Vacationing a human right, EU chief says
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Got to love the EU! 
"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. The disabled and elderly can also be accompanied by one other person. The EU and its taxpayers are slated to fund 30% of the cost of these tours, which could range from youth exploring abandoned factories and power plants in Manchester to retirees taking discount trips to Madrid, all in the name of cultural appreciation.
"The commission is literally considering paying people to go on holiday," Mats Persson, of pro-reform think-tank Open Europe, told Britain's News of the World. "In this economic climate, it's astonishing that the EU wants to bribe people with cheap holidays."
Mr. Tajani said the program will be piloted until 2013, and then fully launched.
Intended to instill a sense of cultural pride in Europeans, Mr. Tajani's human-rights travel will also help bridge the continent's north-south divide and pad resorts' business in their off-season, the Times reports.
Northern Europeans will be encouraged to visit southern Europe, and vice versa. Mr. Tajani wants to ensure people's "right to be tourists" remains intact."
Taken from here
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/news/Vacationi...
"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. The disabled and elderly can also be accompanied by one other person. The EU and its taxpayers are slated to fund 30% of the cost of these tours, which could range from youth exploring abandoned factories and power plants in Manchester to retirees taking discount trips to Madrid, all in the name of cultural appreciation.
"The commission is literally considering paying people to go on holiday," Mats Persson, of pro-reform think-tank Open Europe, told Britain's News of the World. "In this economic climate, it's astonishing that the EU wants to bribe people with cheap holidays."
Mr. Tajani said the program will be piloted until 2013, and then fully launched.
Intended to instill a sense of cultural pride in Europeans, Mr. Tajani's human-rights travel will also help bridge the continent's north-south divide and pad resorts' business in their off-season, the Times reports.
Northern Europeans will be encouraged to visit southern Europe, and vice versa. Mr. Tajani wants to ensure people's "right to be tourists" remains intact."
Taken from here
http://www.ottawacitizen.com/travel/news/Vacationi...
Nice. These are the same w
kers who want to add their own tax on fuel.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/e...
kers who want to add their own tax on fuel.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/e...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communitarianism
Read, learn.
This is what the EU is about. Note that the people who are pro-EU are socialist-collective liberals. Well, this is their philosophy. This is on which they base their system of "rights"
Edit:- read all of that article and carefully. It is a particularly relevant and well written summary.
Read, learn.
This is what the EU is about. Note that the people who are pro-EU are socialist-collective liberals. Well, this is their philosophy. This is on which they base their system of "rights"
Edit:- read all of that article and carefully. It is a particularly relevant and well written summary.
Edited by Tangent Police on Wednesday 21st April 00:11
Alex said:
What's a vacation? Is it the same as a holiday?
No, no. It's at the end of your holiday when you leave your hotel room empty and hand in your keys. But the American version, hence we say "vacating" but they say "vacationing". Sounds more impressive.Edited by ShadownINja on Wednesday 21st April 00:21
bonsai said:
Nice. These are the same wkers who want to add their own tax on fuel.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/e...
you are worried about a couple of billion green taxes? federal european income tax is only a matter of time... enjoykers who want to add their own tax on fuel.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/e...
Tangent Police said:
It would also do people good to read this and learn:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
Mainly noting that it isn't just the spelling that's different.
Since we are in the wee sma' hours...an opposing principal.
http://isil.org/resources/introduction.swf
http://isil.org/resources/introduction.swf
agent006 said:
Tangent Police said:
It would also do people good to read this and learn:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Communism
Mainly noting that it isn't just the spelling that's different.
However, it's bound up with 3rd way speak and a lot of forward thinking politicians buy into it.
(as they have allready got their individialism slice of the pie).
Champagne socialists, all of them.
I think you would think I was stark raving mad to suggest this, but the policy is actually a very good one.
With policies around that tax the movement of people in general, soon Mr Average will not be able to see the sights of the UK, let alone anywhere else in Europe without being financially crippled. In many respects that is condemning people to a life experienced in East Germany - unless you were a high ranking party member or an Elite Athelete, travel out of the country was near impossible.
By putting a provision in that it is the right of people to travel it keeps the other stuff in perspective.
It may be that you get to spend two weeks in a tent abroad, but nevertheless, it is better than not even having the option.
With policies around that tax the movement of people in general, soon Mr Average will not be able to see the sights of the UK, let alone anywhere else in Europe without being financially crippled. In many respects that is condemning people to a life experienced in East Germany - unless you were a high ranking party member or an Elite Athelete, travel out of the country was near impossible.
By putting a provision in that it is the right of people to travel it keeps the other stuff in perspective.
It may be that you get to spend two weeks in a tent abroad, but nevertheless, it is better than not even having the option.
“Youth exploring abandoned factories and power plants in Manchester”
This is a wonderful idea. We can send the youth to see the remains of ruined factories. We can educate them what it was once like to have an economy with a competitive industrial base.
Before social experimenters created a monster.
This is a wonderful idea. We can send the youth to see the remains of ruined factories. We can educate them what it was once like to have an economy with a competitive industrial base.
Before social experimenters created a monster.
You have got to be kidding, I had a lean year last year and didn't get away. I don't feel deprived, I made a concious decision not to go on holidays as I had more pressing things to spend my money on.
Having a vacation is nice and its not nice to have to do without it but it is certainly not a human right.
Having a vacation is nice and its not nice to have to do without it but it is certainly not a human right.
sinizter said:
Really ?
There is a deficit that is around 50% of GDP and they want to spend tax money to send people on holiday ?
I have to work to pay for my holiday .... This is just not on.
Im lucky if I can take time off to work... but someone who has every day as a holiday and has their lifestyle funded by the taxpayer can get a holiday paid for by me... WTF... this had better not go into force...There is a deficit that is around 50% of GDP and they want to spend tax money to send people on holiday ?
I have to work to pay for my holiday .... This is just not on.
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