Hallelujah, Common Conservative is redesigned and back online, which means we get more excellent columns from Tom Adkins. One of my favorites is World Freedom Tax. Some choice quotations:
Well, I think it’s time to admit Jan Egeland is right. And I think it’s time we settled the score. From now on, Americans will pay 1% of our GDP towards true humanitarian needs throughout the world. Not 20 billion for Saddam Hussein’s palaces, like the UN did over the last decade. No, the United States will buck up 1% for actual world emergencies. But there’s one condition: every time the United States military gets called into some God-forsaken hell hole to free millions of people from oppressive dictators, the rest of the world has to foot the bill.
Call it a “World Freedom Tax.â€. . .
So, if a Humvee gets a flat tire, Namibia should pay $300 bucks. If an Abrams tank gets destroyed, France forks over $4.3 million. A lost plane? Germany should send the American treasury a check for $25 million.
But here’s the kicker. Every time a United States soldier enters a combat zone, the rest of the nations on Earth will send him a check for a million dollars a week. If that soldier dies, his family gets a World Freedom Tax check for $10 million. And a letter of gratitude.
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