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Get the US out of the UN and the UN out of the US. This is overstepping on a massive scale. If it wasn't for the United States, the UN wouldn't even exist.
Yeah, I'll bet they would. This is nothing more than a shakedown racket---picking the pocket of somebody you disagree with by making up some accusation against them, and then demanding reparations.
AFAIC, they can shut down the UN, turn the headquarters building into apartments for homeless veterans, and re-locate the whole organization to somewhere a little more "international"----Kerguelen, perhaps; or maybe the Crozet Islands.
article said:According to the Wall Street Journal, the U.N. this week stands "poised to impose what amounts to a global tax on carbon emissions" -- what the WSJ called "the ultimate in taxation without representation."
Despite lacking both sovereign authority and enforcement power, the U.N.'s London-based International Maritime Organization could attempt to saddle ships with taxes ranging from $100 to $380 per metric ton of carbon dioxide that exceeds a certain emissions level.
Shockingly, the WSJ called this "the first instance we can find of the U.N. claiming the ability to levy a tax -- the revenues from which will be paid directly into a U.N.-controlled fund."
The IMO, of course, would both establish and manage that fund.
Yeah, I'll bet they would. This is nothing more than a shakedown racket---picking the pocket of somebody you disagree with by making up some accusation against them, and then demanding reparations.
AFAIC, they can shut down the UN, turn the headquarters building into apartments for homeless veterans, and re-locate the whole organization to somewhere a little more "international"----Kerguelen, perhaps; or maybe the Crozet Islands.