the unbalanced evolution of homo sapiens : The #millionaires leave cities, build fortresses
▻http://failedevolution.blogspot.gr/2016/04/the-millionaires-leave-cities-build.html
The UK and the US are the most popular destinations for millionaires who fled from Paris, Rome and Athens. Both countries offer tax and other benefits to the incoming plutocracy, but their cities remain vulnerable to social unrest (for example in London 2011, in Oakland 2010, Anaheim 2012, Ferguson 2014, and Baltimore, 2015).
Thus, for several wealthy, the greater the distance from possible riot centers, the more the feeling of security is provided. For this reason, some have bought farms with runways in remote places like New Zealand.
For those who prefer to stay in the cities or near the source of their wealth, an alternative is a private shelter to be built by companies specialized in this sector. Much more popular are the Safe Rooms. These are specially fortified and shielded rooms that can be used in case of riots, assault and even burglary of the residence.
These shelters resemble those of the “godfathers” of the Italian Mafia: the adapted undergrounds into which they were hiding from the authorities. The Mafia leaders were choosing self-imprisonment in such shelters, rather than face #justice and be imprisoned in ordinary prisons.
The millionaires who “escape” into shelters, make a similar choice. To avoid potential explosions of rage from the society, and also to avoid to confront the consequences of inequality from which they become wealthy, they prefer self-imprisonment in luxurious and secluded shelters. The question is whether these shelters can provide something more than a temporary asylum to their owners. For, as John Donne says in his poem, “No man is an island entire of itself”.
Lepetitjournal.com - EXIL FISCAL - Les plus riches quittent massivement la France
▻http://lepetitjournal.com/expat-politique/2013-01-14-14-01-21/francais-de-l-etranger/244413-exil-fiscal-les-plus-riches-quittent-massivement-la-france
Les résultats de cette étude semblent corroborés par les dernières données publiées par l’administration fiscale française. D’après Les Echos, en 2013, année du choc fiscal, 47.000 contribuables quittaient la France. En 2014, le nombre de foyers fiscaux dont le revenu fiscal de référence est supérieur à 200.000 euros a chuté de 8 %. Le phénomène est inquiétant quand on sait que s’ils représentent 0,4 % des foyers fiscaux, ils acquittent chaque année en moyenne 20 % de l’impôt sur le revenu. Et plus on monte dans les plus hauts revenus, plus la baisse est spectaculaire. « En 2013, le fisc a recensé 659 départs chez les revenus supérieurs à 300.000 euros, alors que les données de l’administration montrent qu’on a perdu 9.672 foyers dans cette tranche, expliquent les Echos. Bercy avance l’argument d’une certaine volatilité dans les très hauts revenus qui dépendent parfois d’un événement exceptionnel, comme la cession d’une entreprise, d’un fonds de commerce ou un départ en retraite ».