France Tells U.S. to Sign Climate Pacts or Face Tax

NY Times ^ | 2/1/07 | Katrin Bennhold

[LibWhacker]

PARIS, Jan. 31 — President Jacques Chirac has demanded that the United States sign both the Kyoto climate protocol and a future agreement that will take effect when the Kyoto accord runs out in 2012.

He said that he welcomed last week’s State of the Union address in which President Bush described climate change as a “serious challenge” and acknowledged that a growing number of American politicians now favor emissions cuts.

But he warned that if the United States did not sign the agreements, a carbon tax across Europe on imports from nations that have not signed the Kyoto treaty could be imposed to try to force compliance. The European Union is the largest export market for American goods.

“A carbon tax is inevitable,” Mr. Chirac said. “If it is European, and I believe it will be European, then it will all the same have a certain influence because it means that all the countries that do not accept the minimum obligations will be obliged to pay.”

[Dmitry Vukicevich]

Hey France we'll pay your tax right as soon as you write that check for saving your *ss.

[Doogle]

eeeekkk...then we'd have to charge em storage fees for the dock

[FreeKeys]

[wku man]

Find an American company to make parachutes and inflatable boats for the military, and send that whiny-a** Frenchie crap back to Chirac the Worm.

Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!

[FreeKeys]

[Porterville]

Here is a tax, the USA not buying anything french.. at all.

[Stoat]

Thanks very much for the images, they are great!

 

Here are 10,943 reasons that the french suck

"According to the American Battle Monuments Commission
There are 26,255 Yankee dead from World War I buried in 4 cemeteries in France.
There are 30,426 American dead from World War II buried in 6 cemeteries in France.
These 56,681 brave American heroes died in their youth to liberate a country
which is guilty of shameful unspeakable behavior in the 21st century.
May the people of the United States of America never forget their sacrifice."

[seanmerc]

CLASSIC!!!

[seanmerc]

I think he was Doctor Romano on ER. Not a nice character on that show, either...

[seanmerc]

He got closer to Hitler than the French army, too.

[Screamname]

[Holicheese]

Do they even sell Puegot in the States anymore?
Citroen?
The only good thing coming out of France now is vodka.

[SuziQ]

Please talk to our new ambassador:

LOL!!

[samadams2000]

That says it all.

[FreeKeys]

You're welcome.

Tell me if you want me to stop!

[Kenton]

F*ck Chirac! France has NO business forcing Americans to pay any kind of taxes. France, keep your smelly snout out of our affairs! NO!!!

Actually, he wasn't talking about taxing Americans, he was talking about adding a tax to American products sold in the EU to hurt our exports, because we refused the "Kyoto" tax scam.

[The Old Hoosier]

That's great -- Europeans who already are suffering under Euro-flation can now pay even MORE for their consumer goods.

The 12 percent unemployment isn't enough, they're going to insist on running their nation into the ground even before the Muslims take over.

[dr_who_2]

Damn right.

[RetiredArmy]

Europe can kiss my ass.