Monday, June 29, 2009

Taxing your Lifestyle

It never ceases to amaze what United Nations officials using public money can come up with.

At a recent seminar United Nations Under-Secretary-General Dr Anna Tibaijuka told a public gathering in Auckland last week the world could not tackle climate change and other environmental issues without redesigning city living.

The answer unsurprisingly, given the source, is a tax on your lifestyle.
Dr Tibaijuka who is the executive director of UN-HABITAT, the arm of the UN charged with promoting socially and environmentally sustainable towns and cities stated:

“Maybe there is a case for putting up a tax and those who live in the suburbs have to pay it."

Why is it that UN officials living at the public’s expense in Manhattan penthouses always to know what is best for everybody else?