“ Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany said that her government preferred an international tax on financial transactions to a tax on bonuses. Calling the British tax “a very charming idea,” Mrs. Merkel said in Bonn that a levy on global capital movements was “more long term and sustainable. ”
France to Unveil Tax on Bonuses
I love that Angie had the sass to call a bonus tax “charming.” What a badass.