[Markinhos]

I don't think that gives the French goverment the right to tax the 75% of his income

[maigret]

Of course it does. Government is elected and has to the right to do whatever is constitutional and gets approved by both assemblies.

[Markinhos]

It can, in the same way the South African goverment could discriminate by race during the Apartheid.

That something is constitutional doesn't mean it is morally acceptable

[maigret]

I wouldn't compare letting someone with "only" at least 250000 Eur/y in income anything similar to apartheid.

[Markinhos]

Of course is not similar, but the point is only because it is legal and the goverment can do it, does not make it right.

[lvh]

He was making a valid analogy: both events satisfied your requirements. Where do you draw the line? What is the differentiating factor between them?