F*ck him and his crap movies. Depardieu has made a fortune for years in a highly overpaid career, and there’s no doubt he’s avoided paying his fair share of tax along the way. There his nothing admirable about this man, nor any other that refuses to share they’re good fortunes or contribute generously to their own people and countries infrastructure.

First of all, thank you for the personal insult Cyril. It is always enlightening as to a persons intellect when they enter a discussion with somebody by a little name calling. Unfortunately for you I am not ‘dumb’, I understand what French tax system perfectly, clearly better than you and your preposterous claim that they’ll tax you 100% on your income. Wealth Tax is there to try and help the great inequality many of our nations face – they used to have something very similar in the United States many years ago and it served it’s purpose well. With more tax revenue there was a great boom in education, health, infrastructure (roads, railways, energy sources etc). When they got rid of it America ended up with poverty and massive inequality amongst it’s people – with the richest 400 Americans owning over half the wealth. Jean-Marc Ayrault is trying to restore the balance, and give everyone a chance in his country – not just pander to the rich elites like many nations do these days. Whereas Depardieu on the other hand clearly has more money than taste or ethics. I mean really Cyril do you really think he needs more millions to make his life more comfortable or meaningful?