New World Order: European Union Seeks Tax on Americans

By NWV News Writer Jim Kouri
Posted 1:00 AM Eastern
November 9, 2011
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A European scheme to tax Americans in the name of saving the environment is being slammed by U.S. lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. But are the Democrats and some Republicans merely against the Europeans collecting those taxes from Americans because they want that power reserved for the IRS?

While bi-partisan cooperation appears to be rare in the U.S. House of Representatives, the week Republican and Democrat members overwhelmingly voted against U.S. participation in the European Union’s costly emissions trading scheme (ETS) that would impose new emissions taxes on U.S. and other nations’ air carriers flying into and out of the European Union countries.

"Although proponents of the EU tax say it will not have any impact of U.S. citizens, truth be told, the cost of this new tax will be passed on to the passengers in higher airfares," says political strategist Mike Baker.

[b]The “European Union Emissions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act of 2011â€