On the international front, socialism is on the rise in France. Socialists recently won control of most of the government and immediate set to work solving their deficit problems by raising taxes on the rich. Those taxes were one factor for Johnny Depp's decision to return to the U.S. There have been other reports of France's elite moving to the U.K., Belgium, and other countries to avoid those confiscatory tax rates.
Recently, France's Prime Minister had a hissy fit over several high profile actors, and others that took similar precautions to preserve their earnings.
I find the bureaucratic outrage to be more than a little amusing. It is as if these socialists believe that those people are the property of the state rather than being individuals who have the freedom to choose the conditions in which they live. Why should they be surprised when those individuals exercise that freedom in the face of an overly bureaucratic government that is imposing an intolerable level of taxation?
The exodus is predictable, as is the socialist response. Sadly.
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