Better to be a Russian than French

[Praxeas]

MOSCOW – French actor Gerard Depardieu has received a Russian passport after flying to Russia for a late night dinner with President Vladimir Putin.
Depardieu sought Russian citizenship as part of his battle against a proposed super tax on millionaires in France, and Putin granted his request last week.

French President Francois Hollande plans to raise the tax on earned income above euro1 million ($1.3 million) to 75 percent from the current 41 percent, while Russia has a flat 13-percent tax rate.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01...#ixzz2HF5yAHwN

[Monterrey]

Wow!

It speaks a lot about the conditions of France when Russia looks better!

[Dordrecht]

Most likely all successful people will be leaving France
and take their businesses with them.
More unemployment in France,
less taxes being paid,
down the country goes............
Killing the golden goose does not work.
It does not work in the US either.

[Dedicated Mind]

now what kind of job is he going to get with french cinema? he is also killing the goose by cutting off his source of income and fan base.

[Originalist]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

now what kind of job is he going to get with french cinema? he is also killing the goose by cutting off his source of income and fan base.

It will be a wash. If he stays in France, their government will just steal his money. Hell be popular in Russia.

[Dordrecht]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

now what kind of job is he going to get with french cinema? he is also killing the goose by cutting off his source of income and fan base.

Why would he care?

[Praxeas]

Originally Posted by Dedicated Mind

now what kind of job is he going to get with french cinema? he is also killing the goose by cutting off his source of income and fan base.

He already has a lot of money so he does not need to work. Who is to say French won't hire him?

Why the French? He can do a movie for Americans?