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cynatnite

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25. I'm wondering if that will actually happen...

Reply to aquart (Original post)

Mon May 7, 2012, 11:45 AM

May 2012

Seems to me there will be a lot of opposition. I wouldn't be surprised if some compromise happens.

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Hollande favors a 75% tax on the wealthy! [View all] aquart May 2012 OP

75% at what point? MrSlayer May 2012 #1

No idea. I heard it on the TV news which is notoriously detail poor. aquart May 2012 #2

I think I read that it was a million euros. n/t pnwmom May 2012 #4

$1.3 million dkf May 2012 #6

Top tax bracket was 91% under Eisenhower MannyGoldstein May 2012 #3

The difference is in the times... TedBronson May 2012 #10

Oh, yeah, we can't lose Mister Charlie. What would we ever do... jtuck004 May 2012 #12

Where would they go? Confusious May 2012 #13

Probably one of these countries towards the top... TedBronson May 2012 #14

I'm sure an american Confusious May 2012 #15

They might leave? AnotherMcIntosh May 2012 #16

Let them leave. Freeze the money. Seize the assets. aquart May 2012 #27

They'd have to give up their US passports. closeupready May 2012 #18

Not if there is international cooperation on a crackdown -- and that is entirely JDPriestly May 2012 #20

In FDR's time, there was only one person in the top tax bracket. Kaleva May 2012 #26

He has also promised to balance the French budget in 5 years. dkf May 2012 #5

Yes, there is little difference between Hollande and Sarkozy. girl gone mad May 2012 #8

Yup, Greece is the main story today. Prometheus Bound May 2012 #11

Citi says 75% chance Greece exits Euro. dkf May 2012 #24

If Citi is trying to cause a panic, ask why. aquart May 2012 #28

Our billionaire controlled media will make him out to be a villain! dmosh42 May 2012 #7

He's a new Hitler! nxylas May 2012 #9

It will be interesting to see how that works out. Nye Bevan May 2012 #17

No, they've still got Switzerland for banking, the US doesn't closeupready May 2012 #19

Did you look at the local council elections in Britain? aquart May 2012 #29

Think that's a little too high, myself Prophet 451 May 2012 #21

Why? JHB May 2012 #22

I admit to being an economic doofus Prophet 451 May 2012 #23

Where? aquart May 2012 #31

The UK for example Prophet 451 May 2012 #32

Of course, if they did like the US and tax income wherever closeupready May 2012 #34

Not at all. The point is to crush the power of the ultra-monied class. aquart May 2012 #30

I'm wondering if that will actually happen... cynatnite May 2012 #25

K&R grahamhgreen May 2012 #33