Brazil, France propose int'l tax on arms sales to eliminate world hunger

World NetDaily ^ | June 3, 2003 | staff writer

[Nat Turner]

you end hunger by ending socialism...

[chachacha]

France & Brasil want to propose a TAX on Me here in my own country?
This Good Old USA better wake up! And fast!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Lula's speech containing the controversial proposal came after a meeting of leaders of 12 developing countries with the G-8. The Brazilian leader also suggested wealthy creditor nations could donate part of the debt payments they receive back into a global fund to relieve hunger.

Cum-bye-ya alert.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

How about a tax on stinky cheese ?

[harpseal]

This could be the point at which things get out of habnd.

[umgud]

You end hunger by ending socialism.........

Amen! All the money in the world won't end world hunger.

[kaylar]

Questioned about specific recommendations, he [an unnamed State Department official] replied, "Those are just recommendations – and surprisingly, a number of countries, including the U.S., take them up on those recommendations. In fact, we support all 24 of those recommendations."

Can we please fire all state department employees and officials, tear down the state department building, and plow the site with salt, now ?

[dufekin]

We're already trying to end hunger, Mr. Chirac. All you need to do is stop your obstructioneering. We already produce the food. All you need to do is quit convincing African leaders that American food is dangerous. Now, please shut up and be quiet until we tell you to speak.

[Joe Brower]

[Nonstatist]

Chirac was reluctant to back a levy on weapons manufacturers in France and elsewhere, but suggested a global tax on firearms purchases made by individuals,

LOL! The President of the World, Jackie Chiracky, has spoken. Lets tax the sh*t out of other countries, but only those taxes that wont cost France anything. In particular, lets weaken the US as much as possible, while allowing France a free ride.

And if everyone just nods their head and does nothing, so what? Its just such a pleasure to be able to talk, talk , talk and show the World your generous (albeit disengenuous) heart.

[Blood of Tyrants]

Maybe we could tax stupidity. There seems to be no end of it.

[George Smiley]

Maybe we could tax stupidity. There seems to be no end of it.

We do. State lotteries.

[Squantos]

Criminals, Terrorists , Politicians (all basicly from the same cut of cloth IMHO ) do not pay taxes, never will pay taxes and if said tax is imposed it ain't about arms control it's about one more source of revenue for polidiots to waste on some bullsh*t and shineola third world bunch of losers that exist for just such a free handout.

Damn these POS Socialists !

Stay Safe Harpseal.....hope your days are easy brother !

[LoneRangerMassachusetts]

Calling the Brazilian leader's proposal "forceful and convincing," Chirac was reluctant to back a levy on weapons manufacturers in France and elsewhere, but suggested a global tax on firearms purchases made by individuals, said the report.

While we're at it, let's tax wine and cheese to help defray the costs of increasing automobile deaths because of drunkeness in developed countries and to defray the costs of overweight cheese eating individuals in develped countries. The rich producers should pay for the harm they do to Americans.

[Helms]

"The Euros and their ... fin de siècle ( French: “end of the century” ) of, relating to, characteristic of, or resembling the late 19th-century literary and artistic climate of sophistication, escapism, extreme aestheticism, world-weariness, and fashionable despair

[coloradan]

Yet more international gun control, proposed by socialists and affecting you.

[LTCJ]

Can we please fire all state department employees and officials, tear down the state department building, and plow the site with salt, now ?

Can we proceed on a show of hands? You've got my vote. I'll even gladly chip in a truck load of Morton's.

he [an unnamed State Department official] replied,

What say you, Mr. Bush? Does he speak for you or can we count on you to take (un)names?

[Constitutionalist Conservative]

G8 Leaders May Consider Global Arms Tax
By Mike Wendling
CNSNews.com London Bureau Chief
June 02, 2003

Evian, France (CNSNews.com) - A global tax on weapons to fund anti-hunger programs has been suggested by Brazil's president, and at least one G8 leader - French President Jacques Chirac - supports looking into the idea.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio da Silva proposed the arms levy as one of a number of plans at a meeting with developing world leaders on the sidelines of the main G8 summit Sunday.

Chirac later said that such a tax could be an alternative to the so-called "Tobin tax," a proposed but never implemented international levy on currency transactions.

"Perhaps a tax on the sale of weapons would be quite justified," Chirac said. "I'm very much in favor of studying this proposal. For the time being, that's all he's asked.

"There's lots of trade in weapons, and there's no doubt whatsoever that this trade attracts everyone's concern," he said.

Da Silva didn't give further details about the tax, how it would be administered or what kind of weapons it would cover. But Lee Feinstein, a fellow at the Washington-based Council on Foreign Relations and a former U.S. State Department official, cast doubt on the viability of such a levy.

"The arms trade has been greatly diminished in recent years," he said by phone on Monday.

Feinstein said the tax would provide the "wrong incentive."

"You wouldn't want humanitarian aid to be dependent on arms sales," he said. "In general, I would be very skeptical about these kinds of things."

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This appears to be the CNSNews.com report referenced in the article.

[The Old Hoosier]

Calling the Brazilian leader's proposal "forceful and convincing," Chirac was reluctant to back a levy on weapons manufacturers in France and elsewhere, but suggested a global tax on firearms purchases made by individuals

Proof that Chirac is a moron. The two taxes are obviously the same.