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The Stalking Horse for Global Taxes
Via DailyPundit.If you are thinking of visiting France this summer, be forewarned. You will be paying more for your airline ticket, starting this July 1st, thanks to French President Jacques Chirac. With UN Secretary General Kofi AnnanÂ’s strong backing, Chirac has pushed forward a new tax on international airline tickets for passage from France ranging from about $5 to $50 a ticket depending on travel distance and ticket class, which is designed to be the precursor to an array of global taxes such as taxes on international financial transactions, fuel and the Internet. Other countries such as Brazil, Chile and Norway are also getting on board with the new airline tax. Chirac and Annan justify putting their hands into our pockets as a necessary means to alleviate poverty and fight disease in the most undeveloped countries of the world, without any thought about how to guarantee that the monies raised will actually be used as intended and not end up in the Swiss bank accounts of those countriesÂ’ corrupt leaders.... Posted by: anonymous2u 2006-06-12 |
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