The United Nations, for instance, wants to create an International Tax Organization (ITO) empowered to interfere with national tax policies
An international tax organization, of course, would mean higher taxes and bigger government. Indeed, U.N. officials have been quite open about their intentions. The chairman of the U.N. panel that first endorsed creation of an ITO said it would "take a lead role in restraining tax competition."
According to this mentality, it's unfair for America to have lower taxes than places such as France and Germany, especially if it means jobs and investment flee Europe's welfare states and come to America.
But the prize for the worst U.N. idea probably belongs to the proposal to give governments permanent taxing rights over emigrants. You see, the U.N. thinks it's unfair when talented people leave high-tax socialist nations and move to places such as America. But since even the U.N. realizes it would be unacceptable to prohibit emigration, the bureaucrats are instead proposing to let governments tax income earned in other nations.
Foreign-born workers in the United States, including both citizens and resident aliens, earn nearly $600 billion each year. Imagine the damage if foreign governments could tax that income. Even if they imposed only a 15 percent tax, foreign governments could drain nearly $100 billion from our economy
Lots of loaded rhetoric in this piece, so I don't want to say too much.
I will say, however, that if the UN decided to try and allow foreign governments the right to tax the income of emigrants to America, the response of the United States would probably be the most emphatic "fuck you" in the history of humanity.
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Crayz9000 wrote:If they piss us off enough, we might even revoke their property rights to the UN building... don't know if that is possible, though.
I don't see why we couldn't invoke emanate domain and turn the place into a parking garage, its not like they could stop us anyway, even if it does have some special status like embassies do. At the least, the visas of attending diplomats could be revoked while a 20-foot high concrete wall is installed.
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According to this mentality, it's unfair for America to have lower taxes than places such as France and Germany, especially if it means jobs and investment flee Europe's welfare states and come to America.
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BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! No.
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That's the part that gets me. You don't like the negative effects of excessive taxation, cut your fucking taxes, you fucking loons. You can't just expect to live in a world where welfare spending on a massive scale has no negative ramifications.
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Considering how many white collar jobs are fleeing America for places like India and China, Im not so sure why they are focusing on America stealing jobs. Fuckers.
TrailerParkJawa wrote:Considering how many white collar jobs are fleeing America for places like India and China, Im not so sure why they are focusing on America stealing jobs. Fuckers.
What he said. They better take a closer look at the jobs being offshored, as well as the foreigners coming in for whatever jobs are left. Geeez!!
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Since the US has veto power, this will obviously never ever happen. The UN is smoking dope, as usual.
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Crayz9000 wrote:If they piss us off enough, we might even revoke their property rights to the UN building... don't know if that is possible, though.
Imminent domain, anyone?
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Bwahaha.. that'd be funny. We could simultaneous veto everything they do as punishment AND render them homeless. If they refused to allow us veto rights, they would loose our support in any action they do. Bwahaha. Cutting of their nose in spite of their face.
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I read this before. However, the last time I read it, it was about something to do with finanicial controls to stop terrorist funding from slipping through the cracks in the banking system.
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