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10/21/08

globeandmail.com: France's point man on poverty fights to tax the rich - by Susan Sachs

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France's point man on poverty fights to tax the rich - by Susan Sachs

At a time when some politicians here are calling for lower taxes and a growing number of working families are sliding into poverty, a French Robin Hood has appeared on the scene. Martin Hirsch, a long-time social activist and former president of France's biggest private charity, is fighting to tax the rich to pay the poor.It is a battle that many of Mr. Hirsch's sympathizers thought was not winnable under a right-wing government, and it might seem even more so with bank bailouts and stock market volatility grabbing headlines. But Mr. Hirsch, working from inside the system as President Nicolas Sarkozy's point man on poverty, appears to be close to pulling off the most costly French aid program in years

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