 an ideological brother for obama my first thought was  when did obama change his name and move to france  president françois hollande is vowing to impose a 75 percent tax on the portion of anyone rsquo s income above a million euros 124 million a year the french finance ministry did not respond to requests for an estimate of the revenue the tax might raise though the amount would be low some analysts note that a tax hit on the rich would provide political cover for painful cuts mr hollande may need to make next year in social and welfare programs that are likely to be far less popular with the rank and file in that regard the tax could have enormous symbolic value as a blow for egalité coming from a new president who has proclaimed ldquo i don rsquo t like the rich rdquo do that guy sound like a typical occupy wall street thug or what taxes are high in france for a reason they pay for one of europe rsquo s most generous social welfare systems and a large government as mr hollande has described it the tax plan is about ldquo justice rdquo and ldquo sending out a signal a message of social cohesion rdquo scary how obamaesque that is but mr hollande i m not sure if he has an opus was a piker compared to what fdr was doing with his 90 tax rate on the highest levels of income of course obama has a few more month so let s not give him any more antirich fantasies than he already has  