Planeta Roxo

Shabby, you say “pathetic”?

I was born in 1948, I started working at the age of 14 years as a printer, then as a warehouseman and as a dramatic artist. I always paid my taxes regardless of the rate under all governments…

I’m leaving because you consider that success, creativity, talent, actually and anything different must be punished…

I leave after paying, in 2012, 85% tax on my income. But I keep in mind that France was beautiful and I hope it will remain so…

I paid 145 million (190 million US dollars) tax in forty-five years, I have 80 people working in companies that were created for them and which are managed by them.

I do not wish to complain or to brag, but I refuse the word “pathetic”.

Who are you to judge me so I ask you Mr Ayrault, Prime Minister, Mr. Hollande, I ask you, who are you? Despite my excesses, my appetite and my love life, I am a free being, sir…

Gerad Depardieu

http://frontpagemag.com/2012/dgreenfield/gerard-depardieu-to-french-government-i-leave-after-paying-in-2012-85-tax-on-my-income/