8.08.2007

They can't even hang on to their own Elvis

“In France, To Earn A Lot Of Money Is To Be Seen As A Little Bit Criminal”

"However, the smart ones are voting with their feet:

Angry at paying more than 72 percent of his income in taxes, he moved to the ski resort of Gstaad last December in a storm of publicity. After Sarkozy's May election, Hallyday hinted he might come back. His press attache Catherine Battner says he has yet to make up his mind.


Fleeing the Tax

Households fleeing the fortune tax climbed to a record 649 in 2005 from 370 in 1997, according to a study by French Senator Philippe Marini. "

Read it all at No Pasarán.

1 comment:

  1. What wealth do you tax when all the wealth is gone?

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