Posted on 03/18/2002 7:10:24 PM PST by DrLiberty
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:52:08 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
Today the United Nations convenes a major conference in Monterrey, Mexico, on the need to sharply increase foreign aid. President Bush will be heavily pressured to go along when he addresses the conference Friday.
The plight of the developing world cannot be exaggerated. Poverty, disease, unemployment and a general sense of hopelessness affect most of the world's population. It is impossible not to be moved by their condition and want to help.
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Globalists aren't my fellow countrymen. I could care less if the global commies tax the living hell outa them. Communism has been proven to be a failed economic system that collapses under the weight of its own tyranny. This tax is the first step towards that collapse -- it encourages each nation to be more self-sufficient and less involved in international trade (in order to minimize tax obligations). As usual, the commies don't understand the implications of the taxes they seek to impose -- they are self-defeating!!!
This is fine by me!!!
"Merchants have no country. The mere spot they stand on does not constitute so strong an attachment as that from which they draw their gains."
--Thomas Jefferson to Horatio G. Spafford, 1814. ME 14:119
"We are infinitely better off without treaties of commerce with any nation."
--Thomas Jefferson to James Madison, 1815.
Principle number 3 demands an independent source of revenue for the UN, such as the "Tobin tax" and taxes on aircraft and shipping fuels, and licensing the use of the global commons. The "global commons" are defined to be "outer space, the atmosphere, non-territorial seas, and the related environment that supports human life."
Related environment can conceivably be the air you breathe. Do note that the west coast of the United States gets pollution blown across the Pacific from China, Canada has complained for years about acid rain coming from the south, etc. Communications satellites will require licensing of outer space.
Bush needs to start reconnecting with those of us who sacrificed time and resources to get him elected and clearly spell out why he's doing what he's doing. He's the President. He knows a lot more than we do, and his superior knowledge is likely governing the courses he chooses. To the extent he can, he needs to convince us of that.
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