[$tinkle]

nat'l post

The European Union has declared travelling a human right, and is launching a scheme to subsidize vacations with taxpayers' dollars for those too poor to afford their own trips.

Antonio Tajani, the European Union commissioner for enterprise and industry, proposed a strategy that could cost European taxpayers hundreds of millions of euros a year, The Times of London reports.

"Travelling for tourism today is a right. The way we spend our holidays is a formidable indicator of our quality of life," Mr. Tajani told a group of ministers at The European Tourism Stakeholders Conference in Madrid on April 15. Mr. Tajani was appointed to his post by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

The plan -- just who gets to enjoy the travel package has yet to be determined -- would see taxpayers footing some of the vacation bill for seniors, youths between the ages of 18 and 25, disabled people, and families facing "difficult social, financial or personal" circumstances.

yeah, well get ready to get sued, iceland, for infringing upon their human rights.

 

[skinny mike]

you've got to be ****ing kidding me. there are probably a million other things where all of that tax money would make a bigger/better difference.

 

[MMike]

Europeans are weird

 

[MMike]

nat'l postyeah, well get ready to get sued, iceland, for infringing upon their human rights.

Lodge a protest with Amnesty International! Re-re-release We Are the World!

 

[kidwoo]

Actually I'd be stoked to know some of my tax money was going to flying some right wing redneck dipshlts around to other countries they would never see otherwise.


First world countries with nationalized healthcare that is.

 

[jonKranked]

Actually I'd be stoked to know some of my tax money was going to flying some right wing redneck dipshlts around to other countries they would never see otherwise.


First world countries with nationalized healthcare that is.

Nah fly them to the countries they're so gung-ho about bombing.

 

[stevew]

Nah fly them into the sides of mountains...

fixed.

 

[Westy]

Awesome. Send all the stinky ****ers to disney world. We will happily take your money.

 

[Toshi]

Nah fly them to the countries they're so gung-ho about bombing.

I'd fly them to the libertarian paradise, Somalia, of course

 

[Ciaran]

Europeans are weird

Almost as weird as Canadians.