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To: robert b furman who wrote (1553)	12/10/2018 4:20:20 AM
From: Elroy Jetson	2 Recommendations Recommended By dan6 Fiscally Conservative Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 13800

You live in your own fantasy world with no references to the real world or real people. At gilets jaunes protests, the demand heard most frequently now is they want Macron to reimpose Holland's ISF "Solidarity Tax" (Impôt de solidarité sur la fortune), a wealth tax imposed on those with more than €1.3 million - about 350,000 households. The ISF was a wealth tax on ALL ASSETS. Macron repealed the ISF on shares, bonds and life insurance and made the ISF apply only to real property tax and the French public wants to see the back of him - all apart from 350,000 households. Your fantasy world is so out of touch with reality, that you imagine France is clamoring for a thuggish criminal like Trump to give the wealthy a big tax cut. Someone like Macron, but more crooked. That's actually how crazy you are. For reference, the original "Solidarity Tax" was a flat 7.5% on incomes to fund the reunification of East and West Germany "Die Treuhandtanstalt" which made all of the former communist east look just like West Germany. It was imposed for one year in 1991 and reimposed in 1998 at 5.5%. In 2018 the solidarity was eliminated for all but top income earners, and the East looks just like the former West. Not something you can say for Poland, the Czech Republic, or Hungary. Gilets Jaunes asking for the Solidarity tax on the rich to be reimposed. They're not looking for a criminal like Trump to cut taxes on the wealthiest members of French society. That bullshit is for nutters in America who vote against their own interests.