05/03/05

At the spring meeting of the IMF/World Bank in Washington, D. C. it was announced that a number of countries will be used to test a $1 tax on airline tickets. This global tax idea has been around for the last twenty years and is now back as a tax that would be relatively easy to put in place. Furthermore, an 'International Financing Facility' for immunization will also be set up on a test basis. How could we be this far?

http://www.newswithviews.com/Veon/joan26.htm

from News with Views, by Joan Veon


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp