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2005-08-30 Europe

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Posted by Steve White 2005-08-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Another lame idea to have me fund the UN without my consent. Chirac missed the day in school when they talked about our aversion to taxation without representation.

Posted by Sock Puppet OÂ´ Doom 2005-08-30 00:06|| 2005-08-30 00:06|| Front Page Top

#2 France plans to launch a "solidarity tax" on airline tickets as early as next year to help fund the global fight against poverty, Jacques Chirac said yesterday. Saying he wanted his country to be "in the forefront" of efforts to boost aid to Africa,..

Yep, nothing like being in the forefront by relieving others of their money....

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-08-30 00:11|| 2005-08-30 00:11|| Front Page Top

#3 "Let's put five bullets in the gun!"

Posted by mojo">mojo 2005-08-30 00:36|| 2005-08-30 00:36|| Front Page Top

#4 So is Chiraq going to levy this little tax on all airline tickets sold in France, including those for non-French carriers, or on all tickets sold for French carriers anywhere? If the former, he'll discover his people purchasing their tickets in nearby countries... if the latter they'll purchase from airlines code-sharing with Air France, et al. Either way, he isn't going to get nearly the funds he'd hoped for, meaning a smaller rake-off for himself and his friends, and a smaller rake-off for France (which could really use some extra funds at the moment!).

Posted by trailing wife 2005-08-30 07:50|| 2005-08-30 07:50|| Front Page Top

#5 travel to Italy or Spain to fly out. All revenues drop. f*&king brilliant

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2005-08-30 09:32|| 2005-08-30 09:32|| Front Page Top

#6 So Kofi's all for it, huh?
Somebody pinch me.

Posted by tu3031 2005-08-30 10:09|| 2005-08-30 10:09|| Front Page Top

#7 Another brilliant mistake meant to salvage his dismal reign and give him a feelgood moment to remind us of repeatedly.

Posted by MunkarKat 2005-08-30 10:46|| 2005-08-30 10:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Let's really soak the rich by adding new taxes to champagne, bourdeaux, chablis, and brie. What's that you say? They're all made in France? Well, what a co-inky-dink.

Posted by WhiteCollarRedneck 2005-08-30 12:15|| 2005-08-30 12:15|| Front Page Top

#9 Taxing citizens doing nothing wrong for the benefit of non-citizens is so fukin immoral it's untrue!

The jackal was right.

Posted by Huposing Phaitle9864 2005-08-30 16:25|| 2005-08-30 16:25|| Front Page Top

#10 HP9864*:
Huh?

* That was the model number for a Hewlett-Packard graphics tablet.

Posted by Jackal">Jackal 2005-08-30 20:42|| home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html]">[home.earthlink.net/~sleepyjackal/index.html] 2005-08-30 20:42|| Front Page Top

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