U.N.'s World Health Organization Eyeing Global Tax on Banking, Internet Activity

Foxnews ^ | 1/15/2010 | Staff

[Red in Blue PA]

The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering a plan to ask governments to impose a global consumer tax on such things as Internet activity or everyday financial transactions like paying bills online.

Such a scheme could raise "tens of billions of dollars" on behalf of the United Nations' public health arm from a broad base of consumers, which would then be used to transfer drug-making research, development and manufacturing capabilities, among other things, to the developing world.

The multibillion-dollar "indirect consumer tax" is only one of a "suite of proposals" for financing the rapid transformation of the global medical industry that will go before WHO's 34-member supervisory Executive Board at its biannual meeting in Geneva.

[Red in Blue PA]

The fact that this is even being considered by the tyrants in DC is the issue.

[UCFRoadWarrior]

The Unpunished Nazis should be disbanded. We do not need to tax Americans to fund Anti-American Globalists in the UN

Time to disband the UN and all its linked organizations (WTO, etc)

[algernonpj]

... to transfer drug-making research, development and manufacturing capabilities, among other things, to the developing world ...

Global corporations are already doing this under the rubric of globalism and off-shoring; guest workers in the US enable the necessary knowledge transfer. And US workers are already paying the price in depressed salaries and unemployment.

[RockinRight]

BTW to the unenlightened that last part was a “That 70s Show” reference.

[WOBBLY BOB]

[mom4melody]

We say “Dad’s going to go all Red Foreman on you” in our house. Even the little kids know what that means.

[rockinqsranch]

“.....which would then be used to transfer drug-making research, development and manufacturing capabilities, among other things, to the developing world.”

Now THAT’s what I call redistribution of wealth, and they are so open, and brazen about it.

We have to shut down that club of despots ASAP. Perhaps like yesterday. Get the UN the “H” out of our lives.

[Candor7]

I ll go back to smoke signals Tecumsah style before I pay any INTERNET tax. For what? Freedom has driven the internet. Its contagious. Thats the problem.

These weenies can EFF right off.

[Jim Robinson]

Damned communists.

[Soothesayer9]

Was only a matter of time till this happened. Violent response is the only thing that will fend this off, and judging from the lack of violent response to the usurper’s raping of the Constitution, I’d predict this is pretty much a done deal under Obamas watch.

[mkjessup]

Why couldn’t the U.N. have had it’s headquarters in Port Au Prince?

[twigs]

I went back to writing out paper checks years ago and have been happier.

[Soothesayer9]

a "digital tax or 'hit' tax." The report says the levy "could yield tens of billions of U.S. dollars from a broad base of users

And soon to come, taxed UBB (Usage based billing), courtesy of Ma Bell and the UN.

[soycd]

ESADUN. Where was the UN when America was a “developing nation”?

These cesspools they call developing nations need to quit breeding like rabbits and holding their hands out.

[COBOL2Java]

"What a wonderful idea! My son Kojo has been out of cash since that Oil for Food' idea fell flat!"

[Funee Kat]

1. All candidates for office in November should be asked to sign a statement pledging to uphold American soveriegnty.

2. A petition should be circulated among elected officials demanding that the US defund the United Nations.

Now is the time.

[stanz]

I love your point #2.

[TheUndead]

“This is absolutely unconstitutional.”

Well, G doublya loathed the constitution...and the Obomination does too....why does a global tax have to pass the “constitution” sniff test?

[GeronL]

They have no such authority

[GeronL]

I bet Obama is all for it