man Ron Paul talked about how he was against a fence at the border because the government will eventually use it to keep us and our capital in the country. People laughed at him. Now look for France, and other tyrannical socialist nations to start making it more difficult for the rich to leave. As usual the old man was right, and it’s only a matter of time before Romney fails in his reelection bid and Obama turns straight up gangster in his second term. Things are gonna get ugly quick because now the President has tremendous liberty-destroying measures at his fingertips.

Fun future.

fatlibertarianinokc on September 7, 2012 at 9:04 PM

Well, if he does fail it will be at least partly because of temper tantrum throwing Ron Paul voters.

When soaking the rich eventually produces no more rich … what happens then?

darwin on September 7, 2012 at 6:47 PM

A new definition of “rich will be provided. Have to have someone to demonize. It’s just like “the poor” it’s a nebulous enough term that it can always apply.

thatsafactjack on September 7, 2012 at 7:32 PM

Liberté, égalité, fraternité … pick any two.

As Steve Martin has pointed oout, “The French have a different word for everything.”

J_Crater on September 7, 2012 at 11:29 PM

LOL. How do you say, “I forgot” in French?

The actual tax rate is a function of the number of deductions that you have.

Effective tax rate = marginal rate / (1 * # of adults + 0.5 * # of children)

A “rich” family of four pays 75% / (1*2 + 0.5*2) = 75% / 3 = 25%

This is a bad move, Hollande. A bad move. One that will comeback to bite him when it’s all said and done.

It takes a lot of gall to raise taxes that much.

Christien on September 7, 2012 at 7:23 PM

And it’ll take a lot of Galt to resist them. Xp

C’est un pour vous, dix-neuf pour moi.

Christien on September 7, 2012 at 6:57 PM

Babble fish…yeah, we all have it…This is one for you, nineteen for me…good grief.

right2bright on September 7, 2012 at 9:11 PM

Um, I think that with a name like Christien, he probably doesn’t need to use babel fish to translate a line from a Beatles song into French.

It takes a lot of gall to raise taxes that much.

Christien on September 7, 2012 at 7:23 PM

Well trust the Gauls to have that much gall! :P

I hope France implodes and all the stupid people that are for this Marxist garbage feel serious pain.

tom daschle concerned on September 7, 2012 at 8:10 PM

Roughly 70% of the French people…could be more too…

and the government has to announce its decision before the 2013 budget is due in two weeks

Maybe King Obama can call Mr Hollande and tell him he doesn’t need no stinking budget.

JPeterman on September 7, 2012 at 6:58 PM

As far as I am concerned, they can both go and do that thing to temselves, the one thatv Clint Eastwood alluded to in his chair monologue :)…

C’est un pour vous, dix-neuf pour moi.

Christien on September 7, 2012 at 6:57 PM

Babble fish…yeah, we all have it…This is one for you, nineteen for me…good grief.

C’est un pour vous, dix-neuf pour moi.

Christien on September 7, 2012 at 6:57 PM

“Those French, they have a different word for everything!”
Steve Martin