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2005-03-29 International-UN-NGOs

Chirac calls for airline tax to aid Africa

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Posted by Seafarious 2005-03-29 10:57:47 PM|| || Front Page|| [11139 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Nuther inane Chirac idea. Tax is all he knows, it seems: "A problem? Tax someone!"
85% admin cost;
15% actual proceeds. As always.
Well, he can tax his subjects, if they are so inclined.

Posted by Sobiesky 2005-03-29 12:15:50 AM|| 2005-03-29 12:15:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#2 Africa has always been a French, Belgium, Port, Spainish, English sphere of influence. They can levy the tax on themselves all they want and call it paying for colonial sin if they want to ... just don't include the US.

Posted by 3dc 2005-03-29 12:25:09 AM|| 2005-03-29 12:25:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#3 a "tax on somebody to pay for my current get out of jail idea!"

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-29 12:25:50 AM|| 2005-03-29 12:25:50 AM|| Front Page Top

#4 I think the way to aid Africa is not just do nothing, but to actively deny the whole continent food and water. It's humane, painless and it's the new morality.

Posted by badanov 2005-03-29 12:36:16 AM|| [http://www.rkka.org] 2005-03-29 12:36:16 AM|| Front Page Top

#5 How about a 100% tax on whine.

Posted by ed 2005-03-29 12:38:09 AM|| 2005-03-29 12:38:09 AM|| Front Page Top

#6 French President Jacques Chirac called Monday for a tax on airline fuel and tickets by the end of the year to fight epidemics in Africa in what could be a test for a more far-reaching tax on financial transactions.

Nobody's stopping the jerk from imposing his own taxes on his own subjects. Just leave us the hell OUT of it.

Posted by Bomb-a-rama 2005-03-29 12:42:30 AM|| 2005-03-29 12:42:30 AM|| Front Page Top

#7 This fool doesn't give up.
Eat feces and die you pig.

Posted by Sock Puppet 0â Doom 2005-03-29 12:45:06 AM|| [http://www.slhess.com] 2005-03-29 12:45:06 AM|| Front Page Top

#8 How about a 100% tax on whine.

I would favor a tax on kickbacks instead, but Chirac opposes it. For obvious reasons.

Posted by JFM 2005-03-29 1:08:44 AM|| 2005-03-29 1:08:44 AM|| Front Page Top

#9 Africa's frogistan's domain - you broke it, you fix it.

Posted by anonymous2u 2005-03-29 2:03:20 AM|| 2005-03-29 2:03:20 AM|| Front Page Top

#10 Europe has a problem which the USA and Australia don't share which is most short haul flights are between different tax regimes and airlines naturally buy fuel where it is cheapest. Its a bit like gasing up your car in the place that has the cheapest fuel. This is really about replacing national taxes with EU wide taxes. Saving Africa is just a piece of theatre to help the pill go down.

Posted by phil_b 2005-03-29 2:23:39 AM|| 2005-03-29 2:23:39 AM|| Front Page Top

#11 This is Chiraq's second attempt at an airline tax. I think the first time around he justified it as support for Kyoto (?).

Posted by trailing wife 2005-03-29 5:56:00 AM|| 2005-03-29 5:56:00 AM|| Front Page Top

#12 How about an international tax on the purchase of that Aerobus bloat-hog aircraft? It could go to building one new runway a year that they could actually land the damn thing on.

Posted by Anonymoose 2005-03-29 9:50:52 AM|| 2005-03-29 9:50:52 AM|| Front Page Top

#13 There is trial in Paris involving politicians for corruption. They are accused of taking 90 (ninety) million euros in kickbacks That is six times the French anual budget for fighting AIDS. If my memory doesn't fail me just some weeks ago Chirak proposed an international tax for fighting AIDS...

Posted by JFM 2005-03-29 10:10:17 AM|| 2005-03-29 10:10:17 AM|| Front Page Top

#14 Well, Kojo is looking for another job...

Posted by Desert Blondie 2005-03-29 10:10:19 AM|| [http://azjetsetchick.blogspot.com] 2005-03-29 10:10:19 AM|| Front Page Top

#15 This is just Chirac getting funding for Third World leaders so they can funnel kickbacks to him.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2005-03-29 12:17:03 PM|| [http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2005-03-29 12:17:03 PM|| Front Page Top

#16 Phil_b, it's not just an EU tax he wants - US airlines typically fly longer distances, using more fuel.

Posted by too true 2005-03-29 12:19:44 PM|| 2005-03-29 12:19:44 PM|| Front Page Top

#17 Let's do a feasibility test of this tax, by putting it on all Air France flights. Then if after, say ten years, it seems to be working we can talk about extending it.

Posted by DMFD 2005-03-29 8:24:23 PM|| 2005-03-29 8:24:23 PM|| Front Page Top

#18 hmmmm - a lot of American money goes to Africa to fight AIDS, epidemics, improve water supply/quality, living conditions. It's called charity, and we don't need a corrupt frog taking it as a tax. We do it willingly. That's what makes us better than you, Jack

Posted by Frank G 2005-03-29 8:33:29 PM|| 2005-03-29 8:33:29 PM|| Front Page Top

#19 We will just deduct the tax from the aids contributions or deduct the aids contributions from the tax, bwahahahahaha!

Posted by Alaska Paul 2005-03-29 9:10:04 PM|| 2005-03-29 9:10:04 PM|| Front Page Top

#20 How about we just give Chirac AIDS and send him to Africa?

Posted by tu3031 2005-03-29 9:15:47 PM|| 2005-03-29 9:15:47 PM|| Front Page Top

#21 But Frank, it doesn't count unless it goes thru Annan's (and Chirac's) sticky fingers.....

... at least according to Chirac and the UN.

Posted by CrazyFool 2005-03-29 9:44:01 PM|| 2005-03-29 9:44:01 PM|| Front Page Top

#22 If the airline tax doesn't, um, fly, I propose he'll propose a soap tax.

After all, his people won't have to pay.

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