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Will Smith Lectures France About Paying Taxes Until Learning Of Their 75% Rate
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Posted on 05/14/2012 8:03:34 PM PDT by Sneakyuser

His reaction is priceless.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: doublestandard; france; hollywood; hollywoodreds; liberals; marxism; mediabias; redistribution; taxes; usefulidiot; welfarestate
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To: Sneakyuser

Will Smith: The French Prince of Bel Air.


41 posted on 05/14/2012 10:23:39 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement (Obama "acted stupidly.")
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To: Dallas59

There are many things to not like about Smith....

But he is not a member of the ridiculous church of scientology.


42 posted on 05/14/2012 10:34:30 PM PDT by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence)
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To: Aurorales; Dallas59

Oh...my mistake..I apologize...
I just read that Smith has dabbled in scientology. Plus he supposedly has a private relationship with the Christian God and mooslem god.

I’m sorry...yes Will Smith is a putz.


43 posted on 05/14/2012 10:41:54 PM PDT by Aurorales (I will not be ridiculed into silence)
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To: Sneakyuser; Cincinna; LonePalm
“Soixante-quinze?!” ("Seventy-five?!")

"Um, well... God bless America!"

LOL, priceless!

44 posted on 05/14/2012 10:50:13 PM PDT by nutmeg (So... Clinton was our first black president, and Obama is our first gay president?)
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To: Cronos
to be fair, it is 75% tax for those households that earn more than 1 million euros a year, not for most salaried people. That being said, a 75% tax on the rich is stupid — the rich folks have means to escape this that the middle class can’t

So, is this a new tax rate for the French, or has it been that way for some time?

If the criminally insane rate of 75% on the rich has been there for a while, it seems they would have noticed the drop in tax receipts by now. Seems they would have noticed the connection between cause and effect......

Listen to me....trying to apply a bit of logic to a Socialist tax model. Fuhgitaboudit!

45 posted on 05/14/2012 10:57:52 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: mamelukesabre; Windflier

Well, for clarity that’s 75% of every Euro earned past a million Euros. The truth is that the average worker, meaning anyone from a hot-dog vendor to middle management probably wouldn’t notice the small differences in taxes in most industrialized nations.

And just like here, the rich have a billion loopholes, shelters and write-offs so as to not actually pay that 75% rate. Lottery winners are the only real losers, if you can actually call it that.


46 posted on 05/14/2012 11:07:18 PM PDT by Melas (u)
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To: Windflier

There are many unemployed, car-burning youths and 10+ family households from just across the Mediterranean you must feed, clothe, house, educate and provide healtcare to.

Socialism is only fair to those who take, this is what Liberals never understand until it’s too late.


47 posted on 05/14/2012 11:20:00 PM PDT by wac3rd (Somewhere in Hell, Ted Kennedy snickers.....)
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To: wac3rd
There are many unemployed, car-burning youths and 10+ family households from just across the Mediterranean you must feed, clothe, house, educate and provide healtcare to.

Oh my gosh. I forgot about all those poor, disadvantaged people. Why, of course it's completely fair to tax the filthy rich at 75% of their income to ensure those people have free food, housing, schooling, medical care, medicines, spending money, and of course, plenty of Korans, prayer rugs, and AK-47s.

What on earth was I thinking? So sorry ;-)

48 posted on 05/14/2012 11:26:57 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Darnright

Hollande was just elected to take Sarkozy’s place.


49 posted on 05/14/2012 11:30:07 PM PDT by passionfruit (When illegals become legal, even they won't do the work Americans won't do)
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To: Melas

Yep!...And show me one mouse that once it is in the cupboard doesn’t take everything it can and not s@#t on everything else.


50 posted on 05/14/2012 11:39:00 PM PDT by ssschev
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To: 21twelve

good lesson for your child.


51 posted on 05/14/2012 11:48:25 PM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: kenavi

yes, as an individual, not an economic pundit


52 posted on 05/14/2012 11:48:53 PM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Sneakyuser

After his der speigel interview after 911...this ass and his likewise racist, anti- American wife will never see a nickel from my family.


53 posted on 05/15/2012 12:04:10 AM PDT by Eagles6 (S)
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To: KoRn

raise my rate to 75% and I’ll just hop in the wagon. I might be dumb (working and paying the rate I am) but I am not stupid.

Might as well ride the wagon til it can’t go no more.

I can always sell drugs on the side. Since it’s off the books I can do it while riding the Obama check wagon.


54 posted on 05/15/2012 12:13:54 AM PDT by cableguymn
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To: Cronos

Goodness knows they don’t get it in school. But we keep involved with the school stuff and provide the Conservative viewpoint to things. A few years ago she got an A on her science project poster: “There is no Man-made Global Warming”.

I just printed out an old article from 2004 (note the pre-stimulus packages date) from UCLA on how FDR extended the Depression for 7 years, as some “additional” information on what they are learning in class right now. A pertinent and scary excerpt:

“Why the Great Depression lasted so long has always been a great mystery, and because we never really knew the reason, we have always worried whether we would have another 10- to 15-year economic slump,” said Ohanian, vice chair of UCLA’s Department of Economics. “We found that a relapse isn’t likely unless lawmakers gum up a recovery with ill-conceived stimulus policies.”


55 posted on 05/15/2012 12:19:38 AM PDT by 21twelve
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To: 21twelve; Cronos

Oh - meant to say. What FDR did, and what Obama is doing now is NOT based on stupidity or ill-conceived. It is exactly what they want. Growing government Power and Control is so much easier in bad times. (”Don’t let a crisis go to waste”)


56 posted on 05/15/2012 12:22:24 AM PDT by 21twelve
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To: F15Eagle

Thanks for the pic...was there a point? Am I to infer you think being friendly to Michelle Obama means that Will Smith has a contemptible heart rather than my contention that he is just clueless about politics and never really took the time to check the veracity of his own assumptions. Look, Hollywood stars live in a bubble of simple minded left wing bigotry with cartoon images of nasty people beyond the dark little shed of their tiny philosophy...unaware of the world around them. Pity them, do not despise them.


57 posted on 05/15/2012 1:54:15 AM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: max americana

ROFL That comment is simply priceless, max.


58 posted on 05/15/2012 1:58:30 AM PDT by stilloftyhenight
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To: cableguymn

Maybe you can even sell some drugs to Obama.


59 posted on 05/15/2012 2:31:13 AM PDT by monocle
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