| Good Time to Shop in France - 75% Tax 10:11 - Oct 25 with 3524 views | gueRRilla |
French football clubs to strike over François Hollande's 75% supertax
Clubs say Socialist government's new top-rate of income tax will lead to exodus of top players and 'the death of French football'
François Hollande's 75% supertax on the mega-rich is at the centre of another row after French football clubs said they would cancel all matches scheduled for the final weekend in November to protest at the levy.
The symbolic tax — a 75% tax on income exceeding €1m (£850,000)a year — has caused a headache for the Socialist government since it was thrown out as unconstitutional by France's top court. To avoid the embarrassment of a major policy U-turn, ministers redrafted the tax earlier this year to shift the burden from individuals to employers — a legislative shimmy that has spooked football clubs, which famously pay vast salaries even to bit-part players.
Clubs say they are already under financial pressures and that the tax would spark an exodus of top players to rival leagues abroad, killing the domestic game. In spite of a poll showing that 85% of French people are in favour of the tax being applied to football clubs, the clubs decided to step up their protests.... cont'd
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/oct/24/french-football-clubs-strike-tax-ra | | | |  |
| Good Time to Shop in France - 75% Tax on 10:17 - Oct 25 with 3512 views | Lblock |
It is... I remember the last time I shopped there I came back with:-
A flick knife (well it was a comb actually)
Some really loud bangers
A biro pen that when you turned it upside down the woman on the side went naked
Some hideous stubby bottles of foul Stella type crap
Some mucky playing cards
A long stick of bread
The school coach trip home was chaos | |
| Cherish and enjoy life.... this ain't no dress rehearsal |
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| Good Time to Shop in France - 75% Tax on 10:21 - Oct 25 with 3500 views | FredManRave |
Had they sold out of foie gras at the time?! | |
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| Good Time to Shop in France - 75% Tax on 10:30 - Oct 25 with 3486 views | TacticalR |
We lost our religious education teacher on a school trip to Boulogne. He was last seen in a drunken state at Boulogne station. [Post edited 25 Oct 2013 10:31]
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| Good Time to Shop in France - 75% Tax on 12:11 - Oct 25 with 3411 views | isawqpratwcity |
On a school day trip to Boulogne (twelve at the time) we were able to buy duty-free fags. Smoking in front of one of the teachers (they were in the bar at the time), he told me angrily "What have I told you about smoking? Now go up on deck and finish that off!"
Went into a shop where they asked "You want flick-knife?"
Not for me. I came back with a packet of fags and a couple of French stamp first day covers.
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