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Thursday, January 27, 2005

Chirac proposes international tax to fight AIDS

DAVOS, Switzerland : French President Jacques Chirac called for an "experimental" international tax to help fund the war against AIDS, suggesting it could be raised via a levy on airline tickets, some fuels or financial transactions.

Chirac acknowledged that his proposal would be widely debated, an allusion to US opposition to any international tax, and said there was "no question" of treading on each country's right to set its own levies.

"But there is nothing to prevent states from cooperating and coming to an understanding on new resources and their allocation to a common cause," Chirac added.


No taxation without representation, anyone?
But it makes sense that he'd come up with this now. Now that the French can't scam off of the oil-for-food program, they need a new scam.

posted by Tom at 8:01 PM

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