United Nations Considering Global Taxes what your thoughts??

Quote from skiman : There's nothing inherently wrong with the idea. As we become increasingly interdependent there will be more things that we need to accomplish on that scale. It may not be time quite yet, but it's the same process that built social contracting from towns to states to nations. Besides, if you want your grandchildren to have the option to ascend to the captaincy of a Federation ship we better get cracking on this one-world government thing.

co-sign. great idea in theory, we're still miles away from it in practice. and the u.n. unfortunately doesn't have the means to enact or enforce this.

Quote from thikthird : co-sign. great idea in theory, we're still miles away from it in practice. and the u.n. unfortunately doesn't have the means to enact or enforce this.

THANK GOD they do not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Quote from mwhite428 : THANK GOD they do not!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

they would be better at spending your money than you would.

Quote from thikthird : they would be better at spending your money than you would.

No they would not.
And MY MONEY is MINE PERIOD.

[QUOTE=thikthird;53614020]co-sign. great idea in theory, ...QUOTE]

I Disagree ... TERRIBLE idea in Theory.

Quote from mwhite428 : Oh my I hope you are joking. No way should or will we pay a UN tax. The congress will NEVER approve it.

Of course I'm not joking. No more than people are joking when they discuss any federated system of governance. And yes, eventually we'll all be chipping in to support the new tier.

Put away your knee-jerk reaction and consider how arbitrary your distinctions are. Is a state government wrong and evil because it's larger than a city government? Is a federal government wrong and evil because it's larger than a state government? No, of course not. They exist simply to facilitate collaboration on a larger scale. So one must naturally ask why an international governing body would suddenly be wrong and evil simply to facilitate collaboration on that scale?

Ponder that for a while.

Quote from skiman : Of course I'm not joking. No more than people are joking when they discuss any federated system of governance. And yes, eventually we'll all be chipping in to support the new tier. Put away your knee-jerk reaction and consider how arbitrary your distinctions are. Is a state government wrong and evil because it's larger than a city government? Is a federal government wrong and evil because it's larger than a state government? No, of course not. They exist simply to facilitate collaboration on a larger scale. So one must naturally ask why an international governing body would suddenly be wrong and evil simply to facilitate collaboration on that scale? Ponder that for a while.

Do not need to ponder this.
This is no more than trying to take from us to help poor countries. And bring us down.
I hope and pray we keep a Congress who tells them NO PERIOD.

Quote from mwhite428 : Do not need to ponder this. This is no more than trying to take from us to help poor countries. And bring us down. I hope and pray we keep a Congress who tells them NO PERIOD.

Well, I didn't really figure you for much of a ponderer. Why think when you can turn to dogma. Oh wells.

It's a typical "progressive" spread the wealth, terrible idea. Sadly, there are idiots that would buy into it.