Whose dumb idea was it to make taxes illegal?

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Laws have been enacted to bring the Commonwealth of Ghengland into compliance with the United Nations "UN taxation ban" resolution.

When did the UN ban taxes? How will the UN get its funding? This is just flat out stupid. Why are UN countries banned from collecting taxes from their citizens? (I realize that's not what the bill says but the telegram makes it sound that way.)

Can we form a "League of Nations" to go kick the UN's butt?

I hereby announce that Ghengland is looking for other nations in Apolyton to ally itself with that are militant and capitalist to so form a Militant Capitalist Alliance to guide Apolyton and the "ignorant" UN members towards a civilized world order.





So help us God. (almost forgot that part)

[Kassiopeia]

Before you go on a crusade against the world peace organisation we so dearly love and hate at the same time...

The resolution was about banning UN taxes, in other words, we banned the UN from taxing our citizens directly.

A resolution that would ban all taxing in the world would never make it through the delegatory selection. The people suggesting it and believing such a thing would pass would be the laughing stock of the world.

[reismark]

Kassiopeia is right. Individual nations are still allowed to collect taxes from their citizens. The UN, as an international body, is not allowed to directly tax individual members of sovereign states or sovereign states.

The UN will receive funds the way it always has, through unsolicited contributions from its member states.

[jdd2007]

i announce my support for the militant capitalist alliance...

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Apparently no one fully read my post. I mentioned that I realized that the resolution didn't take away our power to tax our citizens but the telegram informing us of the passage of the resolution phrased it that way.

Which was a real shock to those who hadn't read the resolution previously.

[Jack_www]

I too think this is the most stupidist thing I have ever heard. How the hell are you suppost to fund anything without taxes?? The United States of Jackson here by wish to join this alliance, allthough we are a peacefull nation. We have recently found large deposites of Uranium and soon nuclear weapons. In fact we are not a member nation of the UNited Nations etheir, so thankfull we do not have to follow such a stupid law.

[Jack_www]

I too realize we can still tax on our own, but how will UN get its money??

[Alex]

That's their problem, and now that Tupan is struggling to develop its economy, I'm not worried about that, despite being a UN member.

President Alex N.M., Republic of Tupan.

[Kassiopeia]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb
Apparently no one fully read my post. I mentioned that I realized that the resolution didn't take away our power to tax our citizens but the telegram informing us of the passage of the resolution phrased it that way.

Which was a real shock to those who hadn't read the resolution previously.

Ummm... whoops.

The UN can't get money directly from our citizens, but I gather we will pay membership fees instead.

[Sheep]

The Holy Empire of Sheepsta, and the Lord Protector pledges his nation to the worth cause of this alliance. DOWN WITH THE UNITED NATIONS!

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

I'm pondering the creation of a United States of Apolyton (USA) with the goal of being a dominant world superpower (like the RL USA) and attempting to turn the UN into our puppet plaything. If it doesn't want to be our plaything then we kill it.

Each of our nations would be a state but the government would be more like the original USA where the states were loosely allied independents.

The actual USAp would join the UN from some nonplaying person's email and we would elect a President who post 3-day polls on the issues the nation is given.

Each of the memberstates votes on the issue and thus we as a group determine the USA's agenda.

[H Tower]

you mean kind of like having a regional delegate?

i like this resolution. i would have resigned from the UN if they tried to tax my citizens directly

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

We wouldn't give our support to another player we would have a United Player that we all have some control over by voting as memberstates of the Union.

Then we would have Militaristic States and Pacifist States that can excel at their agendas while projecting more power as a whole.

That's the secret behind the real US, its really 50 seperate nations who all work together making them a global superpower.

[swc200]

Sounds good to me, GhengisFarb. Count me in supporting the USAp.

[H Tower]

how do you plan on bringing this off?