By: debiesam
I’ve always been a fan of Depardieu, but now I’m a BIG fan. I love the way he responded to his critics. Just fantastic. Maybe he will become a conservative.
View ArticleBy: profitsbeard
Shouldn’t the taxes in every EU country be the same? Where’s the E Unity? The French-speaking Belgians will welcome the new member of their internal independence movement.
View ArticleBy: hawkdriver
So I guess he’s going to give back the millions French tax payers have given to subsidize the industry in which he made his fortune? Nope, I thought not. lostmotherland on December 17, 2012 at 11:48 AM...
View ArticleBy: Cindy Munford
I wonder if this will kill his career? It will in the U.S. and I would think Europe is worse.
View ArticleBy: Fallon
Perhaps someone here can help me out. I’m trying to dig up a recent post from, I believe it was either here at Hotair or over at Ace of Spades. The gist of the post was a breakdown about how a...
View ArticleBy: HotAirian
So I guess he’s going to give back the millions French tax payers have given to subsidize the industry in which he made his fortune? Nope, I thought not. lostmotherland on December 17, 2012 at 11:48 AM...
View ArticleBy: Time Lord
Yeah, well, filmmaking is heavily subsidized in France (otherwise refined French films would not stand a chance against the onslaught of base American movies). For example, 20% of the funding for The...
View ArticleBy: JoseQuinones
This is why we must say a firm no to all revenue increases, no matter how “temporary” they are promised to be. Because to the liberals, it’s never ever enough. Forget that this man has contributed more...
View ArticleBy: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
Why is this relevant? Because M. Depardieu has profited from this system earlier in his career — when others did the paying — so I’m not exactly impressed that now, when it’s his turn to contribute, he...
View ArticleBy: Solaratov
So I guess he’s going to give back the millions French tax payers have given to subsidize the industry in which he made his fortune? Nope, I thought not. lostmotherland on December 17, 2012 at 11:48 AM...
View ArticleBy: Bulletchaser
What is really fascinating here is that Liberals for Years have been saying that Patriotism is “Jingoistic” and we all need to bow to the new world order of no Nations. So when a citizen runs away from...
View ArticleBy: AH_C
I’m sure everyone with a modicum of wealth wants to pay more in taxes so the liberals can continue to spend other people’s money on their failed social experiments. Even the left, when good fortune...
View ArticleBy: zonataman
Lets see if France wants to implement directive 10-289. I take issue that leaving France isn’t going Galt. It is. Depardieu stopped living in France, and is, for tax purposes of France, gone Galt. John...
View ArticleBy: thuja
Canada is culturally similar to the United States, and there is a Conservative Prime Minister. I’m sure people far wealthier than I am have noticed this also.
View ArticleBy: ThePrimordialOrderedPair
Canada is culturally similar to the United States, and there is a Conservative Prime Minister. I’m sure people far wealthier than I am have noticed this also. thuja on December 17, 2012 at 2:49 PM The...
View ArticleBy: MichaelGabriel
Going Galt means removing your talents from the world altogether until the world comes to its senses. I’m not sure John Galt believed the world would come to it’s senses. He and his followers believed...
View ArticleBy: fatlibertarianinokc
He should have turned it around on these pathetic tyrants and thieves. “It’s selfish to steal what is not yours”. See progressives always use moral arguments in tax debates. They claim it’s immoral not...
View ArticleBy: Russ808
Given the way France taxes, Depardieu could simply move and not have to change the way he recieved his remuneration. Therefore he can vote with his feet. Should France change the way it taxes, he will...
View ArticleBy: paratisi
Lol! Let the Financial Defections Begin! Money’s running from the evil Govt’s trying to separate those who have money, from it. Well, at least the French will pay for their arrogance. Unfortunately, so...
View ArticleBy: BCrago66
By Ed’s definition, John Galt, Francisco d’Anconia, Ragnar Danneskjöld & the rest of the gang didn’t “go Galt” either; they merely chose “a better market for [their] capital,” which happened to be...
View ArticleBy: entagor
The prime minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, described Depardieu’s behaviour as pathetic and unpatriotic at a time when the French are being asked to pay higher taxes to reduce a bloated national debt. It is...
View ArticleBy: entagor
The US was the first, last, and only place that true individual freedom existed – as written into the architecure of our government ThePrimordialOrderedPair on December 17, 2012 at 2:58 PM Every...
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