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To: FJB who wrote (657685)	6/5/2012 9:02:08 AM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1576421

Historic Latino Gang Truce (bet you feel safer now) Pacifica Radio / KPFA ^ \| 31 May 2012 \| Ernesto Arce A truce between two of the largest street gangs in the world went into effect this week. M-S-13 and 18th street signed a peace accord earlier this month in the capital of El Salvador. Representatives from both gangs said the truce was a gesture of good will for the people of El Salvador at a time when the country has been ravaged by crime and violence. In Los Angeles, dozens of gang interventionists and current and former gang members gathered to lend their support for the peace process. Pacifica’s Ernesto Arce files this report from Los Angeles. (Excerpt) Read more at soundcloud.com ...

To: FJB who wrote (657685)	6/5/2012 9:11:50 AM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Respond to of 1576421

Taxation goes global: Distant bureaucrats want your money with little accountability Washington Times ^ \| 06/05/2012 \| Richard Rahn What government unit has the right to tax you - your local government, regional or state government, federal government or multinational organizations, such as the United Nations, the World Bank and the World Health Organization? The reason the question is becoming more important is that rising numbers of politically powerful persons and institutions are calling for global taxes on such things as financial transactions, tobacco, sugar and carbon emissions. The modern concept of the nation-state goes back to the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648. Among other things, it limited the power of the sovereign to the territory of the state, including the power to tax. The American Revolution was, in part, fought over the demand for “no taxation without representation.” Despite the success of the Revolution, the principle of no taxation without representation was violated from the very beginning, for both good and bad reasons. Once government divides people into classes and allows some classes to tax other classes, people can be taxed without their consent. The original voting franchise was limited to male property owners; hence, the “classes” of women and non-property-owners were taxed without their consent, along with blacks in the slaveholding states. People are no longer classified by sex or race in most countries when it comes to voting rights, but it is fashionable to classify people by income or occupation and then tax them differently - thus denying a fundamental human right of equal treatment. Now this concept of unequal treatment and nonrepresentation is being promoted across countries, whereby people (even the non-rich) in rich countries should pay more taxes to support people in poor countries - in practice, all too often the corrupt ruling class. (Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...