So far as Senor Frog's comparison to confiscating the belongings of pot smokers, while I agree that is not necessarily right either, the difference is that the "plant users" aren't major contributors to the economy.  When the people whose money they are taking decide to relocate, jobs will go with them.

I agree also.  It's so arbitrary that it will shake the basic faith people have in their ability to do business at all.  A lot of money will be expatriated beyond the borders of France and a lot of people will be giving up their citizenship to move to friendlier countries too.

While I believe that having too few people own too high a percentage of the nation's wealth pauses problems such as making it difficult for new businesses to start or reducing consumer spending, this is the other extreme.  Why wouldn't every one of those high earning people refuse to work or do business until the law i...more

Considering that millions are spent on market research and branding, one would think that people wouldn't use "oreo" for a black audience or "black and tan" for Irish.  The real benefit of having a diverse workplace is the possibility that someone will whisper the right thing in the boss's ear before these monstrositie...more

Takes a thief to catch a thief, and boy, did this thief catch him.

You will never have the chance to put 250K a year away in the first place.  Not only do you need the money, but you also have to have access to "Rabbi trusts" and other exotic, tax-favored investments you've never heard of, let alone been offered the chance to have.  Let the big cheeses have the same choices the rest o...more

The biggest threat to prosperity is the lopsided concentration of wealth which fosters usury, dampens demands for goods and reduces productive use of both capital and labor.  We need fewer parasites at both ends of the income spectrum and more workers, small businessmen and stable households.

A problem few of us will ever have.  Watch the fanatics who make a penny an hour scream about this terrible injustice to the rich.

When I was a teen, my mom forbid me to EVER be in a house with males if mom and dad were not there also.  I'll never forget the tongue lashing I got when mom discovered I went over to a male friend's house and made cakes with him.  His brother was there and other people were there but still... Now I understand wh...more