Do singers want to be billionaires?

While France supports the idea of ​​global taxation of the richest, we can see that the song loves money, but readily claims that true happiness lies elsewhere.

Dear French listeners, you may not know Michel Bühler, solid carnivorous conscience of Swiss song. And he suddenly says: in his country, there are billionaires and it is not good to ask them where their money comes from.

You heard it this week on France Info: during the meeting of G20 finance ministers in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the French government made it known that it is in favor of minimum taxation of the richest people, which which therefore means a global tax on billionaires.

In the second episode of These songs that make the news, broadcast this weekend, you hear excerpts from:

Michel Bühler, My neighbor is a billionaire, 2000

Carlos, The Blue Feet, 1971

1995, Billionaire, 2011

Mistinguett, I’m looking for a millionaire, 1928

Ladybug, I’m looking for a billionaire, 1959

Eartha Kitt, It is so good, 1956

Fernandel, Billionaire, 1934

Mistinguett, I’m looking for a millionaire, 1928

Eiffel, Billionaire, 2012

Enrico Macias, The Sunday Millionaires, 1967

Orelsan, The smell of gasoline, 2021

Charles Aznavour, I have millions of nothing at all, 1960

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