Originally posted by Max Habibi:
What about an optional Tax? Like the one you can offer to help re-elect the president(in the US)? Does that seem more fair?
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:
Aside from the whole concept of a global tax, which in itself is deeply disturbing, the fact that what he is really calling for is forced wealth redistribution is equally disturbing.
Originally posted by Adrian Wallace:
Why do you think a global tax is such a bad idea?
Originally posted by Jason Menard:
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=reutersEdge&storyID=7439461
Why is it that the idea of any global tax just makes me cringe. While the cause is certainly worthy, if that were to pass for some reason, I can only imagine a whole host of things that some might feel require a global tax. And who exactly levies and collects this global tax? Who enforces it? Last I checked, there's no global government that has sovereignty over anyone. Bleh! Can you say taxation without representation?
Originally posted by Jason Menard:
While I know the concept of global taxation would receive a generally violent reaction in the US, I guess such a thing probably wouldn't seem that bad to your average European?
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I would point out however, from the article its unclear as to whether this charge would be passed onto the consumer, or whether it would be a charitable act by the participating banks.
Chirac said the levy could be imposed on a fraction of all financial transactions without hampering markets, but it could also be raised by taxing fuel for air and sea transport, or by levying $1 on every airline ticket sold in the world.
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Originally posted by Jason Menard:
While the cause is certainly worthy, ...
Originally posted by herb slocomb:
I cannot see why AIDS gets priority in attention, media coverage, and a disproportionate amount of funds. A global tax for AIDS and not other diseases makes no sense.
Originally posted by herb slocomb:
Perhaps it would have been more accurate to label the thread as "Global Taxation" rather than the chosen title?
Originally posted by herb slocomb:
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Originally posted by Max Habibi:
Perhaps in certain pockets of first world societies( say, the US), but certainly not no so in the global context. I think there are entire African counties where up to a 1/3 of the population is HIV positive. And I recall reading that the fastest growing population of Aids in America are heterosexual women? Can anyone confirm?
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Originally posted by Warren Dew:
Herb: I'm pretty sure the reason AIDS gets disproportionate attention is because, unlike most diseases, it's just as common in affluent and influential people as in those will less of a political voice.
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Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
But then the people that die from malaria aren't wealthy or famous.
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Originally posted by herb slocomb:
Because you are a true Son of Liberty who knows in your heart that all taxation is simply theft backed by governmental force accompanied by flowery langauge that attempts to legitmize it.
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Originally posted by Dave Lenton:
Seriously, without taxation then the government could not perform its vital functions and would find it hard to manipulate the economy.
Originally posted by Thomas Paul:
Malaria is the perfect comparison. More than 1 million people die from malaria each year and most of them are children. In almost every case, malaria is curable. And yet no one talks about a concert for malaria or a world tax for malaria. But then the people that die from malaria aren't wealthy or famous.
Why is it that the idea of any global tax just makes me cringe. While the cause is certainly worthy, if that were to pass for some reason, I can only imagine a whole host of things that some might feel require a global tax. And who exactly levies and collects this global tax? Who enforces it? Last I checked, there's no global government that has sovereignty over anyone. Bleh! Can you say taxation without representation?
While I know the concept of global taxation would receive a generally violent reaction in the US, I guess such a thing probably wouldn't seem that bad to your average European?
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