>The 75% wealth tax point was only a minor point in an article that expressed many many other points and anecdotes, and whose greater argument was that the entr

>The 75% wealth tax point was only a minor point in an article that expressed many many other points and anecdotes, and whose greater argument was that the entrepreneurial climate in France was poor. Yes, the greater argument was that "the entrepreneurial climate is poor" because they wouldn't get very much sympathy saying "stop taxing the ultrawealthy so much. We don't like it!". Nonetheless, it's pretty obvious what they thing the 'fix' for this supposedly poor climate of this is when you read stuff like this: >Some wealthy businesspeople have also been packing their bags. >While entrepreneurs fret about the difficulties of getting a business off the ground, >those who have succeeded in doing so say that society stigmatizes financial success. >The election of President François Hollande, a member of the Socialist Party who >once declared, “I don’t like the rich,” did little to contradict that impression. Or this: >“It is a French cultural characteristic that goes back to almost the revolution and >Robespierre, where there’s a deep-rooted feeling that you don’t show that you make money,” >Ms. Segalen, the recruiter, said. “There is this sense that ‘liberté, égalité, fraternité’ >means that what’s yours should be mine. It’s more like, if someone has something I can’t have, >I’d rather deprive this person from having it than trying to work hard to get it myself. >That’s a very French state of mind. But it’s a race to the bottom.” Essentially, this article is emphatically NOT about entrepreneurs, particularly not struggling entrepreneurs. It's basically a good old whinge by the French elite.