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  • UN Billionaire Tax Hits Daylight: Taxing Skies, Oceans, Currency, Fuels

    07/07/2012 8:32:25 PM PDT · by maggiesnotebook · 31 replies
    Maggie's Notebook ^ | 7-7-12 | Maggie@MaggiesNotebook
    Brought out of the dark depths of the United Nations Millenium Development Goal (UNMDG), the call is out for a billionaire's tax. It's been on paper for years now, but few believe it. The United Nations on Thursday called for a tax on billionaires to help raise more than $400 billion a year for poor countries. An annual lump sum payment by the super-rich is one of a host of measures including a tax on carbon dioxide emissions, currency exchanges or financial transactions proposed in a UN report that accuses wealthy nations of breaking promises to step up aid for...