Posted on 10/11/2005 3:29:12 PM PDT by mcar
When I extolled the virtues of our federal system of government in a previous column ("Sovereignty, from sea to sea," Times op-ed, Sept. 21), I left out an unfortunate and pernicious side effect of having a government of multiple jurisdictions taxes.
Multiple layers of government, while encouraging balance of power and competing regulatory ideas, also mean multiple layers of taxation. In Seattle, this means the federal government, state government, King County and the city of Seattle all take their pick at one's paycheck, business, house, car and, of course, purchases of goods, including gasoline.
The complexity and opaqueness of all these taxes and their attendant regulations are so arcane that they keep legions of accountants and tax lawyers employed to make sense of them all, acting as a huge drag on economic activities of the nation.
Yet, if Seattleites thought that the statewide gasoline tax was the last word on taxation debate for now, there is another thing coming their way: global taxation.
Unbeknownst to many Americans, the United Nations yes, that organization of endemic cronyism and corruption, oil-for-food scandal and sex abuse by "blue helmets" has been attempting for years to levy global taxes, particularly on wealthy nations.
Despite the best efforts of John Bolton, the Bush-appointed U.S. ambassador to the U.N., to defeat such schemes, yet another incarnation of global taxation made its appearance in the U.N. World Summit outcome document last month.
The document refers to "the establishment of timetables by many developed countries to achieve the target of 0.7 percent of gross national product for official development assistance by 2015." It then goes on to tout "the value of innovative sources of financing, provided those sources do not unduly burden developing countries."
Translation...
(Excerpt) Read more at seattletimes.nwsource.com ...
General question, what would happen in a revolution or civil war, at least in America if the UN was the World Gov't? Cuz, I can only imagine all the world's armies streaming in to put it down. Then Hell comes.
Ya know... instead of thinking about this, maybe we should instead test out of Bird Flu vaccines/test vaccines on the personnel and staff (ALL of them
At first, I thought this was another post from that Scrappleface site that is sometimes referenced here.
*nods*
The U.N. can take a long walk off a short pier.
BLOAT
Those "Turd World" 'crats from the UN seem to have forgotten what the Japanese said, after WW II. When asked if they had planned to invade after Pearl harbor, they said the magic words "a rifle behind every blade of grass."
UN tax collectors in America - a target rich environment.
Who in the heck does the U.N. think they are, that they can tax us for the "privilege" of living in the world? I am an American citizen -- I will never swear allegiance to any other country, and that includes becoming a "citizen of the world."
I can't wait to see this no-good, corrupt, disgusting waste-of-oxygen organization toppled.
No body bags needed here-my neighbor has a really nice backhoe.
Any of the Washington crapweasels thinking about signing on for a UN tax, any UN tax, can pretty much say bye-bye to his/her political career.
GMTA
LOL. good one!
there will be a civil war again someday
Get down on your knees and pray we don't. The new boss won't be the same as the old boss. He'll be a tyrant with absolute power. And I'm not talking about any UN army being in it either.
If the federal govmint slapped on a tax in one form or another that went to the UN would you pay it just because they told you to?
(sarcasm) I support a global tax where the rest of the world pays the U.S. not to nuke them into the stoneage.
Good point. If the world thinks we're violent now, just wait until they wanna take out money!
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How will they force collections?
Theres also the idea in the UN to take over the internet and all monies would be paid to the UN. Look at the forum in Switzerland now. THAT'S THE AGENDA.
You'll never get a chance to take aim with your gatling gun, our government will write the check with money already collected from you via your witholdings.
You can cry but you won't be able to do anything about it.
No offense, just calling it as I see it.
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That's right. The UN does a tax, it will be the IRS collecting for them. No blue helmets, just the usual efficient tax collector who can wring you dry.
Sorry to burst people's bubbles, but that's the way it would be.
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