BF2S Forums U.N.'s World Health Organization Eyeing Global Tax

So..

They want to tax people (who are not their citizens), for goods and services which the WHO/UN has nothing to do with supporting or providing?

Making money off of something that isn't yours, which you have no responsibility or attachment to, from people that neither elected you nor have any connection to you.

SERE, find whoever wrote this 'plan', and go fuck their wife for me.
As unclear on the concept of proper boundaries as they are, I'm sure they'd be fine with it.

never happen

It's only one of a number of proposals put forward and will probably never be accepted. Traditionally Governments would pledge a certain amount of their GDP's towards such schemes but apparently this method would generate significantly more revenue. The purpose of the 'tax' is quite noble (i.e. the research and development of medicine for the developing world) but, as rdx-fx points out, being taxed by a group that you have no direct connection with in terms of voting is a recipe for corruption.

Hurricane2k9 wrote:

The report approvingly cites a levy in Brazil that charged 0.38 percent on bills paid online

Fuck that shit.

I agree with Braddock. The US in particular, if I'm not mistaken, donates more money than any other country. However, we donate a much smaller percentage of our GDP compared to others. I remember reading that if we donated 2% of our GDP we could end global hunger or something like that. Probably partially wishful thinking.

That's true, according to many sources. The US donates the most in terms of actual hard cash but it is a good bit down the table when it comes to the percentage of their GDP. The US could probably just redirect some of their aid to Israel to this WHO scheme and solve world hunger that way, and y'all could still use your interwebz without any additional charges!

Oversight is the big issue, people don't care when the Government divvy up their tax dollars themselves and decide how much the WHO get, but the minute the average Joe actually sees an additional charge on his receipt or on his tax returns it becomes 'real' and very annoying.

Braddock wrote:

It's only one of a number of proposals put forward and will probably never be accepted. Traditionally Governments would pledge a certain amount of their GDP's towards such schemes but apparently this method would generate significantly more revenue. The purpose of the 'tax' is quite noble (i.e. the research and development of medicine for the developing world) but, as rdx-fx points out, being taxed by a group that you have no direct connection with in terms of voting is a recipe for corruption.

There was a revolution about that roughly 234 years ago.

rdx-fx wrote:

So..

They want to tax people (who are not their citizens), for goods and services which the WHO/UN has nothing to do with supporting or providing?

Making money off of something that isn't yours, which you have no responsibility or attachment to, from people that neither elected you nor have any connection to you.

SERE, find whoever wrote this 'plan', and go fuck their wife for me.
As unclear on the concept of proper boundaries as they are, I'm sure they'd be fine with it.

We're all citizens of the world.

That's absolutely fucking ridiculous, as if countries the world over aren't in enough financial shit already, two Non-Governmental Organisations are wanting to come in and tax the fuck out of underserving people?

It's bad enough that there's ATMs over here that charge you to take out your money, but the UN/WHO charging you? What the hell is it for?

Just read the first few paragraphs. So they're wanting to take our money and pump it into r&d in underdeveloped, under-educated countries? How about leave the money where it is and let the Educated uni grads take care of it

Last edited by CammRobb (2010-01-16 06:00:03)

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

rdx-fx wrote:

So..

They want to tax people (who are not their citizens), for goods and services which the WHO/UN has nothing to do with supporting or providing?

Making money off of something that isn't yours, which you have no responsibility or attachment to, from people that neither elected you nor have any connection to you.

SERE, find whoever wrote this 'plan', and go fuck their wife for me.
As unclear on the concept of proper boundaries as they are, I'm sure they'd be fine with it.

We're all citizens of the world.

You forgot your [/sarcasm] tags.

So, this is the same WHO/UN that pulls this kinda bullshit?

Security concerns cause doctors to leave hospital, quake victims

you always forget something FM

Flaming_Maniac wrote:

He meant I forgot my sarcasm tags. Which I did.

Oh, right.

Mind kinda wandered off at my quote there.

Had the image of a slightly drunk SERE, complete with 14 days beard growth,  wandering into a UN/WHO meeting, one eyebrow cocked, and demanding;

"Allright. Imma here und'r orders to be fucking y'alls wives! Hand 'em over, cute ones first!"

It bothers me it even made the list of suggestions.  Kinda gives me a better idea of who we are dealing with.