Posted on 09/15/2013 4:07:55 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
When Gérard Depardieu triggered a fiscal feud with the French government a few weeks ago, the media had fun recasting him in his movie role as the comic book character Obélix, a fat and superhumanly strong Gaulois who stands up to the Romans.
Now that the French movie star has abandoned the land of the Gauls to become a Russian citizen, his recent film role as the mad monk Rasputin is being evoked to put a cinematic image on a bizarre real-life drama that has become an affair of state.
...Depardieu's love for Russia cannot be indifferent to the country's flat 13% income tax rate, measurably lower than the 75% rate that France's socialist government will impose this year on income over a million euros. Depardieu, whose personal fortune is estimated at $200 million, at first bolted for Belgium to escape the tax. Now he has accepted the warm embrace of his friend Putin. France's constitutional court overturned the "supertax" on the rich, but the Socialist government intends to push forward with the measure.
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Correct. It was imposed during those good years in preparation for the bad times.
Well something is different now because they guy I know who is about thirty seems to have no issues. Now I do not know that he can actually carry, sounds like he cant but from what I hear they don’t have to. And if money is an issue its not for him on what he’s making.
well good old Gore was right afterall....what's up is down, and what's down is up...
Russia leading the world....who have thunk it...
That’s fine, I was sure you were correct, like I said, what I am hearing is a little different, but I did not go into details as to what they do what he has etc. Perhaps he has connections with work, it is Russia, payoffs are big. Not really worried about it either, he’s happy and having fun and it sounds like all of them I know are doing pretty well.
In fact you can carry a handgun in Russia. You need to get licensed as a security guard.
How many security guards they need? :-)
Given the way things work in Russia, a lot of companies probably have a ton of “what ever the position/security guards”
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