75% is now what the wealthiest citizens in france have to pay their government. that is, thank you, to the country s socialist president. there he is. he looks so happy, doesn t he? how would you feel about giving 75% of your income to uncle sam? for now that insane tax rate is staying on the other side of the pond. i don t know, are we next? joining me for more on this, chief economist brian wesbury. brian, great to have you back on the show and i just fear that there are folks in washington who look at this and say, now, that french thinking, they are thinking right. scary, right? yes. we know they like a lot of things that the french like. big government. big spending. big entitlement programs. and this is the last gasp. i call this paul krugman s alamo. i guess if you re going to talk european we have to say it is the waterloo, right? melissa: right. we spent all the money. we can t afford it. now we ll tack, we re going to confiscate people s income to try to pay for
75% is now what the wealthiest citizens in france have to pay their government. that is, thank you, to the country s socialist president. there he is. he looks so happy, doesn t he? how would you feel about giving 75% of your income to uncle sam? for now that insane tax rate is staying on the other side of the pond. i don t know, are we next? joining me for more on this, chief economist brian wesbury. brian, great to have you back on the show and i just fear that there are folks in washington who look at this and say, now, that french thinking, they are thinking right. scary, right? yes. we know they like a lot of things that the french like. big government. big spending. big entitlement programs. and this is the last gasp. i call this paul krugman s alamo. i guess if you re going to talk european we have to say it is the waterloo, right? melissa: right. we spent all the money. we can t afford it. now we ll tack, we re going to confiscate people s income to try to pay for