Lean Forward
Posted: Thu Sep 13, 2012 11:34 am
France plans 75% tax on rich
French citizens, those whose income is over one million euros, or just over one and a quarter million dollars, will soon be taxed at a rate of 75 percent.
Many economists have said the rich tax will not do much to boost depressed state coffers because only 3,000 of France's 66 million citizens make over a million (euros), and that the move is just symbolic.
In fact, the tax hike was the campaign promise many believe won the election for President Francois Hollande who has said he doesn't like the rich.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/12 ... z26MdMG8R0
In the immortal sig of our vactioning prolific poster "Not left, not right, forward".
Ain't hard to do the math on the 75% and it ain't hard to cheat it. What a great thought them French have....to stimulate the economy? Bugger the "rich".
Oh...snap! They're not alone in that theory.
French citizens, those whose income is over one million euros, or just over one and a quarter million dollars, will soon be taxed at a rate of 75 percent.
Many economists have said the rich tax will not do much to boost depressed state coffers because only 3,000 of France's 66 million citizens make over a million (euros), and that the move is just symbolic.
In fact, the tax hike was the campaign promise many believe won the election for President Francois Hollande who has said he doesn't like the rich.
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2012/09/12 ... z26MdMG8R0
In the immortal sig of our vactioning prolific poster "Not left, not right, forward".
Ain't hard to do the math on the 75% and it ain't hard to cheat it. What a great thought them French have....to stimulate the economy? Bugger the "rich".
Oh...snap! They're not alone in that theory.