tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post3285682312411955613..comments2024-03-18T23:08:20.960-05:00Comments on Althouse: I just noticed the double meaning of "tax hike."Ann Althousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01630636239933008807noreply@blogger.comBlogger36125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-53579091370385270982012-09-05T06:54:17.823-05:002012-09-05T06:54:17.823-05:00I wonder how much of Depp's (covert) motive fo...I wonder how much of Depp's (covert) motive for leaving France has to do with the dissolution of his marriage? I mean, this could be a dick move, taking his kids away from their (French) mother, making it harder or impossible for her to maintain her maternal relationship with them.<br /><br />I didn't bother reading the article, so I don't know if that subject is broached or not.Robert Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06951286299515983901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-46282671614846372652012-09-05T05:57:13.369-05:002012-09-05T05:57:13.369-05:00Jake Diamond said...
Why do you make such dishone...Jake Diamond said... <br />Why do you make such dishonest statements? Hey, read the article, the man said he bugging out to avoid being taxed in to oblivion<br /><br />Ah, so you're moving the goalposts. The title of this blog entry references tax HIKES, and then links to an article entitled "Johnny Depp Flees France Over Tax Hikes." But if you read the article, Johnny Depp's decision to leave hinges on the issue of double taxation of his income, not on French tax HIKES. Here's the relevant section from the linked article:<br /><br />"Actor Johnny Depp has moved out of France and returned to America because he didn’t want to become a permanent French resident and pay income tax there. …Depp has now moved his family out of France after government officials asked him to become a permanent resident, as he feared he would end up paying tax in both countries."<br /><br />In other words, Depp's decision has nothing to do with increases in French tax rates. Therefore what this establishes is that Daniel J. Mitchell is a liar, that you're a liar, and that Althouse linked to an obviously dishonest piece of shit article. <br /><br /><br /><br />A distinction without a difference, Jake.<br />Of course he's leaving because of taxes.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault announced today that the government will tax incomes of more than €1 million ($1.25 million) at a rate of 75 percent, according to Bloomberg.<br /> <br />That's in addition to a new 45 percent tax rate for the country's highest earners, and a capital income tax equal to that of wages.<br /> <br />We think this means that if you make €2 million euros, you would pay 45 percent on the first €1 million and 75 percent of the second €1 million to the government, or a total of €1.2 million.<br /> <br />This tax rate compares to 35 percent for the highest bracket of earners in the United States in 2012.<br /><br /><br />Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/france-millionaires-tax-2012-7#ixzz25ajfuGxyRustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-66305077143035933212012-09-04T21:25:30.765-05:002012-09-04T21:25:30.765-05:00Hollywood doesn't think highly of capitalism.
...<i>Hollywood doesn't think highly of capitalism.</i><br /><br />If I were Romney I'd promise to release my tax returns if Depp released his.Erichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330712047609650184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-84560851006534293432012-09-04T17:36:00.871-05:002012-09-04T17:36:00.871-05:00Why do you make such dishonest statements? Hey, re...<i>Why do you make such dishonest statements? Hey, read the article, the man said he bugging out to avoid being taxed in to oblivion</i><br /><br />Ah, so you're moving the goalposts. The title of this blog entry references tax HIKES, and then links to an article entitled "Johnny Depp Flees France Over Tax Hikes." But if you read the article, Johnny Depp's decision to leave hinges on the issue of double taxation of his income, not on French tax HIKES. Here's the relevant section from the linked article:<br /><br /><i>"Actor Johnny Depp has moved out of France and returned to America <b>because he didn’t want to become a permanent French resident and pay income tax there</b>. …Depp has now moved his family out of France after government officials asked him to become a permanent resident, <b>as he feared he would end up paying tax in both countries.</b>"</i><br /><br />In other words, Depp's decision has nothing to do with increases in French tax rates. Therefore what this establishes is that Daniel J. Mitchell is a liar, that you're a liar, and that Althouse linked to an obviously dishonest piece of shit article. <br /><br />Thanks for showing your true self. <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751703076034145356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37101253073007894872012-09-04T14:38:31.379-05:002012-09-04T14:38:31.379-05:00Will Smith was not jiggy with the 75% tax rate eit...Will Smith was not jiggy with the 75% tax rate either. Came as quite a shock.<br />Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-83383891210082472682012-09-04T14:29:37.688-05:002012-09-04T14:29:37.688-05:00Socialism is for the little people.Socialism is for the little people.Amartelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11636450794507517534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-57126467723610801372012-09-04T13:04:28.684-05:002012-09-04T13:04:28.684-05:00We rooted for the pirates in Pirates of the Caribb...We rooted for the pirates in Pirates of the Caribbean because Lord Cutler Beckett was a bigger pirate than all the others combined. And he was the government.<br /><br />Now France is his Beckett.AlanKHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00415873942467466303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-82073712088327203152012-09-04T12:22:00.635-05:002012-09-04T12:22:00.635-05:00Jake Diamond said...
The premise of the linked art...Jake Diamond said...<br />The premise of the linked article is false. Why does Althouse post links to such obvious dishonest garbage?<br /><br />9/4/12 12:04 PM<br /><br />Your premise is false. Why do you make such dishonest statements? Hey, read the article, the man said he bugging out to avoid being taxed in to oblivion. As he said he doesn't want to work for free.<br />cubanbobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03746305669005611456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-15961146228564956222012-09-04T12:04:09.305-05:002012-09-04T12:04:09.305-05:00The premise of the linked article is false. Why do...The premise of the linked article is false. Why does Althouse post links to such obvious dishonest garbage?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04751703076034145356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-25113146444264490042012-09-04T11:29:46.646-05:002012-09-04T11:29:46.646-05:00"Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find a..."Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find anything related to Johnny Depp at the link. Or links at the link."<br /><br />Garage, that's because you didn't bother to go on to page 2 of the article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-42704163403909045212012-09-04T11:14:52.376-05:002012-09-04T11:14:52.376-05:00The Stones moved to France in the early '70...The Stones moved to France in the early '70's to escape Britain's crushingly high taxes. Now the movement is in the opposite direction. It tells you something when the UK tax rate is considered reasonable compared to the French one.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-40399925918910930872012-09-04T11:08:39.727-05:002012-09-04T11:08:39.727-05:00Hikes must always go upwards. If you put on your b...Hikes must always go upwards. If you put on your backpack and your hiking boots and pick up your hiking sticks and head on down the mountain, then it cannot be a hike down the mountain, that would be a roll, or a plod, or a galumph down the mountain, a walk down the trail, a stroll, but not a hike. <br /><br />Then conduct your business down there and hike back up. Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-64464018525433260532012-09-04T11:03:45.722-05:002012-09-04T11:03:45.722-05:00Flying dirty. It's an Air Force thing, they ta...Flying dirty. It's an Air Force thing, they talk like that. It means slowing down your jet on purpose by dropping the landing gear and opening the flaps to screw up the airflow over the wings and create drag. You don't actually stall, which is the total loss of airflow, not the engine halting as with cars, the air still flows and the jet still flies but within swirls of its own making all around up and down and that slows down the jet. The pilot taxes the plane to slow it down. There. That there is what you call an <i>analogy!</i>Chip Ahoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12597726289890879627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-68910008727570745392012-09-04T11:03:42.553-05:002012-09-04T11:03:42.553-05:00""I just noticed the double meaning of &...""I just noticed the double meaning of "tax hike." . . . <br />Because of a tax hike, he took a hike, a <i>tax hike.</i>"<br /><br />That is fucking <i>brilliant</i>! You are on a roll Professor Althouse!AFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01427028462260188064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-28918638925325798822012-09-04T11:03:12.936-05:002012-09-04T11:03:12.936-05:00America is not such a "dumb puppy" after...America is not such a "dumb puppy" after all, I guess.Lylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09082051710068390275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-54984807938091163202012-09-04T11:01:35.819-05:002012-09-04T11:01:35.819-05:00I know that Depp was in France for family reasons,...I know that Depp was in France for family reasons, too, but as a place to try and squirrel away one's wealth, France must be at the bottom of the list<br /><br /><br /><br />Switzerland is just a short drive away.<br />Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-23446801586407267262012-09-04T10:57:24.956-05:002012-09-04T10:57:24.956-05:00Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find anythin...Maybe I missed it, but I couldn't find anything related to Johnny Depp at the link. Or links at the link. <br /><br />WTF?garage mahalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06485491995866513686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86865188391250729412012-09-04T10:50:12.840-05:002012-09-04T10:50:12.840-05:00Ah! La France! Quelle beaute'!
Yeah, that'...Ah! La France! Quelle beaute'!<br /><br />Yeah, that's what they all say, until you actually get to see how the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boudin" rel="nofollow">boudin</a> is made, so as to speak. <br /><br />I know that Depp was in France for family reasons, too, but as a place to try and squirrel away one's wealth, France must be at the bottom of the list.<br /><br />Mitterand made a bunch of socialist campaign promises, and then followed through on very few of them. Sadly, Hollande seems to be in earnest. Tant pis pour la France!YoungHegelianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02723316130501823658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-18420145380946347632012-09-04T10:39:54.196-05:002012-09-04T10:39:54.196-05:00I’m a bad person. I know it’s not nice to take joy...<i>I’m a bad person. I know it’s not nice to take joy in the misery of others, but I can’t help but smile when I see a story about bad news in France.</i><br /><br />It's very queer how feeling correctly about something makes you "a bad person." Looking at France objectively is a cultural taboo, here, in a way I'd never have imagined before I moved there. <br /><br /><a href="http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2012/09/organic-holistic-all-that-stuff-should.html" rel="nofollow">Actually, looking at ANYTHING objectively is a cultural taboo today.</a> I was talking to a friend this morning and the subject turned to Mormonism and, to my surprise, he started reflecting on how difficult it was to get people to see past the "golly-gosh" bullshit, <a href="http://themachoresponse.blogspot.com/2012/09/moonies-mormons-morons-meeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.html" rel="nofollow">to see how they really behave.</a> He described it as a cultural prison - I told him it was memes - but we both agreed it was stifling because, in the heat of an election, it's not just here in Utah but country-wide, and it'll get worse once Romney's in.<br /><br />It used to be said, "The truth will set you free," but now it's a death knell,... The Crack Emceehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366101526773588864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-21987687144420720422012-09-04T10:27:53.890-05:002012-09-04T10:27:53.890-05:00Depp is pretty much of a weasel. Never liked him a...Depp is pretty much of a weasel. Never liked him as a person and after "Once Upon a Time in Mexico," I can't take him seriously as an actor either. tim maguirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07717622436074043099noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-89285545321514497002012-09-04T10:24:35.649-05:002012-09-04T10:24:35.649-05:00Hollywood doesn't think highly of capitalism. ...Hollywood doesn't think highly of capitalism. They like to make movies about the Mafia because to them that's capitalism in its rawest form. But if you wish to see a true picture of how capitalism deforms humans and makes them greedy, sexually exploitative, hypocritical, and dishonest, the proper locus of your study should be Hollywood. Thank God our oil and utility industries are not staffed with such monsters. Williamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07837540030934495651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-50170865198635059962012-09-04T10:22:07.429-05:002012-09-04T10:22:07.429-05:00What the hell kind of person dreams of higher taxe...<i> What the hell kind of person dreams of higher taxes?</i><br /><br />A Democrat.Colonel Angushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00521684405975098246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-44223664736201142042012-09-04T10:13:49.776-05:002012-09-04T10:13:49.776-05:00John Malcovich moved from France for the same reas...John Malcovich moved from France for the same reason. ndspinellihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01446291993043775612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-86030625530572238342012-09-04T10:13:37.512-05:002012-09-04T10:13:37.512-05:00His departure only proves that everyone has a thre...<i>His departure only proves that everyone has a threshold past which they are no longer willing to voluntarily participate.</i><br /><br />A perfect real life example of why the<a href="http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielmitchell/2012/04/15/the-laffer-curve-shows-that-tax-increases-are-a-very-bad-idea-even-if-they-generate-more-tax-revenue/" rel="nofollow"> Laffer Curve </a>is important.<br /><br />Of course the Democrats continue to ignore reality and are pressing for higher taxes, fees, licensing etc. Then will be so surprised when their best laid plans gang aft a-gley.Dust Bunny Queenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115422951538885247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6329595.post-37219689021584033442012-09-04T10:12:53.666-05:002012-09-04T10:12:53.666-05:00What the hell kind of person dreams of higher taxe...What the hell kind of person dreams of higher taxes?<br /><br /><br />Bob and the rest will be here in a minute to tell us.<br /><br /><br />Rustyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00938263272237104128noreply@blogger.com