Hey French president Jacques Chirac, rub some of this on your head. It'll help. Honest!
Posted on 03/27/2005 10:52:48 PM PST by HAL9000
Chirac pleads in Tokyo for an international tax in favour of Africa
TOKYO - French president Jacques Chirac pled Monday in Tokyo in favour of creation before the end of the year of an international tax on air transports to fight against pandemias in Africa.
In front of an economic forum free-Japanese, Mr. Chirac recalled that "together, France and Germany defend creation, by the end of this year, with all the countries which wish it, of a first international taking away of solidarity on the kerosene or the plane tickets in order to finance the fight against the AIDS and great pandemias which decimate Africa".
It stressed that that would make it possible to save "more than three million lives each year".
The French president, who finishes Monday a three days visit in Japan, indicated to have presented this initiative at the Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi at the time of a maintenance Sunday evening in Tokyo.
"I hope sincerely that we will be able to make succeed together these ideas at the time of the next tops of G8 (in July with Gleneagles, in Scotland) and of the United Nations" (in September in New York).
France made causes common with Brazil, Spain, Chile and Germany, but the United States is completely hostile with the idea of a tax. Japan also remains him very skeptic.
This first initiative against pandemias in Africa must be used as test with the creation of an international tax to finance the development of the poor countries.
France proposed "the creation of new contributions of international solidarity, on the financial transactions, international transport or flows of capital entering or outgoing of the tax havens", pointed out Mr. Chirac.
The objective of an international tax is to collect 50 billion dollars additional to per annum decrease by half extreme poverty in the world from here at 2015, as the top of the millenium of UNO had begun there in 2000. Today 1,2 billion people live with less than one dollar per day.
Mr. Chirac also indicated that the tax could "be used to refund" the loan for the development, said Facilité financial international (IFF), proposed by Great Britain.
Chirac can go tax his own people if he so desires.
Be he sure as hell won't be taxing ME!
(Denny Crane: "Sometimes you can only look for answers from God and failing that... and Fox News".)
Hey French president Jacques Chirac, rub some of this on your head. It'll help. Honest!
Cheaper to use nukes already paid for and eliminate the diseased area once and for all (and, imho, just as likely as a tax).
"Just what we need from France: a tax designed to transfer Western wealth to Third World despots."
So those despots can purchase newer and less used AK-47s, RPGs and French Anti-Tank Missiles.
I'll bet Kofi is some kinda p*ssed off that he didn't come up with it first!
Jack.
Whaddya mean, Koffi's son is the broker.
Let me be the first to advocate a stiff tax on all wine and Champagne sales everywhere. France needs to do penance for, oh, maybe the next 100 years or so, to make up for its history of colonial oppression in Africa and elsewhere.
Throwing money at a problem always helps in a Socialist's mind...
Throwing money at a problem always helps in a Socialist's mind...
May be they should change to Euros.
How about this: you socialist french pond scum can donate all the money you pilfered over the years, set the example.
What happened starvation euphoria?
Funny !
I want to hear the next "We are the World" sponsor explain how we are going to help deny euphoria to millions of people.
Yes, it was taken in France.
Ol jacque and koffee can keep their hands off my money.
The u.n. and france and africa can go to hell.
My money is for my family.
Those already infected with this voluntary disease need to be left alone. Most of them chose that road so we need to let them walk down it. (BTW, this applies everywhere in the world. AIDS funding is totally wasted. Quarentine the carriers, wait ten years and the problem cures itself)
Everything else fails.
The answer to anything a french politician says can't be mentioned on this forum without severe risk of banning for bad language
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