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Taking too many liberties: Taxes Without Borders World Health Organization mulling global cigarette tax
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 4549295:MV8yMDAxODY4XzMzNjMxMzU1Xzg0Nzk2MTc2] I believe that the U.N. gets a % of the 'carbon-tax' that the Aussies pay, just seems like an extension of that. Seems that all of these 'grand' bodies now need to get into a legal way of extorting money from the plebs under the guise of 'if they comply with advice it'll cost them less'. i.e. Don't smoke; don't pay, Reduce your Carbon foot-print; pay less, etc. We seem to have entered a pretty scary scenario where un-elected groups will be soon be in a position to dictate their whims onto everyone, just because our elected 'leaders' didn't see the end-game and signed up to it because it was vogue at the time. [/quote]
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Taking too many liberties: Taxes Without Borders World Health Organization mulling global cigarette tax
I certainly do hope that all non-smokers wake up this time with this as it will open the door to many other ugly taxes especially when the cigarette tax sources cease. If the World Health Organization succeeds then we will have the UN, IMF and other global agencies all wanting their own tax upon the world these agencies should be disbanded.
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Taxes Without Borders
World Health Organization mulling global cigarette tax
The World Health Organization (WHO) is considering a global excise tax of up to 70 percent on cigarettes at an upcoming November conference, raising concerns among free market tax policy analysts about fiscal sovereignty and bureaucratic mission creep.
In draft guidelines published this September, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control indicated it may put a cigarette tax on the table at its November conference in Seoul, Korea.
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