In France, are high incomes all "rich"?

Emmanuel Macron "the president of the rich" proclaims the rumor, of all the swiftest evils. "No, he is the president of the very rich," corrects François Hollande, who became the finicky concierge of his successor at the Élysée. "We too want to pay the wealth tax (wealth tax), give back the money", have been booming all winter the "yellow vests". Never has there been so much talk of the rich and their fortune, that of the owners of the Gafa, the legacy of Johnny Hallyday or the jackpot of footballers much more remunerated than the bosses of the CAC 40, but better accepted, as if football was "the opium of the people".

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From what level are we "rich"? "With 4000 euros per month", had decreed, peremptory, François Hollande in 2006, and we had laughed or laughed yellow. But the guy is not stupid: the threshold of 4000 euros then concerned, and even today, at most 10%

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