How did that work out in the end?FEOS wrote:
There was a revolution about that roughly 234 years ago.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.
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It bothers me that this quality of people are in some sort of position of responsibility.Braddock wrote:
It bothers you that somebody put forward something as a suggestion? You're not a big fan of thinking outside the box then?LividBovine wrote:
It bothers me it even made the list of suggestions. Kinda gives me a better idea of who we are dealing with.
The W.H.O.?jord wrote:
It bothers me that this quality of people are in some sort of position of responsibility.Braddock wrote:
It bothers you that somebody put forward something as a suggestion? You're not a big fan of thinking outside the box then?LividBovine wrote:
It bothers me it even made the list of suggestions. Kinda gives me a better idea of who we are dealing with.
Good point.Braddock wrote:
The W.H.O.?jord wrote:
It bothers me that this quality of people are in some sort of position of responsibility.Braddock wrote:
It bothers you that somebody put forward something as a suggestion? You're not a big fan of thinking outside the box then?
Exactly!jord wrote:
Good point.Braddock wrote:
The W.H.O.?jord wrote:
It bothers me that this quality of people are in some sort of position of responsibility.
You know, I can't think of the name of a single person in the World Health Organisation. Except Bono, he's the boss isn't he?
Conspiracy Theorists are thinking this will push the world acceptance of one global currency and UN-domination
Fairly well. For the first 200 or so years, at least.Braddock wrote:
How did that work out in the end?FEOS wrote:
There was a revolution about that roughly 234 years ago.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.
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