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| The Stalking Horse for Global Taxes |
| 2006-06-12 |
| 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 |
| #8 What's the problem? Taxing European business and tourists to finance the U.N. is just fine with me. Kofi can get 100% of his funding there and life will be good. |
| Posted by: DoDo 2006-06-12 17:35 |
| #7 I'll be flying *thru* Paris later this summer, and yes I'm getting stuck with the fee. Pfui. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2006-06-12 16:30 |
| #6 So folks will fly into London and take the chunnel over. They'll do it because the flight is cheaper and not even know why. This will hurt Air France. I wonder if Jacque bought stock in British Airways or something. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2006-06-12 16:22 |
| #5 With UN Secretary General Kofi AnnanÂ’s strong backing... So can we look forward to Malloch Brown making another one of his "what a cheap buncha bastards you ignorant Americans are" speeches? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-06-12 15:28 |
| #4 Is this not in violation of existing treaties on international air commerce? |
| Posted by: Fleaper Speater7122 2006-06-12 15:24 |
| #3 Another nail in europes coffin. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2006-06-12 14:24 |
| #2 Great! Another reason not to visit France. Not that I needed one... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2006-06-12 13:58 |
| #1 First came the 'Oil for Food' program? Then came (and still is) the 'Nookie for Food' program? You ain't seen nonthing yet! |
| Posted by: CrazyFool 2006-06-12 13:49 |