. >> depardieu has already checked out this classic car. if he's looking for a reminder of home, there is always this cafe's french fries. >> jaques hollande joines us. depardieu has been complaining about the taxes for years. why is he leaving now? >> maybe he is going to sell his big house for 50 million euro and he did not want to pay capital gains tax on it. it is a house he bought for very little money or something like 7 million euro 30 years ago and now he wants to sell it. he wants to give up his nationality is because of all of this uncertainty. the prime minister called him ascetic. depardieu is the verio spoken man. he was a big supporter of nicolas sarkozy. maybe years trying to make a political statement at the same time. >> he is certainly outspoken. does he have a point or is he being a drama queen? 75% tax rate is causing a lot of anchor. >> it is over 1 million euro per year. it was a symbolic gesture that will effect a few thousand people in france, of any bill send the wrong signal saying in france we penalize successful

. >> try this one, gerard depardieu is leaving france over higher taxes while he's willing to let go of his passport not going to give you up the frommage, that would be the cheese. ♪ >> gerard depardieu is leaving france and moving to belgium, but he's taking cheese with him. yep, he was spotted in a paris cheese shop yesterday and depardieu moving to anew high-- avoid new higher taxes in france. . >> and i love he's had a quintuple bypass and he's buying cheese. stuart: wait a minute, i didn't know he had a quinn ttuple bypa. >> and someone exercises their rights as a citizenship and avoids higher taxes and i say it [speaking french] . stuart: i any comment, charles. charles: he paid 145 million euros in taxes. 145 million euros in taxes and amazing. >> over 45 years. stuart: wow. charles: and i mean, this is a job creator that they're chasing out this have country and by the way, you know what else is going on, and the children of the rich are shipped out. even the rich in spain, the children all of them are saying to their kids study and live abroad. their foundation for the fu

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dot com also lives well french actor gerard depardieu could be moving to russia maybe saying be your country's president vladimir putin sent in a russian africa decided to renounce his citizenship in search of a better financial future. wealthy british style. that's what i'd like. market why not come to. find out what's really happening to the global economy with mike stronger or a no holds barred look at the global financial headlines tune into kaiser report on our. little beasts in which brightened. all about song from funniest impressions. start on t.v. dot com. briefer twenty one nineteen moscow time in pakistan three more polio vaccination workers have been killed in separate gun attacks it brings the death toll in total to eight since monday's launch of the un medical campaign there are contradicting reports about who was behind the yourselves but the taliban's previously threatened workers describing them as u.s. agents following the violence the united nations pulled all stuff involved in the administration campaign off the streets pakistan remains one of three countries in t

dot com right now also telling its french actor gerard depardieu could be moving to russia saying that the country's president with him approaching a sense of russian asked for decided to renounce his citizenship in search of a better financial future. talking of which spain looking towards its future has warned it has got the legal power to stop catalonia of molding a referendum on its independence the deputy prime minister spoke just hours before the regions process british parliamentary majority signed an agreement calling for a public vote on self-determination to be held in twenty fourteen. campaign of european regional independence of loney is ready to go it alone. it does come from that i'm a nation of civil society from or from the citizens of course i don't know which from two thousand and nine to two thousand and eleven show date it's a nation by out so organizing a popular referendum for the whole principality of catalonia like more than five hundred fifty why they voted yes because i don't get that allowed for a party it's a scenario and allowed to tap debates about south o

so i think that depardieu, who whom this revolt is going to happen. i hope so so for france's sake. stuart: there's an argument in america at the moment raising the tax rate on upper income people and the argument, does it actually bringgin more money. what about france? they've got a much higher tax rate. 75%, is it going to bring in all of the money they thought it would go going to bring in? >> no, it's never going to. in fact, because people like gerard depardieu are productive and make the most money are going to, the idea that you start taxing like crazy people they're going to actually just give you their money, not budge, not change anything, is actually-- >> do you think that france will ever accept much less of a welfare state, real serious cuts in their entitlement programs? >> do they have a choice? no, they don't. will they accept it? >> i don't know, i think it's going to talk-- >> there would be riots, would there not? >> well, they have a tendency to go in the street. but i think we're far-- we're still a long way to go for people to kind of actually start understand

the actor gerard depardieu is a good example moving to belgium. whether they move or not is not as important as what they do, it's a behavior in regards to the tax increase. they work less, save less, take on less risk, the economy will suffer. that will happen wherever tax increases occur. again, the french economy has been bailed out and hopefully for the french people, the president, they're going to push for further tax increases down the line. >> curtis, back here. we're not hearing anyone talk about economic growth and jump starting the economy as part of this deal. are we? >> no, i think in -- what we were talking about before is largely accurate. and i think that president obama struck it perform. he hasn't offered a whole lot and not we're only talking about tax increases, no talk about what will really matter, which is getting spending under control, entitlement programs, social security and medicare. nobody is talking about that and kicked the can down the road and only talking about taxes which will do nothing to decrease the deficit.

and somewhere in belgium gerard depardieu is feasting on cheese with a grin on his face. they'll meet the court's standings. why are you laughing, david? >> it's a tale of two cities, can you imagine 20 years ago thinking that paris would be getting less socialistic while d.c. would be becoming more socialistic? >> it's not-- >> it's slightly a wee bit less socialist the french court says that tax infringes on the principle of equality before public-- >> can i explain that? the french court said in a household where you've got two income earners, both of whom make just under a million euros each, that household would not pay the 75%. >> what i like about, because stuart varney, a brit, has to describe in plain english what a french legal decision really means because it's not explanatory enough on its own. stuart: as i was saying the french court said it's unfair to the households where two individuals they have-- >> the french are trying to obje ow ow owv owvuskate an issue? sacre bleu. >>. stuart: don't swear. >> and they're coming to a conclusion that's going to help t

sparked a anecdotal rush of high rollers from the french exits including a well-known actor gerard depardieu who will move next door to belgium. french president hollande is not really defeated. court through a tax out more on a technicality. the government is planning to issue a reworded tax bill soon and there are other tax hike that is the court did not cut. regardless the french stock market seemed to like the message over the weekend in a shortened trading session today, it bucked a trend europe-wide and was you have a percentage point. back to you, heather. >> thank you very much, greg palkot reporting live for us. thank you. gregg: potential lawsuit over the tragic shooting at sandy hook elementary school not from a victim's family. a survivor actually but could also be called a victim here. they claimed the state is at fault for failing to provide a safe setting. was it foreseeable? do they have a case? our legal panel debates it fair and balanced next hour. >> the white house is prepared to step in today if congress can't get something together to deal with the fiscal cliff deadline

. >> clayton: just the rich, the gerard depardieus. >> if you want to tax rich for ideological reason, you're going to do it no matter what the economic results. that's true in france and probable will he in america. >> dave: yes or no get a pick cliff deal done? >> very last minute, exceptionally narrow deal based on 4 or $500,000 deal, tax those above it. you've still got a huge mess on your hands any where i you slice it inasmuch watch slash. >> dave: watch varney to see what deal is cut. >> clayton: are the markets open today? >> yes. >> nice knowing you. >> clayton: coming up on the show, comedy, more like -- the romantic comedy that's more like a nightmare. the best and absolute worst movies of the year. what in the world? what does it have to do with that? >> dave: i don't know, but that's a good movie. whatever it is, i want to watch it. >> dave: i think it's talk being this next story. do you have a new year's resolution. we'll tell you the number one thing people are promise to go do this year. >> clayton: i get popcorn and watch that. i'd watch that for two hours. [ laughte

the flight from france, a belgian mayor saying the famous french actor, gerard depardieu has set up residence in belgium. he has a tax on top earners of 75% of income above 1 million euros. belgium's top rate, 50%. >>> coming up at the top of the hour -- >> he's got to stay away from that rich french food, i think. >> do you remember what he looked like as a young man? >> you see pictures of him on youtube. >> for his health, i'm looking out for him. >> he's a large man. anyway, our special coverage from washington continues with congressman from each side of the aisle, representatives are going to join becky and jim to talk debt negotiations. but we have more from our guest host, cliff robbins. we're going to give him the last word when squawk returns. >>> tomorrow, "squawk box" exclusive coverage of the new york times conference, investing, the economy and the looming fiscal cliff. jpmorgan chairman and steve schwarzman, and david ruben stein and a lot more. it all starts tomorrow at 6:00 a.m. eastern on "squawk box." americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since amerip