tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post1721435193783792375..comments2024-02-29T18:18:06.972-08:00Comments on Thoughts on Liberty, Economics & Life...: What Barack Obama can learn from Gerard DePardieuJack Chamblesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16714642268269970475noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-71681642734316848842013-01-13T12:55:01.064-08:002013-01-13T12:55:01.064-08:00Good blogpost! I have to admit I was a bit worrie...Good blogpost! I have to admit I was a bit worried when I first saw the title. Thought you were going to advise President Obama to start urinating on commercial planes in the aisle!The Sherrill Familyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11025053978945172534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-81091654629705720562013-01-10T09:53:43.636-08:002013-01-10T09:53:43.636-08:00Jack, you are spot on. DePardieu is an outlier on ...Jack, you are spot on. DePardieu is an outlier on the list of things people will do to evade a high tax rate, but he is the perfect example to show that people will go to extremes to protect their income. France's 75% rate is outrageous as is the UK 50% rate. If you can survive making 1 million why would you work twice as much to make 2 million just to have 75% of that taken away?<br />I was taught the stories of “The Ant and The Grasshopper”, and “The Little Red Hen” when I was young. Our redistributionist tax system and the ridiculous spending and debt are the opposite of those concepts. If the grasshoppers always get bailed out by taxing the ants, at some point you get tired of being the ant.ocopekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07454468365809524071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-44671020903220502012013-01-06T07:47:24.138-08:002013-01-06T07:47:24.138-08:00Just a bit of fact-checking shows that Mr. D. rece...Just a bit of fact-checking shows that Mr. D. received a nice beneficence from Putin--P. offered D. a Russian passport, apparently waiving the usual requirement that one live in Russia for five years before becoming a naturalized citizen. Putin is no dummy--here's a quick and public way to put a stick in the eye of one of those nasty, western european nations he so despises, the ones that have a free press and untainted elections. Depardieu is now Putin's tool, selling what passes for his soul so that he can keep his precious money. Bon voyage!Russ Keslerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09646749464124573944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5439938886895118276.post-61378194104710763752013-01-05T15:08:56.575-08:002013-01-05T15:08:56.575-08:00Actually I will find a real estate agent in German...Actually I will find a real estate agent in Germany if I decide to leave. For a child born in 2013 it is the best country to grow up in. The USA is ranked number 16. I need to check where Russia ranks. Happy New Year!Anneliesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02269861974861654774noreply@blogger.com