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[joeblow]

Herman Van Rompuy: Europe's first president to push for 'Euro tax'

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... o-tax.html

Within days of taking office in January, the former Belgian prime minister will put his weight behind controversial proposals already floated by the commission's head, José Manuel Barroso, for a new "Euro tax".

He will add credence to Mr Barroso's plans, to be formally tabled in the New Year, by arguing for a Euro-version of a "Tobin Tax" – a levy on financial transactions already floated by Gordon Brown as a solution to the international banking crisis. It would result in a stream of income direct to Brussels coffers, funding budgets that critics say are already rife with waste and overspending.

Mr Van Rompuy, 62, who was appointed to the newly-created £320,000-a-year post at last week's special EU summit, set out his stall on direct Euro-taxes during a private speech at a recent meeting of the Bilderberg group of top politicians, bankers and businessmen. The group officially meets in secret, but when selected details of his remarks leaked out, his office was forced to issue a public statement on his behalf.

"The financing of the welfare state, irrespective of the social reform we implement, will require new resources," he said. "The possibility of financial levies at European level needs to be seriously reviewed."

Mr Barroso, whose commission acts as the European Union's executive arm and civil service, has set out alternative plans for a Euro tax that would involve Brussels taking directly a fixed percentage of VAT and fuel duties. While these taxes already help to fund EU spending – set at £121 billion next year – they are currently gathered by the treasuries of individual nation states, from which varying sums are paid into EU coffers.

A new Euro tax could appear on all shopping and petrol station receipts, showing the amount of VAT or fuel duty creamed off directly to Brussels. Supporters say it would take a fixed proportion of the existing tax revenue rather than increase it overall, and make the cost to taxpayers of running the EU more transparent. Critics argue this could backfire by increasing anti-Brussels sentiment.

Mr Van Rompuy has not set out in detail exactly which tax raising mechanisms he favours most, but after the Bilderberg meeting his spokesman said he would look favourably on either green taxes or a version of the Tobin Tax, originally proposed in 1972 by the US economist James Tobin as a tax on currency speculation.

Mr Brown floated this earlier this month as a way of financing future bail outs of the banking system, although he meant it for global rather than purely European purposes.

But whichever revenue-raising mechanism was used, the backing of two of Europe's most senior apparatchiks for the idea in principle will give it extra momentum.

Opponents of the idea could also underestimate Mr Van Rompuy's determination to get his own way. Ostensibly chosen for his new job because of his skill as a consensus-builder, he is also known as a skilled and ruthless political operator, who is happy to play rough as well as smooth. Last year he ordered the locks to be changed on a chamber in the Belgian parliament in order to prevent deputies holding a politically disruptive debate. According to Belgian newspaper De Morgen, van Rompuy told colleagues a few weeks ago that to achieve a top EU function you must "not ask for high office, but become a grey mouse, and offers will come."

Mr Barroso, meanwhile, has just been reappointed to his post by member states for a second five year term, freeing him to push his tax agenda in bolder fashion than before. Any move towards Euro taxes, however, will encounter bitter opposition from British Conservatives.

"Any kind of harmonised tax system will remove control over our national tax systems," said Timothy Kirkhope, leader of the Britain's Conservative MEPs. "Competition in Europe depends on member states being allowed to have competitive tax regimes."

In opposing any Euro-tax plans, the Tories will find an unlikely ally in Mr Van Rompuy's sister Christine, 54, a left-wing nurse who joined the Marxist Belgian Workers' Party after witnessing the Belgian government's privatisation of the health service. She is now one of her brother's staunchest political critics, and the brochure used by her party features a picture of her brother dressed as a clown.

"I disagree with my brother's ideas for a green tax," she said. "Any new taxes would be paid by the poor. We need to tax the rich."

[Yammitor]

NO NO NO, This simply  cannot be, our glorious leader Sir Biffo the wonderful, (je)Irish slave master promised us Irish Idiots there would be no EU Taxes in the Lisbon Fraud run up, HE PROMISED  :x  :x .

All of Ireland is in a daze, simply dumb struck:

Thenews was met with some scepticism by the Department of Finance last night who said that taxation matters remain the responsibility of member states and there is no agreement to change that situation.  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:
http://www.independent.ie/national-news ... 50730.html

This week brings the Irish Sheeple a tripple set of crushing blows that will doubtfully wake a handful of them up to AJ reality level 1...
-EU Taxes  :lol:
-Floods due to Global Warming  :lol:
-and worst of all


THe most grievous wound was inflicted by the freshly selected worlds most evil man (as the irish sheeple see it),  who recently replaced Hitler.  [ New #1  in Hate Charts this week its the fast mover = Thierry Henry]. Due to Henry's excellent cheating technique the irish sheeple have been crushed as now they will not get to watch their favourite losers in the world sheeple circus cup in South Africa.

Thierry Henry handball: Irish football fans 'turn against Henry vacuum cleaners'
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldne ... aners.html
Cleaners in Ireland are turning against Henry vacuum cleaners because they cannot bear to see the name of the French striker whose handball knocked them out of the World Cup, it has been claimed.
 

Published: 7:21AM GMT 23 Nov 2009
Henry vacuum cleaner
More than six million Henry vacuum cleaners have been sold worldwide

Workers are refusing to use the familiar red-and-black devices in anger at Thierry Henry's cheating, The Sun reports.

Some have even defaced the smiling cartoon faces that are painted on the front of the appliances, with others writing abuse next to the Henry logo.

The vandalism is said to have mystified bosses because Thierry Henry has no connection with the brand of vacuum cleaners, which are produced by the British firm Numatic.

"Several cleaners say they're unhappy working with vacuum cleaners with the cheat's name written on them," a worker at a government building in Dublin told the newspaper.

"It's bizarre because the machines have nothing whatsoever to do with Thierry Henry.

"Some have painted over the name on the cleaner and wiped the smile off its little red face. It just shows how the frustration caused by that goal has got to everyone in Ireland."

Henry's handball to set up France's late winner at the World Cup play-off in Paris last week has infuriated Irish and British football fans.

Supporters have threatened a boycott of the Gillette shaving products endorsed by the 32-year-old forward, who previously enjoyed a clean-cut reputation.

More than six million Henry vacuum cleaners have been sold around the world since they were launched in 1980.

Irish sheeple have recently moved into #1 place in world sheeple listings over taking and pushing the American Sheeple in to the # 2 spot, with # 3 spot being filled by those that live in the UK.

Match Replay Facebook Group - Now 260,000 Fans and increasing!!
&&
Fans protest at French embassy
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/bre ... king66.htm
About 30 soccer fans gathered in front of the French embassy today to call for a rematch of Ireland's disputed World Cup playoff against France.

Protesters arrived on a double decker bus dressed in green with a frog mascot. They were chanting: "What do we want? We want a rematch! When do we want it? We want it now!" The protest lasted about an hour over lunchtime.

30 sheeple proudly managed to rattle up more of a protest over losing their place in the world sheeple circus cup, than was made over losing their country. Nice    !!

This is what Irish Sheeple care about:
Thierry Henry -The Cheat - (worst theme music EVER.) :oops:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6nuZOHGBBQ&

[Tomas O'Crohan]

There's the old story about the shipwrecked Irishman who was saved by washing up on an island in the middle of a vast ocean. He went around the island that had saved him investigating its attributes when he was suddenly confronted by a group of islandmen armed with spears. He immediately inquired of them: "Do you have a government here?" When they responded in the affirmative he declared: "Well I'm against it!"

There's another old story about a whole group of Irish people who were shipwrecked and who were saved by washing up on an island in the middle of a vast ocean. When the last straggler arrived on the island, they convened their first official meeting. What was the first item on the agenda to be resolved? "Who will be the leader of the splinter group?"

It used to be that at the center of every Irish soul laid the heart of an implacable anarchist distrustful and contemptuous of any and all "authority." Now I look sadly across the water and see, for the most part, a bunch of clueless Americans, albeit far more charming and far less obese. Being led by threats and propaganda into the arms of the Lisbon superstate is absolute proof of this. We didn't see many anarchists feeding the ballot boxes on that rueful day. But before I'm able to descend into full fledged pessimism I'm reminded of the people I know in South Armagh, Southwest Kerry, Southwest Clare and Northwest Donegal who have all taken up arms against tyranny and will do so again. I'm reminded of paying my deepest respects at the 1916 Proclamation monument in Milltown Cemetery in Belfast located just steps away from the burial place of Mairéad Farrell, Sean Savage and Danny McCann, all murdered in cold blood while unarmed and attempting to surrender by the Criminal English Plutocracy (directed by the ashkenazi criminal outfit in the "City of London"). I'm reminded of Éire Nua, Republican Sinn Féin, CIRA, RIRA, Óglaigh na hÉireann and other groups who will never accept tyranny and who have and will continue to resist it with all necessary means.

Yes, the majority in Ireland, just like the majority in ZOG Amerika, have been presently hoodwinked, however, their hoodwinking is by no means permanent and in any event it has always been the wakeful minority that gets what needs to done accomplished. I share the genetic predisposition towards pessimism with the Ogster but the sure fired anecdote to pessimism is resolve. Let the world go down in flames, as long as I'm standing there shooting back, all is well. That's the secret. Don't give up on your countrymen just yet. The soul may be masked and suffocated for a period of time but not forever. Ireland has led the world before and will do so again. What's in that soul will emerge in full strength yet again, mark my words. The same attributes which exist in the souls of the refugees over here will likewise emerge in full strength. "So long as we are standing and shooting back, all is well."

[Yammitor]

You are right Tomas.
I was being a little hard on the soccer fans, I myself styopped watching the antics of adults playing "kick ball" like children.
THere are not many comrades knocking about where i am ( none quality types that you listed anyway so far), not enough pain yet.

I think Fluoride must be playing a large role in sedating the population here, they are such dozey sheep. :x

I've been thinking since reading MikeWBs recent thread; what will be the trigger to wake up ( irish ) sheeple.
Seeing as they have done so little so far and we have had huge events in the last few months.
Lisbon fraud and ClimateGate and still nothing, what more needs to be exposed is right

Soon they will start to irradiate our food supply.
Maybe a concocted swine flu pandemic and lock down on the streets will be the next step.
I don't think even those events will do the job of shaking them awake.

I think our greatest strength lies with our enemies who have a wonderful ablity of over extending themselves, like during the so called "GAZA WAR" fs.
Our best results will be achieved by us simply siting back and letting them screw up again and again thereby doing the hard donkey work for us.   :mrgreen: