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2005-06-07 Europe

EU Commission: EU-wide tax by 2010

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Posted by too true 2005-06-07 10:59|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Ever heard about "no taxation without representation?"

Posted by True German Ally 2005-06-07 11:24|| 2005-06-07 11:24|| Front Page Top

#2 Er, what's the European Parliament? I mean, just because almost nobody votes in those elections doesn't mean that it isn't a certain half-assed species of representation.

I mean, presumably the Commission will deign to let the European Parliament rubber-stamp such a centralized tax.

If the European Union ever becomes a proper state, I would kind of expect this sort of thing. Of course, unless everybody involved were stark raving insane, they'd have to reduce the national tax schemes in parallel, or else wreck their economies. The central distinction between a federation and a state is the possibility of centralized tax authority. Under the Articles, the American states offered contributions to Congress, if Congress was lucky. Under the Constitution, taxes were levied directly, via the excise.

As I understand the current situation in the EU, its central institutions are funded by contributions from the constituent states, right? That's a federation. Federations suck. Look at Star Trek.

Posted by Mitch H.">Mitch H. 2005-06-07 11:37|| http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/]">[http://blogfonte.blogspot.com/] 2005-06-07 11:37|| Front Page Top

#3 time for a tea party!

Posted by 2b 2005-06-07 11:37|| 2005-06-07 11:37|| Front Page Top

#4 Gotta have a Constitution first.

I feel sorry for the Easterners (Europeans). They had no idea.

Posted by Rafael 2005-06-07 11:53|| 2005-06-07 11:53|| Front Page Top

#5 The Tranzis wet dream: Power to tax at will and no one to answer to.

Your choice, Europe. Do you want to be taxed to death in your few remaining years before you hand over the continent to islamists and sharia law?

(And when that happens, if you think you were taxed before....)

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2005-06-07 12:02|| 2005-06-07 12:02|| Front Page Top

#6 TGA things won't boil over until they try to tax beer, then it will be "Start the revolution!"

Posted by Cyber Sarge">Cyber Sarge 2005-06-07 12:20|| 2005-06-07 12:20|| Front Page Top

#7 Great timing! A week AFTER the French and the Dutch started expressing doubts. What would the election results have been if this announcement had been made two weeks ago?

Posted by Tom 2005-06-07 13:14|| 2005-06-07 13:14|| Front Page Top

#8 Proclamation of 1866, by the Confederate States of America: "Now that our right to own slaves is assured, we demand that the purchase of slaves be subsidized by the Union."
What you fellas been smokin'?

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-06-07 18:39|| 2005-06-07 18:39|| Front Page Top

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