Global consumption tax

SteamWake · 05-11-10, 02:31 PM

Yea I know its a crazy conspiricy that the WHO wants to tax YOUR internet usage... Thats just crazy talk...

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The World Health Organization is moving full speed ahead with a controversial plan to impose billions of dollars in global consumer taxes on such things as Internet activity and everyday financial transactions like paying bills online — while its spending soars and its own financial house is in disarray.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2010/05...-internet-tax/

STEED · 05-11-10, 02:39 PM

Well they can clear off we got one or almost got one.

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Every Briton with a fixed-line phone will pay a "small levy" of 50p per month to pay for faster net access.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8102756.stm

SteamWake · 05-11-10, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by STEED

Well they can clear off we got one or almost got one.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8102756.stm

I dont know how to break this to you but that is a local tax not a 'global' tax. The global tax will be on top of that.

STEED · 05-11-10, 02:48 PM

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Originally Posted by SteamWake

I dont know how to break this to you but that is a local tax not a 'global' tax. The global tax will be on top of that.

Thanks, that was blunt.

The whole thing sounds silly to me.

05-11-10, 03:14 PM

They never stop looking for ways to take money from poor people in "rich" (indebted) countries, and give it to rich people in poor countries.

Translation: Redistribution of wealth, out of western countries.

I say again, piss on the UN.

ETR3(SS) · 05-11-10, 05:37 PM

You know I looked, and I couldn't find mention of the UN or the WHO in The Constitution. Someone should tell them that.

August · 05-11-10, 07:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ETR3(SS)

You know I looked, and I couldn't find mention of the UN or the WHO in The Constitution. Someone should tell them that.

Exactly.

Thresher · 05-11-10, 07:12 PM

The UN/WHO can kiss my stern.

CaptainHaplo · 05-11-10, 07:14 PM

What is this "Constitution" your on about? Surely some esoteric, historical document that can't have much bearing on the actions of a modern, global society.

You are part of the global society, right? Otherwise - your anti-social and might need to be locked away for your own good.

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Ok - I scare me when I think about how the other side really thinks....

Platapus · 05-11-10, 07:17 PM

I wonder if any of you even read WHO resolution 61.21 before posting or are you just taking the fox news opinions as fact?

August · 05-11-10, 07:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I wonder if any of you even read WHO resolution 61.21 before posting or are you just taking the fox news opinions as fact?

Seeing as how the WHO has no sovereignty over me or my fellow Americans, and never will..., does it really matter what they say about anything?

Thresher · 05-11-10, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Platapus

I wonder if any of you even read WHO resolution 61.21 before posting or are you just taking the fox news opinions as fact?

Perhaps you might want to read this WHO executive summary.. I'll save you some time.. see page 9.

Platapus · 05-11-10, 07:37 PM

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Originally Posted by August

Seeing as how the WHO has no sovereignty over me or my fellow Americans, and never will..., does it really matter what they say about anything?

If you are going to comment on a thread on the subject, yeah, it does matter.

Platapus · 05-11-10, 07:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Thresher

Perhaps you might want to read this WHO executive summary.. I'll save you some time.. see page 9.

And do you know that the WHO has been talking about this since 2004 and nothing has come of it? The WHO can recommend all they want. That's their job. But a recommendation from the WHO means precisely dick, when it comes to enacting legislation in the United States for taxation.

fox news is just trying to get people stirred up again. I would not worry too much about this.

August · 05-11-10, 07:55 PM

never mind he did

05-11-10, 05:37 PM	#6
ETR3(SS) Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Between test depth and periscope depth Posts: 3,021 Downloads: 175 Uploads: 16	You know I looked, and I couldn't find mention of the UN or the WHO in The Constitution. Someone should tell them that. __________________ USS Kentucky SSBN 737 (G) Comms Div 2003-2006 Qualified 19 November 03 Yes I was really on a submarine.

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CaptainHaplo Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,404 Downloads: 29 Uploads: 0	What is this "Constitution" your on about? Surely some esoteric, historical document that can't have much bearing on the actions of a modern, global society. You are part of the global society, right? Otherwise - your anti-social and might need to be locked away for your own good. ************************************************ ************* Ok - I scare me when I think about how the other side really thinks.... __________________ Good Hunting! Captain Haplo

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,361 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I wonder if any of you even read WHO resolution 61.21 before posting or are you just taking the fox news opinions as fact? __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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Snestorm Stowaway Posts: n/a Downloads: Uploads:	They never stop looking for ways to take money from poor people in "rich" (indebted) countries, and give it to rich people in poor countries. Translation: Redistribution of wealth, out of western countries. I say again, piss on the UN.

05-11-10, 07:12 PM	#8
Thresher Sparky Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 151 Downloads: 20 Uploads: 0	The UN/WHO can kiss my stern.