Money, just like water, seeks its own level and finds the best environment for taxation. America is about to raise taxes with an eye toward ‘shearing’ some of the wool from the wealthy. It won’t work. It never works. And this is why.
But that’s not what we’re doing now. And those who are rich enough to avoid higher taxes will.

Massachusetts Senator John Kerry

Since Senator John Kerry (D-MA) has repeatedly voted to raise taxes while in Congress and is likely to be America’s next Secretary of State, let’s take his case first. Senator Kerry dodged a whopping six-figure state tax bill on his 76 foot, multimillion-dollar yacht, Isabel, by mooring her in Newport, R.I. He does not berth the vessel in Nantucket, where the senator summers with the missus, Teresa Heinz, the Catsup heiress. Isabel’s hailing port is listed as “Newport” on her stern.
  • Rhode Island repealed its Boat Sales and Use Tax in 1993.
  • Massachusetts collects a 6.25 percent sales tax and an annual excise tax on yachts. Sources say Isabel sold for something in the neighborhood of $7 million, meaning Kerry saved approximately $437,500 in sales tax and an annual excise tax of about $70,000.

France 

French Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (Parti Communiste Français – French Communist Party) raised tax rates with the highest being at the 75% mark. How does that impact the rich in France?
Yesterday French actor Gerard Dépardieu announced he was taking up legal residence in a small village just over the border in Belgium, alongside hundreds of other wealthy French nationals seeking lower taxes.

Prime Minister Ayrault said, “Those who are seeking exile abroad are not those who are scared of becoming poor. These individuals are leaving because they want to get even richer,” he said. “We cannot fight poverty if those with the most, and sometimes with a lot, do not show solidarity and a bit of generosity. Thankfully, few are seeking exile to exempt themselves from being in solidarity with fellow Frenchmen.”

Belgian income and inheritance taxes are lower than in France, and unlike France, Belgium does not impose a tax on personal wealth, making it attractive for entrepreneurs.

My daughter and her newborn baby will both be victims of America’s fiscal folly. Sadly, there’s not much that I can do to shield them from irresponsibility in high office.

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  1. The ladies are pretty as a picture!

    Obamacare has been a millstone around this nation's businesses. The job-killing measure will continue to poison the national economy.

  2. Democratic tax scandals are as fun for me to watch as Republican sex scandals.

    I have been studying upcoming changes to the US Patent Laws–signed into law by Barack Obama. If you thought innovation was hurting–wait until March 16, 2013 rolls around. When Canada passed similar legislation to the AIA, only adverse effects resulted.

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