The UN has got to go.

[CPA]

If the UN wasn't jobbing us enough as it is, now they want countries to tax online activity and online bill-pay. They even want to tax you if you withdrew your own money out of the bank. Say goodbye to internet commerce.

When are we going to get the cahonies to say "enough of this sham of an organization"!

United Nations looking for more and more and more of your tax dollars

 

[Red Dawn]

If the UN wasn't jobbing us enough as it is, now they want countries to tax online activity and online bill-pay. They even want to tax you if you withdrew your own money out of the bank. Say goodbye to internet commerce.

When are we going to get the cahonies to say "enough of this sham of an organization"!

United Nations looking for more and more and more of your tax dollars

Do you have a link to a reliable source regarding this?

 

[theevilsharpie]

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.

How this will play out:

UN: Hey guyz, can you levy taxes on e-commerce and financial transactions so we can research how to better serve undeveloped countries?
World Governments: No
UN: k

Just because the UN is considering it, doesn't mean it will go anywhere.

/thread

 

[CPA]

Do you have a link to a reliable source regarding this?

lol, c'mon Red.

 

[CPA]

How this will play out:

UN: Hey guyz, can you levy taxes on e-commerce and financial transactions so we can research how to better serve undeveloped countries?
World Governments: No
UN: k

Just because the UN is considering it, doesn't mean it will go anywhere.

/thread

You are probably correct, or at least I hope you are. However, that doesn't take away from the fact that it's ridiculous that they are even proposing these types of taxes.

 

[Red Dawn]

lol, c'mon Red.

Hey I'm not saying it's wrong but there's been far too many instances were Fox has spun the News for it's own political agenda. Do you have a more reliable source?

 

[StageLeft]

Who knows how much support it really has, probably not much. I doubt it will fly in the US anyway, but who knows. The gov doesn't really listen to the people all the time.

 

[MotF Bane]

How this will play out:

UN: Hey guyz, can you levy taxes on e-commerce and financial transactions so we can research how to better serve undeveloped countries?
World Governments: No
UN: k

Just because the UN is considering it, doesn't mean it will go anywhere.

/thread

You are probably right. Unless Obama and the Democrats go "WE'D LOVE TO GIVE OUR CITIZEN'S MONEY TO OTHER COUNTRIES!!!!!".

 

[Zepper]

I agree. We don't need to maintain a cess pool for other countries to toss their big chunks into.

.bh.

 

[PokerGuy]

Normally I'd say this nonsense is DOA, but the idiots in power right now may not mind adding yet another hair-brained idea to their laundry list of such initiatives.

 

[Munky]

Yes, the UN needs to go. But I'm sure the UN will find a way to spin this like they did the Climate scam, make it seem like we're guilty somehow of ripping the other poor countries off, and how their genius plan is somehow a good cause for the benefit of everyone.

 

[bob4432]

 

[drebo]

The President and the Legislature have no constitutional right to allow the UN to do this. A Constitutional Ammendment would be needed in order for this to be legal in the US.

 

[spacejamz]

I wonder which organization takes more in bribes, the UN or the Olypmic committee...

 

[Genx87]

I could see those fools in Europe latching onto this. Then China and India and the United States laugh as they run them over again.

 

[Hacp]

Lets get rid of the UN. Their headquarters is in New York, it should be an easy task.

 

[Red Dawn]

Lets get rid of the UN. Their headquarters is in New York, it should be an easy task.

You mean like blowing up the building?

 

[Hacp]

You mean like blowing up the building?

No I mean like picketing the UN and scaring all the diplomats away. If we had one of those tea party meetups at the base of the UN, I'm sure they'll get the message. Remember Ahmadenajad coming to US soil? How much taxpayer money did we waste protecting that SOB?

 

[Fear No Evil]

You mean like blowing up the building?

Maybe we could get Bill Ayers to do it?

 

[Craig234]

No I mean like picketing the UN and scaring all the diplomats away. If we had one of those tea party meetups at the base of the UN

Actually, they'd probably rush a medical team for the tragic people.

 

[aka1nas]

No I mean like picketing the UN and scaring all the diplomats away. If we had one of those tea party meetups at the base of the UN, I'm sure they'll get the message. Remember Ahmadenajad coming to US soil? How much taxpayer money did we waste protecting that SOB?

Keeping the UN around makes sense due to our grandfathered-in veto power via our permanent SC seat. If we managed to scrap the UN, there's no guarantee that we would have that much power in what eventually replaced it.

The UN gives us a re-usable get out of jail free card. If we refuse to go along with whatever they want, all they can do is cry about it. If they tried to do anything of actual substance, it would go through the SC and we'd veto it.

 

[Craig234]

Keeping the UN around makes sense due to our grandfathered-in veto power via our permanent SC seat. If we managed to scrap the UN, there's no guarantee that we would have that much power in what eventually replaced it.

The UN gives us a re-usable get out of jail free card. If we refuse to go along with whatever they want, all they can do is cry about it. If they tried to do anything of actual substance, it would go through the SC and we'd veto it.

The anti-democratic, corrupt justification for the UN. Don't see that one much.

 

[Modelworks]

How this will play out:

UN: Hey guyz, can you levy taxes on e-commerce and financial transactions so we can research how to better serve undeveloped countries?
World Governments: No
UN: k

Just because the UN is considering it, doesn't mean it will go anywhere.

/thread

More like :
UN: Hey guyz, can you levy taxes on e-commerce and financial transactions so we can research how to better serve
undeveloped countries?
USA Sure , here ya go
World Governments: No
USA That isn't fair and we want the UN to take action !
UN: They said the check is in the mail.

 

[Dari]

UN: We want to tax Americans so that we can send it to poor countries and help pay for our administrative fees.

Bush: FUCK OFF AND FUCK YOU!

...

UN: We want to tax Americans so that we can send the money to poor countries and help pay for our administrative fees.

Obama: That's not a bad idea. I'll put that above the deficit...

 

[Craig234]

UN: We want to tax Americans so that we can send it to poor countries and help pay for our administrative fees.

Bush: FUCK OFF AND FUCK YOU!

...

UN: We want to tax Americans so that we can send the money to poor countries and help pay for our administrative fees.

Obama: That's not a bad idea. I'll put that above the deficit...

Good point. Because all of our deficit spending, like the war in Iraq *justified by misrepresenting UN resolutions*, is far mre important than paying the tiny, tiny sliver of UN dues.