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November 23, 2005
Taxing frequent flyers
BBC News online has an article mentioning French government approval of Jacques Chirac's plan to add a tax to plane tickets "to boost aid for the world's poor."
According to an earlier article:
The tax will contribute to the International Finance Facility for Immunisation, a body set up by donor countries to buy vaccines.
There doesn't seem to be anything long term in view. I wonder which pharmaceutical company's going to be selling those vaccines. Maybe people at Air France and KLM should've contributed more to Chirac's last campaign for reelection.
Posted by Mark at November 23, 2005 10:15 PM
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