Quote Originally Posted by thefunk View Post
Don't even get me started on the French, however on the face of it, its a similar issue to the states in the sense that the large minority groups have voted in a socialist. He basically hates the rich and is taxing the top band to 75% (it may be more) with additional one-off fees for homes above 3m euros. I think thats something like 80k euro. Thats basically his manifesto and 7 year policy. His government is also looking at making redundancies illegal (its already virtually impossible to get fired in france anyway). So everyone is hired on a contractual basis only, which is hilarious since companies have effectively found a way round the law.
Spoken like a true Republication. Go research what socialism actually is. When the rich can get away with paying less tax than the middle class there is something REALLY wrong.

Welfare abuse will always happen but it may actually cost less than the rich with their accountants working the system to pay as little taxes as possible.